Picayune, MS · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Pearl River County, Mississippi. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Picayune, MS, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Picayune, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
38,558
2018
39,768
2020
39,232
2022
38,268
2024
40,726
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+384 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +3,737 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Picayune, MS in Picayune, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−333
2012
−562
2013
−133
2014
+276
2015
−121
2016
+177
2017
+257
2018
+219
2019
+315
2021
+626
2022
+991
2023
+849
2024
+792
2025
+384
Picayune, MS sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.4 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 77.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.7 points.
A population of 57,458, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,135 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of DeRidder, LA and Somerset, KY.
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In 2024, Picayune, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 66.7 points (R+66.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,671 votes cast, 3,982 went Democratic and 20,438 went Republican.
When did Picayune, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Picayune, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Picayune, MS, Mississippi?
Picayune, MS, Mississippi has a population of 57,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Picayune, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Picayune, MS, Mississippi is $58,135 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Picayune, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Picayune, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
