† 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
2 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
GroupColumbus, MSMississippiUnited States
African American†47.0%35.3%9.9%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
South African0.3%——
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
English10.8%10.6%9.5%
American8.0%10.0%5.3%
Irish6.3%7.4%9.4%
German5.1%5.1%12.5%
Italian1.7%1.7%4.8%
Scottish0.9%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.0%—
Polish0.6%—2.2%
Mexican1.4%1.9%11.3%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Columbus, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
38
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Columbus, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$50,861
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.6%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.5%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Columbus, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.9%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Columbus, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
1.7%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.3%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
21.4%
40.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.5%
6.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
25.9%
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.
Columbus, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+93.4%
1896
+95.1%
1900
+94.8%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+95.2%
1916
+94.9%
1920
+90.7%
1924
+92.2%
1928
+83.9%
1932
+94.4%
1936
+95.3%
1940
+89.0%
1944
+74.8%
1948
+2.6%
1952
−19.9%
1956
+28.2%
1960
−13.5%
1964
−86.2%
1968
+9.6%
1972
−54.8%
1976
−8.3%
1980
−10.6%
1984
−22.1%
1988
−20.1%
1992
−10.0%
1996
−7.0%
2000
−8.3%
2004
−2.2%
2008
+8.0%
2012
+10.4%
2016
+5.4%
2020
+6.4%
2024
+0.4%
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
49.7%Harris14,365
49.3%Trump14,238
0.4%Kennedy112 +6
D+0.4
R+6.0
D+1.9
28,875
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.7%14,365
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.3%14,238
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%112
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%51
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%29
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%23
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%23
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%18
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%16
D
52.6%Biden17,127
46.2%Trump15,040
1.3%
D+6.4
D+1.0
D+2.0
32,580
D
51.7%Clinton16,166
46.3%Trump14,471
2.0%
D+5.4
R+4.9
D+3.3
31,269
D
54.8%Obama18,308
44.4%Romney14,843
0.8%
D+10.4
D+2.4
D+6.5
33,422
D
53.6%Obama18,239
45.6%McCain15,519
0.9%
D+8.0
D+10.2
D+0.7
34,054
R
48.6%Kerry14,754
50.8%Bush15,413
0.7%
R+2.2
D+6.2
D+0.3
30,367
R
45.2%Gore10,920
53.5%Bush12,934
1.4%
R+8.3
R+1.3
R+8.8
24,184
R
43.9%Clinton9,021
50.9%Dole10,456
5.2%
R+7.0
D+3.0
R+15.5
20,556
R
40.8%Clinton9,740
50.8%Bush12,132
8.4%
R+10.0
D+10.1
R+15.6
23,872
R
39.7%Dukakis8,715
59.8%Bush13,128
0.5%
R+20.1
D+2.1
R+12.4
21,962
R
38.6%Mondale9,006
60.8%Reagan14,172
0.6%
R+22.1
R+11.5
R+3.9
23,326
R
43.9%Carter9,621
54.5%Reagan11,943
1.6%
R+10.6
R+2.3
R+0.9
21,910
R
44.1%Carter8,302
52.4%Ford9,863
3.6%
R+8.3
D+46.5
R+10.4
18,836
R
21.3%McGovern3,450
76.1%Nixon12,337
2.6%
R+54.8
R+64.5
R+31.7
16,209
O
24.6%Humphrey3,616
15.0%Nixon2,200
60.4%
Wallace +35.8
D+95.8
D+10.3
14,685
R
6.9%Johnson603
93.1%Goldwater8,115
0.0%
R+86.2
R+72.6
R+108.7
8,718
R
24.6%Kennedy1,517
38.1%Nixon2,352
37.3%
R+13.5
R+41.7
R+13.7
6,169
D
55.0%Stevenson2,998
26.8%Eisenhower1,462
18.1%
D+28.2
D+48.1
D+43.6
5,446
R
40.0%Stevenson2,376
60.0%Eisenhower3,557
0.0%
R+19.9
R+22.5
R+9.1
5,933
O
4.7%Truman190
2.0%Dewey83
93.3%
Thurmond +88.6
R+72.2
R+1.8
4,059
D
87.4%Roosevelt3,210
12.6%Dewey463
0.0%
D+74.8
R+14.2
D+67.3
3,673
D
94.4%Roosevelt3,420
5.5%Willkie198
0.1%
D+89.0
R+6.3
D+79.0
3,621
D
97.5%Roosevelt3,660
2.2%Landon83
0.3%
D+95.3
D+0.9
D+71.0
3,754
D
97.0%Roosevelt3,357
2.6%Hoover91
0.3%
D+94.4
D+10.4
D+76.6
3,460
D
92.0%Smith3,289
8.0%Hoover287
0.0%
D+83.9
R+8.3
D+101.4
3,576
D
96.1%Davis2,621
3.9%Coolidge106
0.0%
D+92.2
D+1.6
D+117.4
2,727
D
95.0%Cox1,629
4.4%Harding75
0.6%
D+90.7
R+4.2
D+116.9
1,714
D
97.1%Wilson1,684
2.2%Hughes39
0.6%
D+94.9
R+0.4
D+91.7
1,734
D
96.3%Wilson1,518
1.1%Taft17
2.6%
D+95.2
—
D+75.7
1,576
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
96.8%Bryan1,372
2.0%McKinley28
1.3%
D+94.8
R+0.4
D+102.3
1,418
D
96.7%Bryan1,535
1.6%McKinley25
1.7%
D+95.1
D+1.8
D+101.2
1,587
D
93.8%Cleveland1,158
0.5%Harrison6
5.7%
D+93.4
—
D+91.7
1,234
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
47.9%13,665
52.1%14,860
28,525
2020
D
55.2%17,981
43.6%14,188
32,559
2018
R
48.5%11,426
50.1%11,805
23,565
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Columbus, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
55,419
2018
51,811
2020
52,128
2022
52,101
2024
50,898
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−75 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −7,638 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Columbus, MS in Columbus, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−641
2012
−596
2013
−318
2014
−395
2015
−636
2016
−480
2017
−758
2018
−823
2019
−590
2021
−651
2022
−629
2023
−571
2024
−475
2025
−75
Columbus anchors a corner of the Mississippi Black Belt where racial and partisan sorting produce some of the most lopsided federal results in the state, yet local and county contests remain genuinely competitive across demographic lines.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 86.2 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.4 points.
A population of 67,863, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,861 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Vicksburg, MS and Natchez, MS-LA.
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In 2024, Columbus, MS, Mississippi voted a near-tie (D+0.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 28,875 votes cast, 14,365 went Democratic and 14,238 went Republican.
When did Columbus, MS, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbus, MS, Mississippi voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Columbus, MS, Mississippi?
Columbus, MS, Mississippi has a population of 67,863 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbus, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Columbus, MS, Mississippi is $50,861 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Columbus, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Columbus, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
