† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupForestMississippiUnited States
African American†37.2%35.3%9.9%
Mexican19.5%1.9%11.3%
Guatemalan6.7%0.2%0.5%
Cuban2.8%—0.7%
Nicaraguan2.6%——
Panamanian1.4%——
Spanish0.7%——
Dominican0.5%—0.7%
Honduran0.5%0.2%0.3%
American12.0%10.0%5.3%
English4.8%10.6%9.5%
Irish2.9%7.4%9.4%
German1.2%5.1%12.5%
French0.4%1.7%1.6%
Italian0.4%1.7%4.8%
Scottish0.4%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.3%1.0%—
Native Hawaiian3.0%——
Samoan3.0%——
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
Forest
Mississippi
United States
Median age
36
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.1%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Forest
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$49,724
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
33.8%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.9%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Forest
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
32.4%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
31.9%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Forest
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
—
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
40.7%
51.5%
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.
Forest, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.1%
2008
+12.2%
2012
+16.0%
2016
+16.5%
2020
+16.1%
2024
+10.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
55.0%Harris819
44.0%Trump656
1.0%
D+10.9
R+5.2
D+12.4
1,490
D
57.5%Biden993
41.4%Trump715
1.1%
D+16.1
R+0.4
D+11.6
1,727
D
57.5%Clinton994
41.0%Trump709
1.5%
D+16.5
D+0.5
D+14.4
1,729
D
57.6%Obama1,138
41.6%Romney822
0.7%
D+16.0
D+3.8
D+12.2
1,974
D
55.5%Obama1,101
43.2%McCain858
1.3%
D+12.2
D+12.2
D+5.0
1,985
D
49.9%Kerry836
49.9%Bush835
0.2%
D+0.1
—
D+2.5
1,675
Forest sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.9 points.
A population of 5,357, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,724 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Butner and Warren.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Forest, Mississippi voted Democratic by 10.9 points (D+10.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,490 votes cast, 819 went Democratic and 656 went Republican.
How many people live in Forest, Mississippi?
Forest, Mississippi has a population of 5,357 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Forest, Mississippi?
Median household income in Forest, Mississippi is $49,724 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Forest, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Forest, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
