† 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
GroupRidgelandMississippiUnited States
African American†45.3%35.3%9.9%
African0.8%0.8%0.5%
English9.1%10.6%9.5%
Irish6.5%7.4%9.4%
American4.7%10.0%5.3%
German3.9%5.1%12.5%
French1.6%1.7%1.6%
Italian1.5%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.5%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.4%1.0%—
Mexican3.8%1.9%11.3%
Guatemalan0.7%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.5%——
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Chinese1.4%0.1%1.3%
Asian Indian1.1%0.1%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
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
Ridgeland
Mississippi
United States
Median age
35.7
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ridgeland
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$66,038
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.9%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
51.7%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ridgeland
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.9%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
5.6%
2.7%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.2%
0.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ridgeland
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.
Ridgeland, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−46.4%
2008
−34.4%
2012
−25.8%
2016
−15.6%
2020
−1.1%
2024
−2.5%
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
48.0%Harris4,666
50.5%Trump4,914
1.5%
R+2.5
R+1.4
R+1.1
9,726
R
48.8%Biden5,208
49.9%Trump5,327
1.4%
R+1.1
D+14.5
R+5.6
10,681
R
40.7%Clinton3,931
56.3%Trump5,436
3.0%
R+15.6
D+10.2
R+17.7
9,659
R
36.8%Obama3,298
62.6%Romney5,612
0.7%
R+25.8
D+8.6
R+29.6
8,972
R
32.5%Obama4,196
66.9%McCain8,640
0.7%
R+34.4
D+12.0
R+41.7
12,921
R
26.5%Kerry2,797
72.9%Bush7,699
0.7%
R+46.4
—
R+43.9
10,565
Ridgeland sits just north of Jackson in Madison County, one of Mississippi's wealthiest and fastest-growing corridors. Its expanding professional-class population has made it a consistent bellwether for suburban realignment trends statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 46.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.5 points.
A population of 24,587, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,038 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Goodlettsville and Calera.
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, Ridgeland, Mississippi voted Republican by 2.5 points (R+2.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,726 votes cast, 4,666 went Democratic and 4,914 went Republican.
How many people live in Ridgeland, Mississippi?
Ridgeland, Mississippi has a population of 24,587 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ridgeland, Mississippi?
Median household income in Ridgeland, Mississippi is $66,038 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Ridgeland, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ridgeland, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
