† 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
3 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
GroupTupelo, MSMississippiUnited States
English12.4%10.6%9.5%
American10.1%10.0%5.3%
Irish9.1%7.4%9.4%
German4.8%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.6%1.6%1.3%
Italian1.1%1.7%4.8%
French0.9%1.7%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.0%—
African American†21.4%35.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Mexican2.4%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
Tupelo, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
37.8
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tupelo, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$62,170
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.2%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.6%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tupelo, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.3%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tupelo, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
1.2%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.4%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.0%
40.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.8%
6.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
6.2%
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.
Tupelo, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+66.3%
1896
+91.4%
1900
+74.1%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+83.0%
1916
+81.3%
1920
+56.5%
1924
+84.6%
1928
+67.5%
1932
+93.6%
1936
+96.0%
1940
+90.8%
1944
+83.4%
1948
+23.0%
1952
+46.8%
1956
+63.8%
1960
+36.5%
1964
−35.7%
1968
−4.0%
1972
−74.9%
1976
+18.4%
1980
+15.0%
1984
−31.5%
1988
−26.1%
1992
−15.0%
1996
−11.9%
2000
−25.3%
2004
−34.5%
2008
−37.5%
2012
−36.2%
2016
−47.8%
2020
−45.2%
2024
−51.6%
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
23.7%Harris13,370
75.3%Trump42,443
0.4%Kennedy217 +6
R+51.6
R+6.4
R+50.1
56,340
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.3%42,443
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic23.7%13,370
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%217
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%117
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%70
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%44
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%40
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%26
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%13
R
26.7%Biden15,591
71.9%Trump42,015
1.4%
R+45.2
D+2.6
R+49.7
58,417
R
25.2%Clinton13,213
73.0%Trump38,338
1.8%
R+47.8
R+11.6
R+49.9
52,522
R
31.3%Obama17,086
67.5%Romney36,883
1.3%
R+36.2
D+1.3
R+40.1
54,657
R
30.7%Obama17,125
68.1%McCain38,060
1.2%
R+37.5
R+2.9
R+44.8
55,855
R
32.3%Kerry16,256
66.9%Bush33,625
0.8%
R+34.5
R+9.3
R+32.1
50,285
R
36.6%Gore15,423
61.9%Bush26,076
1.5%
R+25.3
R+13.4
R+25.8
42,140
R
40.2%Clinton14,478
52.1%Dole18,778
7.8%
R+11.9
D+3.1
R+20.4
36,050
R
37.1%Clinton14,730
52.1%Bush20,690
10.9%
R+15.0
D+11.1
R+20.6
39,740
R
36.3%Dukakis13,176
62.4%Bush22,650
1.3%
R+26.1
D+5.4
R+18.4
36,313
R
33.9%Mondale11,779
65.4%Reagan22,720
0.7%
R+31.5
R+46.5
R+13.3
34,747
D
56.5%Carter19,731
41.5%Reagan14,496
2.0%
D+15.0
R+3.4
D+24.7
34,920
D
58.0%Carter17,415
39.6%Ford11,881
2.4%
D+18.4
D+93.3
D+16.4
30,015
R
11.0%McGovern2,539
85.9%Nixon19,756
3.1%
R+74.9
R+70.8
R+51.7
23,001
O
10.6%Humphrey2,769
14.6%Nixon3,814
74.8%
Wallace +60.1
D+31.7
R+3.3
26,074
R
32.2%Johnson4,549
67.8%Goldwater9,594
0.0%
R+35.7
R+72.2
R+58.3
14,143
D
57.9%Kennedy7,182
21.4%Nixon2,656
20.6%
D+36.5
R+27.3
D+36.3
12,397
D
79.6%Stevenson8,135
15.8%Eisenhower1,610
4.7%
D+63.8
D+17.0
D+79.2
10,221
D
73.4%Stevenson9,082
26.6%Eisenhower3,289
0.0%
D+46.8
D+23.8
D+57.6
12,371
O
25.8%Truman1,872
2.8%Dewey206
71.3%
Thurmond +45.5
R+60.4
D+18.5
7,246
D
91.7%Roosevelt6,511
8.3%Dewey588
0.0%
D+83.4
R+7.4
D+75.9
7,099
D
95.3%Roosevelt7,558
4.5%Willkie357
0.2%
D+90.8
R+5.1
D+80.9
7,928
D
98.0%Roosevelt6,859
2.0%Landon139
0.1%
D+96.0
D+2.4
D+71.7
7,002
D
96.7%Roosevelt7,531
3.1%Hoover245
0.1%
D+93.6
D+26.1
D+75.8
7,785
D
83.7%Smith4,977
16.3%Hoover967
0.0%
D+67.5
R+17.2
D+84.9
5,944
D
92.3%Davis4,734
7.7%Coolidge393
0.0%
D+84.6
D+28.1
D+109.8
5,129
D
77.6%Cox3,667
21.1%Harding996
1.3%
D+56.5
R+24.8
D+82.7
4,725
D
90.3%Wilson4,432
8.9%Hughes439
0.8%
D+81.3
R+1.7
D+78.2
4,909
D
87.1%Wilson3,143
4.1%Taft148
8.8%
D+83.0
—
D+63.5
3,607
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
86.0%Bryan2,754
12.0%McKinley383
2.0%
D+74.1
R+17.3
D+81.6
3,201
D
95.0%Bryan3,303
3.6%McKinley125
1.4%
D+91.4
D+25.1
D+97.5
3,478
D
68.6%Cleveland2,176
2.3%Harrison74
29.1%
D+66.3
—
D+64.6
3,172
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
23.8%13,183
76.2%42,256
55,439
2020
R
30.5%17,766
67.4%39,208
58,199
2018
R
24.9%9,887
72.8%28,868
39,628
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Tupelo, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
86,172
2018
85,989
2020
88,925
2022
85,255
2024
89,124
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+325 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +818 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Tupelo, MS in Tupelo, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+784
2012
+249
2013
+175
2014
−541
2015
−33
2016
−331
2017
−89
2018
−200
2019
−60
2021
+121
2022
+55
2023
+154
2024
+209
2025
+325
The Tupelo metro has diversified well beyond its furniture-industry roots, drawing automotive suppliers and food processors that have shifted its workforce profile — yet Lee County's presidential margins have held consistently above 30 points Republican for two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 74.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.6 points.
A population of 132,254, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,170 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waycross, GA and Jesup, GA.
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In 2024, Tupelo, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 51.6 points (R+51.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 56,340 votes cast, 13,370 went Democratic and 42,443 went Republican.
When did Tupelo, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tupelo, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Tupelo, MS, Mississippi?
Tupelo, MS, Mississippi has a population of 132,254 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tupelo, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Tupelo, MS, Mississippi is $62,170 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Tupelo, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Tupelo, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
