† 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
GroupPicayune, MSMississippiUnited States
American15.8%10.0%5.3%
English14.1%10.6%9.5%
German10.0%5.1%12.5%
Irish9.6%7.4%9.4%
French6.9%1.7%1.6%
Italian6.6%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.4%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.0%—
African American†11.6%35.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.1%1.9%11.3%
Honduran0.7%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Spanish0.4%——
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Panamanian0.2%——
Spaniard0.2%——
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
Picayune, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
41.6
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.6%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Picayune, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$58,135
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.0%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Picayune, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Picayune, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
6.9%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
44.5%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
37.0%
40.7%
51.5%
Black Protestant
6.9%
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.
Picayune, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+94.4%
1896
+74.8%
1900
+65.6%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+90.7%
1916
+87.3%
1920
+79.2%
1924
+61.8%
1928
−2.2%
1932
+86.9%
1936
+86.7%
1940
+91.3%
1944
+92.4%
1948
+4.7%
1952
+8.4%
1956
+5.1%
1960
+17.9%
1964
−69.0%
1968
−4.5%
1972
−77.4%
1976
+7.2%
1980
−14.8%
1984
−52.6%
1988
−43.8%
1992
−20.6%
1996
−23.1%
2000
−42.3%
2004
−53.5%
2008
−60.4%
2012
−59.3%
2016
−64.8%
2020
−64.3%
2024
−66.7%
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
16.1%Harris3,982
82.8%Trump20,438
0.4%Kennedy101 +6
R+66.7
R+2.4
R+65.2
24,671
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.8%20,438
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic16.1%3,982
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%101
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%64
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%34
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%18
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%13
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%11
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%10
R
17.3%Biden4,148
81.5%Trump19,595
1.2%
R+64.3
D+0.5
R+68.7
24,033
R
16.5%Clinton3,604
81.3%Trump17,782
2.3%
R+64.8
R+5.5
R+66.9
21,883
R
19.6%Obama4,366
79.0%Romney17,549
1.4%
R+59.3
D+1.1
R+63.2
22,224
R
19.2%Obama4,320
79.7%McCain17,881
1.1%
R+60.4
R+6.9
R+67.7
22,443
R
22.9%Kerry4,472
76.4%Bush14,896
0.6%
R+53.5
R+11.2
R+51.0
19,487
R
28.0%Gore4,611
70.2%Bush11,575
1.8%
R+42.3
R+19.2
R+42.8
16,477
R
34.0%Clinton4,892
57.1%Dole8,212
8.9%
R+23.1
R+2.5
R+31.6
14,377
R
31.6%Clinton4,683
52.2%Bush7,726
16.1%
R+20.6
D+23.3
R+26.1
14,797
R
27.5%Dukakis3,939
71.3%Bush10,220
1.2%
R+43.8
D+8.7
R+36.1
14,333
R
23.5%Mondale3,085
76.1%Reagan9,978
0.4%
R+52.6
R+37.8
R+34.4
13,112
R
41.4%Carter5,028
56.2%Reagan6,822
2.4%
R+14.8
R+21.9
R+5.0
12,141
D
52.0%Carter5,024
44.8%Ford4,332
3.2%
D+7.2
D+84.6
D+5.1
9,665
R
10.6%McGovern901
88.0%Nixon7,487
1.4%
R+77.4
R+72.9
R+54.3
8,504
O
11.2%Humphrey926
15.7%Nixon1,298
73.1%
Wallace +57.4
D+64.5
R+3.8
8,274
R
15.5%Johnson735
84.5%Goldwater4,009
0.0%
R+69.0
R+87.0
R+91.6
4,744
O
36.6%Kennedy1,276
18.7%Nixon651
44.7%
Other +8.0
D+12.9
D+17.8
3,483
D
44.7%Stevenson1,274
39.6%Eisenhower1,129
15.6%
D+5.1
R+3.3
D+20.5
2,848
D
54.2%Stevenson2,060
45.8%Eisenhower1,741
0.0%
D+8.4
D+3.7
D+19.1
3,801
O
6.9%Truman146
2.2%Dewey46
90.9%
Thurmond +84.1
R+87.7
D+0.2
2,121
D
96.2%Roosevelt2,131
3.8%Dewey84
0.0%
D+92.4
D+1.1
D+84.9
2,215
D
95.5%Roosevelt2,022
4.2%Willkie88
0.4%
D+91.3
D+4.6
D+81.4
2,118
D
93.2%Roosevelt1,156
6.5%Landon81
0.2%
D+86.7
R+0.2
D+62.4
1,240
D
93.0%Roosevelt1,500
6.1%Hoover99
0.9%
D+86.9
D+89.0
D+69.1
1,613
R
48.9%Smith879
51.1%Hoover918
0.0%
R+2.2
R+64.0
D+15.3
1,797
D
76.5%Davis855
14.7%Coolidge164
8.9%
D+61.8
R+17.4
D+87.0
1,118
D
89.4%Cox464
10.2%Harding53
0.4%
D+79.2
R+8.1
D+105.4
519
D
93.5%Wilson521
6.3%Hughes35
0.2%
D+87.3
R+3.5
D+84.1
557
D
92.9%Wilson290
2.2%Taft7
4.8%
D+90.7
—
D+71.2
312
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
82.4%Bryan201
16.8%McKinley41
0.8%
D+65.6
R+9.3
D+73.1
244
D
85.8%Bryan266
11.0%McKinley34
3.2%
D+74.8
R+19.6
D+80.9
310
D
95.8%Cleveland137
1.4%Harrison2
2.8%
D+94.4
—
D+92.7
143
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
16.6%4,012
83.4%20,157
24,169
2020
R
21.4%5,053
75.3%17,814
23,647
2018
R
18.5%2,899
78.8%12,373
15,704
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.
