† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupOxford, MSMississippiUnited States
English13.8%10.6%9.5%
Irish8.0%7.4%9.4%
German7.2%5.1%12.5%
American6.1%10.0%5.3%
Scottish2.5%1.6%1.3%
Italian2.1%1.7%4.8%
French1.3%1.7%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.0%—
African American†24.5%35.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Bahamian0.2%——
Mexican2.0%1.9%11.3%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
Asian Indian0.6%0.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.1%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%——
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
Oxford, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
32.8
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
20.8%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.2%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oxford, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$64,019
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.0%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.1%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oxford, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.9%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oxford, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
1.6%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.1%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.8%
40.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
6.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
8.4%
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.
Oxford, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+74.4%
1896
+83.5%
1900
+83.8%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+88.7%
1916
+92.1%
1920
+62.2%
1924
+90.0%
1928
+79.3%
1932
+95.9%
1936
+96.4%
1940
+94.0%
1944
+90.6%
1948
+22.0%
1952
+39.2%
1956
+45.3%
1960
+14.6%
1964
−70.2%
1968
+6.3%
1972
−55.4%
1976
+11.2%
1980
+11.3%
1984
−19.8%
1988
−14.3%
1992
+2.5%
1996
+4.2%
2000
−9.7%
2004
−15.9%
2008
−10.9%
2012
−12.5%
2016
−14.4%
2020
−12.6%
2024
−21.6%
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
38.4%Harris11,245
60.0%Trump17,568
0.6%Kennedy183 +6
R+21.6
R+9.0
R+20.1
29,287
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican60.0%17,568
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.4%11,245
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.6%183
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%97
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%93
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%37
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%28
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%26
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%10
R
42.9%Biden12,855
55.5%Trump16,620
1.6%
R+12.6
D+1.8
R+17.0
29,958
R
41.0%Clinton10,551
55.4%Trump14,248
3.6%
R+14.4
R+1.9
R+16.5
25,720
R
43.0%Obama11,121
55.5%Romney14,351
1.5%
R+12.5
R+1.6
R+16.3
25,859
R
44.1%Obama11,148
55.0%McCain13,906
0.9%
R+10.9
D+5.0
R+18.2
25,286
R
41.5%Kerry8,874
57.5%Bush12,282
1.0%
R+15.9
R+6.2
R+13.5
21,373
R
43.6%Gore7,813
53.3%Bush9,551
3.0%
R+9.7
R+14.0
R+10.2
17,906
D
48.6%Clinton7,083
44.4%Dole6,464
7.0%
D+4.2
D+1.8
R+4.3
14,572
D
47.1%Clinton7,841
44.6%Bush7,430
8.3%
D+2.5
D+16.7
R+3.1
16,645
R
42.6%Dukakis6,369
56.9%Bush8,501
0.5%
R+14.3
D+5.5
R+6.5
14,945
R
40.0%Mondale5,983
59.7%Reagan8,940
0.3%
R+19.8
R+31.0
R+1.5
14,965
D
54.2%Carter8,319
42.9%Reagan6,590
2.9%
D+11.3
D+0.1
D+21.0
15,354
D
54.3%Carter6,978
43.1%Ford5,543
2.6%
D+11.2
D+66.6
D+9.1
12,854
R
21.7%McGovern2,342
77.1%Nixon8,335
1.2%
R+55.4
R+61.8
R+32.3
10,808
O
23.8%Humphrey2,451
17.4%Nixon1,797
58.8%
Wallace +35.0
D+76.5
D+7.0
10,302
R
14.9%Johnson979
85.1%Goldwater5,587
0.0%
R+70.2
R+84.8
R+92.8
6,566
D
40.6%Kennedy1,958
26.0%Nixon1,254
33.4%
D+14.6
R+30.8
D+14.4
4,825
D
67.8%Stevenson2,983
22.5%Eisenhower989
9.7%
D+45.3
D+6.2
D+60.8
4,397
D
69.6%Stevenson3,709
30.4%Eisenhower1,621
0.0%
D+39.2
D+17.1
D+49.9
5,330
O
24.8%Truman879
2.7%Dewey97
72.5%
Thurmond +47.7
R+68.6
D+17.6
3,548
D
95.3%Roosevelt3,730
4.7%Dewey184
0.0%
D+90.6
R+3.4
D+83.1
3,914
D
97.0%Roosevelt3,743
3.0%Willkie115
0.1%
D+94.0
R+2.4
D+84.0
3,860
D
98.1%Roosevelt3,002
1.7%Landon51
0.2%
D+96.4
D+0.6
D+72.2
3,060
D
97.8%Roosevelt3,367
1.9%Hoover65
0.3%
D+95.9
D+16.6
D+78.1
3,444
D
89.6%Smith2,901
10.4%Hoover335
0.0%
D+79.3
R+10.7
D+96.8
3,236
D
94.3%Davis3,140
4.3%Coolidge142
1.4%
D+90.0
D+27.8
D+115.2
3,330
D
80.6%Cox1,765
18.4%Harding403
1.0%
D+62.2
R+29.9
D+88.4
2,190
D
95.7%Wilson2,545
3.6%Hughes96
0.7%
D+92.1
D+3.4
D+88.9
2,660
D
91.3%Wilson1,761
2.6%Taft50
6.1%
D+88.7
—
D+69.2
1,929
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
91.2%Bryan1,951
7.4%McKinley159
1.4%
D+83.8
D+0.2
D+91.3
2,139
D
91.1%Bryan2,424
7.6%McKinley202
1.3%
D+83.5
D+9.1
D+89.6
2,660
D
77.4%Cleveland1,581
2.9%Harrison60
19.7%
D+74.4
—
D+72.8
2,043
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
36.8%10,690
63.2%18,370
29,060
2020
R
46.2%13,811
52.0%15,542
29,873
2018
R
42.5%8,992
55.9%11,830
21,144
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Oxford, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
43,076
2018
44,905
2020
47,914
2022
47,178
2024
48,680
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−863 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +6,638 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Oxford, MS in Oxford, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+450
2012
+1,428
2013
+1,149
2014
+192
2015
+616
2016
+566
2017
+517
2018
−853
2019
+111
2021
+1,852
2022
+734
2023
+426
2024
+313
2025
−863
Home to the University of Mississippi, Oxford's Lafayette County metro posted a D+19.3 margin in 2024, a striking outlier in Mississippi's otherwise heavily Republican electoral map driven by a large student and academic population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 70.2 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 9.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.6 points.
A population of 70,746, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,019 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Starkville, MS and Ruston, LA.
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In 2024, Oxford, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 21.6 points (R+21.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,287 votes cast, 11,245 went Democratic and 17,568 went Republican.
When did Oxford, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Oxford, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Oxford, MS, Mississippi?
Oxford, MS, Mississippi has a population of 70,746 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oxford, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Oxford, MS, Mississippi is $64,019 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Oxford, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Oxford, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
