† 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
GroupPicayuneMississippiUnited States
American10.5%10.0%5.3%
English9.4%10.6%9.5%
German6.6%5.1%12.5%
Irish6.4%7.4%9.4%
French4.6%1.7%1.6%
Italian4.4%1.7%4.8%
Scottish0.9%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.7%1.0%—
African American†37.2%35.3%9.9%
African1.3%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.3%1.9%11.3%
Honduran0.8%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
Spanish0.5%——
Guatemalan0.4%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
Mississippi
United States
Median age
41.8
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Picayune
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$41,213
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.6%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.2%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Picayune
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Picayune
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.
Picayune, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−14.5%
2008
−25.1%
2012
−20.8%
2016
−21.5%
2020
−23.9%
2024
−27.6%
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
R
35.6%Harris1,554
63.1%Trump2,759
1.3%
R+27.6
R+3.7
R+26.1
4,369
R
37.4%Biden1,776
61.3%Trump2,909
1.3%
R+23.9
R+2.3
R+28.3
4,747
R
38.1%Clinton1,574
59.7%Trump2,463
2.2%
R+21.5
R+0.7
R+23.6
4,129
R
38.9%Obama1,829
59.7%Romney2,808
1.4%
R+20.8
D+4.3
R+24.7
4,702
R
36.7%Obama1,765
61.8%McCain2,971
1.4%
R+25.1
R+10.6
R+32.4
4,805
R
42.6%Kerry1,839
57.2%Bush2,466
0.2%
R+14.5
—
R+12.1
4,314
Picayune anchors a fast-growing corner of Mississippi just 50 miles from New Orleans, giving it demographic pressures more typical of a Sun Belt suburb than a small Deep South city.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 27.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.6 points.
A population of 11,900, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,213 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wynne and Alexander City.
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, Picayune, Mississippi voted Republican by 27.6 points (R+27.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,369 votes cast, 1,554 went Democratic and 2,759 went Republican.
How many people live in Picayune, Mississippi?
Picayune, Mississippi has a population of 11,900 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Picayune, Mississippi?
Median household income in Picayune, Mississippi is $41,213 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Picayune, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Picayune, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
