† 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
GroupGreenville, MSMississippiUnited States
African American†70.7%35.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
American34.4%10.0%5.3%
English4.2%10.6%9.5%
Irish2.4%7.4%9.4%
German1.8%5.1%12.5%
Italian1.3%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.5%1.0%—
French0.3%1.7%1.6%
Scottish0.2%1.6%1.3%
Mexican1.3%1.9%11.3%
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
Greenville, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
38
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greenville, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$42,165
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
26.4%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.4%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greenville, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.5%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greenville, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
3.6%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.9%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
24.3%
40.7%
51.5%
Black Protestant
22.1%
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.
Greenville, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+91.8%
1896
+67.7%
1900
+65.2%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+86.0%
1916
+89.1%
1920
+85.5%
1924
+79.7%
1928
+71.8%
1932
+88.6%
1936
+91.4%
1940
+77.9%
1944
+63.2%
1948
−0.4%
1952
−11.5%
1956
+13.6%
1960
+12.2%
1964
−47.4%
1968
+13.2%
1972
−33.2%
1976
+12.0%
1980
+8.7%
1984
−7.8%
1988
−0.0%
1992
+15.2%
1996
+18.9%
2000
+16.6%
2004
+19.6%
2008
+34.7%
2012
+42.3%
2016
+36.5%
2020
+39.9%
2024
+35.0%
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
67.0%Harris9,735
32.0%Trump4,649
0.5%Kennedy73 +6
D+35.0
R+5.0
D+36.5
14,540
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic67.0%9,735
Donald J TrumpRepublican32.0%4,649
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%73
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%22
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%16
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%15
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%13
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%11
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%6
D
69.3%Biden12,503
29.4%Trump5,300
1.3%
D+39.9
D+3.5
D+35.5
18,034
D
67.6%Clinton11,380
31.2%Trump5,244
1.2%
D+36.5
R+5.8
D+34.4
16,825
D
70.9%Obama13,981
28.7%Romney5,651
0.4%
D+42.3
D+7.5
D+38.4
19,715
D
67.1%Obama13,148
32.4%McCain6,347
0.4%
D+34.7
D+15.1
D+27.5
19,583
D
59.0%Kerry11,569
39.4%Bush7,731
1.5%
D+19.6
D+3.0
D+22.0
19,597
D
56.8%Gore10,405
40.2%Bush7,367
3.0%
D+16.6
R+2.3
D+16.1
18,328
D
57.6%Clinton10,053
38.8%Dole6,762
3.6%
D+18.9
D+3.7
D+10.3
17,440
D
53.8%Clinton10,588
38.6%Bush7,598
7.6%
D+15.2
D+15.2
D+9.6
19,689
R
49.4%Dukakis10,222
49.4%Bush10,229
1.1%
R+0.03
D+7.8
D+7.7
20,687
R
45.3%Mondale10,617
53.2%Reagan12,454
1.5%
R+7.8
R+16.5
D+10.4
23,414
D
53.3%Carter10,722
44.6%Reagan8,978
2.1%
D+8.7
R+3.3
D+18.4
20,117
D
53.2%Carter9,650
41.2%Ford7,474
5.6%
D+12.0
D+45.2
D+9.9
18,149
R
30.6%McGovern4,623
63.8%Nixon9,634
5.6%
R+33.2
R+46.4
R+10.0
15,104
O
36.0%Humphrey5,520
22.8%Nixon3,500
41.1%
Wallace +5.1
D+60.6
D+13.9
15,320
R
26.3%Johnson2,004
73.7%Goldwater5,611
0.0%
R+47.4
R+59.6
R+70.0
7,615
D
46.7%Kennedy3,105
34.4%Nixon2,292
18.9%
D+12.2
R+1.4
D+12.1
6,655
D
49.6%Stevenson2,722
35.9%Eisenhower1,973
14.5%
D+13.6
D+25.2
D+29.0
5,490
R
44.2%Stevenson2,618
55.8%Eisenhower3,301
0.0%
R+11.5
R+11.2
R+0.8
5,919
O
8.7%Truman260
9.1%Dewey271
82.2%
Thurmond +73.1
R+63.5
R+4.9
2,979
D
81.6%Roosevelt2,012
18.4%Dewey454
0.0%
D+63.2
R+14.7
D+55.7
2,466
D
88.9%Roosevelt2,349
11.1%Willkie292
0.0%
D+77.9
R+13.6
D+67.9
2,642
D
95.6%Roosevelt2,143
4.2%Landon94
0.2%
D+91.4
D+2.8
D+67.2
2,241
D
94.2%Roosevelt1,691
5.6%Hoover100
0.2%
D+88.6
D+16.9
D+70.8
1,795
D
85.9%Smith1,496
14.1%Hoover246
0.0%
D+71.8
R+8.0
D+89.2
1,742
D
89.8%Davis1,277
10.1%Coolidge143
0.1%
D+79.7
R+5.8
D+104.9
1,422
D
92.7%Cox776
7.2%Harding60
0.1%
D+85.5
R+3.5
D+111.7
837
D
94.4%Wilson836
5.3%Hughes47
0.3%
D+89.1
D+3.1
D+85.9
886
D
88.4%Wilson731
2.4%Taft20
9.2%
D+86.0
—
D+66.4
827
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
82.6%Bryan580
17.4%McKinley122
0.0%
D+65.2
R+2.4
D+72.8
702
D
80.6%Bryan611
12.9%McKinley98
6.5%
D+67.7
R+24.1
D+73.8
758
D
94.9%Cleveland600
3.2%Harrison20
1.9%
D+91.8
—
D+90.1
632
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
65.6%9,406
34.4%4,926
14,332
2020
D
72.5%13,155
26.9%4,891
18,155
2018
D
65.5%8,893
33.3%4,519
13,582
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Greenville, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
33,523
2018
34,268
2020
35,280
2022
31,951
2024
31,743
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−677 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −12,132 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Greenville, MS in Greenville, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−877
2012
−675
2013
−574
2014
−874
2015
−1,254
2016
−883
2017
−1,045
2018
−1,205
2019
−1,107
2021
−748
2022
−989
2023
−542
2024
−682
2025
−677
Greenville anchors Washington County in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, a region where Black residents comprise roughly two-thirds of the population and turnout patterns consistently diverge from statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.8 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.0 points.
A population of 42,765, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,165 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenwood, MS and Selma, AL.
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In 2024, Greenville, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic by 35.0 points (D+35.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 14,540 votes cast, 9,735 went Democratic and 4,649 went Republican.
When did Greenville, MS, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Greenville, MS, Mississippi voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Greenville, MS, Mississippi?
Greenville, MS, Mississippi has a population of 42,765 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greenville, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Greenville, MS, Mississippi is $42,165 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Greenville, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Greenville, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
