† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCleveland, MSMississippiUnited States
African American†61.6%35.3%9.9%
African1.3%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
American7.5%10.0%5.3%
English5.5%10.6%9.5%
Irish4.3%7.4%9.4%
Italian2.6%1.7%4.8%
German1.5%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.0%1.6%1.3%
French0.8%1.7%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.0%—
Mexican2.2%1.9%11.3%
Venezuelan0.2%——
Filipino0.3%0.1%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.1%0.1%1.4%
Chinese0.1%0.1%1.3%
Japanese0.1%—0.2%
Pakistani0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cleveland, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
37.5
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cleveland, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$39,585
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
32.6%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.0%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cleveland, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cleveland, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
3.5%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
31.9%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
46.8%
40.7%
51.5%
Black Protestant
11.7%
8.6%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cleveland, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+70.8%
1896
+48.6%
1900
+32.2%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+88.2%
1916
No data
1920
+52.0%
1924
+60.1%
1928
+75.9%
1932
+80.8%
1936
+91.6%
1940
+85.4%
1944
+73.2%
1948
+3.6%
1952
−6.4%
1956
+12.0%
1960
+2.8%
1964
−73.0%
1968
+25.3%
1972
−33.8%
1976
+18.8%
1980
+25.5%
1984
+11.6%
1988
+10.7%
1992
+28.5%
1996
+35.2%
2000
+26.5%
2004
+26.8%
2008
+35.4%
2012
+38.1%
2016
+32.2%
2020
+30.8%
2024
+23.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.5%Harris6,419
37.8%Trump3,943
0.3%Kennedy30 +6
D+23.7
R+7.1
D+25.2
10,435
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic61.5%6,419
Donald J TrumpRepublican37.8%3,943
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.3%30
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%12
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%9
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%9
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%6
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%4
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%3
D
64.8%Biden8,904
34.0%Trump4,671
1.2%
D+30.8
R+1.4
D+26.3
13,744
D
65.4%Clinton9,046
33.2%Trump4,590
1.4%
D+32.2
R+5.9
D+30.1
13,824
D
68.6%Obama10,582
30.5%Romney4,701
0.9%
D+38.1
D+2.7
D+34.3
15,428
D
67.2%Obama10,334
31.8%McCain4,891
1.0%
D+35.4
D+8.6
D+28.1
15,381
D
62.9%Kerry9,631
36.2%Bush5,535
0.9%
D+26.8
D+0.2
D+29.2
15,307
D
62.3%Gore8,436
35.8%Bush4,847
1.9%
D+26.5
R+8.7
D+26.0
13,538
D
65.8%Clinton8,670
30.6%Dole4,027
3.6%
D+35.2
D+6.8
D+26.7
13,176
D
61.9%Clinton8,801
33.4%Bush4,752
4.7%
D+28.5
D+17.8
D+22.9
14,226
D
54.0%Dukakis7,606
43.3%Bush6,105
2.7%
D+10.7
R+0.9
D+18.4
14,085
D
55.4%Mondale8,769
43.9%Reagan6,939
0.7%
D+11.6
R+13.9
D+29.8
15,824
D
61.0%Carter8,839
35.5%Reagan5,148
3.5%
D+25.5
D+6.6
D+35.2
14,491
D
58.7%Carter7,561
39.9%Ford5,136
1.4%
D+18.8
D+52.6
D+16.8
12,875
R
32.3%McGovern3,616
66.1%Nixon7,397
1.6%
R+33.8
R+59.1
R+10.6
11,187
O
40.8%Humphrey4,696
15.6%Nixon1,790
43.6%
Wallace +2.8
D+98.2
D+26.0
11,504
R
13.5%Johnson731
86.5%Goldwater4,680
0.0%
R+73.0
R+75.8
R+95.6
5,411
O
29.7%Kennedy1,119
26.9%Nixon1,012
43.5%
Other +13.8
R+9.2
D+2.7
3,769
O
33.5%Stevenson1,176
21.5%Eisenhower754
45.0%
Other +11.5
D+18.4
D+27.4
3,511
R
46.8%Stevenson1,843
53.2%Eisenhower2,096
0.0%
R+6.4
R+10.0
D+4.3
3,939
O
7.5%Truman219
3.9%Dewey115
88.5%
Thurmond +81.0
R+69.6
R+0.9
2,914
D
86.6%Roosevelt2,444
13.4%Dewey378
0.0%
D+73.2
R+12.2
D+65.7
2,822
D
92.7%Roosevelt2,974
7.3%Willkie234
0.0%
D+85.4
R+6.2
D+75.4
3,209
D
95.8%Roosevelt2,296
4.2%Landon101
0.0%
D+91.6
D+10.8
D+67.3
2,397
D
90.2%Roosevelt1,941
9.5%Hoover204
0.3%
D+80.8
D+4.9
D+63.0
2,151
D
87.9%Smith1,939
12.1%Hoover266
0.0%
D+75.9
D+15.8
D+93.3
2,205
D
77.0%Davis1,212
16.9%Coolidge266
6.1%
D+60.1
D+8.1
D+85.3
1,574
D
75.8%Cox1,039
23.8%Harding326
0.4%
D+52.0
—
D+78.2
1,370
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
91.0%Wilson324
2.8%Taft10
6.2%
D+88.2
—
D+68.7
356
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
65.9%Bryan380
33.6%McKinley194
0.5%
D+32.2
R+16.4
D+39.8
577
D
72.0%Bryan360
23.4%McKinley117
4.6%
D+48.6
R+22.2
D+54.7
500
D
79.3%Cleveland234
8.5%Harrison25
12.2%
D+70.8
—
D+69.2
295
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
60.2%6,200
39.8%4,101
10,301
2020
D
67.9%9,330
31.4%4,317
13,749
2018
D
61.0%6,469
37.1%3,938
10,612
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cleveland, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
27,144
2018
23,627
2020
24,319
2022
20,680
2024
20,245
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−210 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −6,544 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cleveland, MS in Cleveland, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−483
2012
+45
2013
−163
2014
−226
2015
−706
2016
−739
2017
−848
2018
−666
2019
−519
2021
−512
2022
−677
2023
−517
2024
−323
2025
−210
Cleveland anchors Bolivar County in the Mississippi Delta, a region where Black residents constitute roughly two-thirds of the population and turnout patterns reflect decades of shifting voter registration drives and local political organizing.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 73.0 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.7 points.
A population of 29,534, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,585 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clarksdale, MS and Selma, AL.
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In 2024, Cleveland, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic by 23.7 points (D+23.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 10,435 votes cast, 6,419 went Democratic and 3,943 went Republican.
When did Cleveland, MS, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Cleveland, MS, Mississippi voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Cleveland, MS, Mississippi?
Cleveland, MS, Mississippi has a population of 29,534 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cleveland, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Cleveland, MS, Mississippi is $39,585 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Cleveland, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cleveland, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
