† 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
GroupMeridian, MSMississippiUnited States
American11.2%10.0%5.3%
English10.7%10.6%9.5%
Irish7.3%7.4%9.4%
German4.4%5.1%12.5%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.0%—
Scottish1.2%1.6%1.3%
Italian1.1%1.7%4.8%
French0.9%1.7%1.6%
African American†37.8%35.3%9.9%
African0.8%0.8%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican1.3%1.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
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
Meridian, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
40.2
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.3%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Meridian, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$49,986
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.7%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.5%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Meridian, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.5%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Meridian, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
1.9%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
50.5%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
25.9%
40.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.3%
6.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
11.3%
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.
Meridian, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+77.9%
1896
+91.1%
1900
+90.9%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+87.2%
1916
+88.2%
1920
+81.4%
1924
+74.5%
1928
+33.0%
1932
+92.2%
1936
+97.5%
1940
+91.3%
1944
+88.4%
1948
+6.7%
1952
+23.2%
1956
+33.5%
1960
+11.2%
1964
−80.4%
1968
+5.6%
1972
−66.0%
1976
−15.0%
1980
−14.6%
1984
−39.8%
1988
−36.5%
1992
−30.7%
1996
−24.2%
2000
−33.6%
2004
−32.1%
2008
−20.1%
2012
−16.6%
2016
−24.2%
2020
−19.2%
2024
−24.2%
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
R
37.5%Harris13,107
61.7%Trump21,580
0.4%Kennedy137 +6
R+24.2
R+5.1
R+22.8
34,978
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican61.7%21,580
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic37.5%13,107
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%137
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%52
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%31
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%22
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%19
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%16
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%14
R
39.9%Biden15,798
59.1%Trump23,384
1.0%
R+19.2
D+5.0
R+23.6
39,585
R
37.1%Clinton13,854
61.3%Trump22,878
1.5%
R+24.2
R+7.6
R+26.3
37,297
R
41.3%Obama16,925
57.9%Romney23,749
0.9%
R+16.6
D+3.5
R+20.5
41,030
R
39.6%Obama16,453
59.8%McCain24,811
0.6%
R+20.1
D+12.0
R+27.4
41,511
R
33.7%Kerry12,694
65.8%Bush24,804
0.5%
R+32.1
D+1.4
R+29.7
37,677
R
32.8%Gore10,780
66.3%Bush21,818
0.9%
R+33.6
R+9.3
R+34.1
32,889
R
35.5%Clinton11,005
59.7%Dole18,525
4.8%
R+24.2
D+6.5
R+32.8
31,026
R
31.2%Clinton10,748
61.9%Bush21,305
6.8%
R+30.7
D+5.8
R+36.2
34,400
R
31.4%Dukakis10,543
67.9%Bush22,824
0.8%
R+36.5
D+3.3
R+28.8
33,627
R
28.7%Mondale9,796
68.5%Reagan23,358
2.7%
R+39.8
R+25.1
R+21.6
34,089
R
40.3%Carter13,221
54.9%Reagan18,030
4.8%
R+14.6
D+0.4
R+4.9
32,840
R
41.5%Carter12,629
56.5%Ford17,208
2.0%
R+15.0
D+51.0
R+17.1
30,441
R
15.7%McGovern4,407
81.7%Nixon22,898
2.5%
R+66.0
R+71.6
R+42.9
28,012
O
15.8%Humphrey4,073
10.2%Nixon2,626
74.0%
Wallace +58.2
D+86.0
D+6.3
25,755
R
9.8%Johnson1,836
90.2%Goldwater16,882
0.0%
R+80.4
R+91.6
R+103.0
18,718
O
35.6%Kennedy4,999
24.4%Nixon3,422
40.1%
Other +4.5
R+22.2
D+11.1
14,053
D
62.2%Stevenson7,177
28.8%Eisenhower3,317
9.0%
D+33.5
D+10.3
D+48.9
11,534
D
61.6%Stevenson7,841
38.4%Eisenhower4,891
0.0%
D+23.2
D+16.5
D+33.9
12,732
O
9.0%Truman722
2.3%Dewey188
88.6%
Thurmond +79.6
R+81.8
D+2.2
8,007
D
94.2%Roosevelt7,730
5.8%Dewey474
0.0%
D+88.4
R+2.8
D+81.0
8,204
D
95.6%Roosevelt7,647
4.3%Willkie345
0.1%
D+91.3
R+6.2
D+81.3
7,999
D
98.6%Roosevelt8,164
1.2%Landon98
0.2%
D+97.5
D+5.2
D+73.2
8,277
D
95.9%Roosevelt6,312
3.7%Hoover244
0.4%
D+92.2
D+59.2
D+74.4
6,581
D
66.5%Smith4,689
33.5%Hoover2,361
0.0%
D+33.0
R+41.5
D+50.5
7,050
D
81.9%Davis4,510
7.4%Coolidge407
10.7%
D+74.5
R+6.9
D+99.7
5,508
D
88.7%Cox3,346
7.3%Harding275
4.0%
D+81.4
R+6.8
D+107.6
3,771
D
92.8%Wilson4,150
4.6%Hughes206
2.6%
D+88.2
D+1.1
D+85.1
4,470
D
89.3%Wilson2,842
2.1%Taft67
8.6%
D+87.2
—
D+67.6
3,183
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
94.2%Bryan2,064
3.3%McKinley72
2.5%
D+90.9
R+0.2
D+98.5
2,191
D
94.5%Bryan2,925
3.4%McKinley105
2.1%
D+91.1
D+13.2
D+97.2
3,096
D
78.9%Cleveland1,994
1.0%Harrison26
20.0%
D+77.9
—
D+76.3
2,526
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
36.2%12,489
63.8%22,024
34,513
2020
R
42.0%16,590
56.4%22,251
39,467
2018
R
36.2%10,543
62.4%18,161
29,126
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Meridian, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
68,069
2018
61,243
2020
60,597
2022
57,193
2024
58,670
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−267 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −11,084 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Meridian, MS in Meridian, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7
2012
−879
2013
−289
2014
−1,282
2015
−1,365
2016
−1,211
2017
−1,187
2018
−1,354
2019
−1,180
2021
−417
2022
−726
2023
−469
2024
−465
2025
−267
The Jackson-area metro consistently posts some of the highest shares of Black residents of any mid-sized Southern market, shaping an electorate where turnout patterns and demographic composition draw close scrutiny every cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 80.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 86,818, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,986 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of LaGrange, GA-AL and Thomasville, GA.
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In 2024, Meridian, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 24.2 points (R+24.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,978 votes cast, 13,107 went Democratic and 21,580 went Republican.
When did Meridian, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meridian, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1956.
How many people live in Meridian, MS, Mississippi?
Meridian, MS, Mississippi has a population of 86,818 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meridian, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Meridian, MS, Mississippi is $49,986 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Meridian, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Meridian, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
