† 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
GroupTupeloMississippiUnited States
English10.5%10.6%9.5%
Irish7.1%7.4%9.4%
American6.6%10.0%5.3%
German4.0%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.4%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.3%1.0%—
Italian0.9%1.7%4.8%
French0.8%1.7%1.6%
African American†36.5%35.3%9.9%
African0.6%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Mexican3.9%1.9%11.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.1%1.4%
Korean0.3%—0.4%
Pakistani0.3%——
Chinese0.2%0.1%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Thai0.2%——
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
Tupelo
Mississippi
United States
Median age
38.3
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.9%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tupelo
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$66,257
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.5%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tupelo
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.3%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tupelo
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.
Tupelo, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.0%
2008
−21.8%
2012
−20.0%
2016
−24.8%
2020
−15.6%
2024
−21.7%
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
38.5%Harris5,826
60.2%Trump9,107
1.4%
R+21.7
R+6.0
R+20.2
15,138
R
41.3%Biden6,727
56.9%Trump9,277
1.8%
R+15.6
D+9.2
R+20.1
16,295
R
36.4%Clinton5,369
61.3%Trump9,024
2.3%
R+24.8
R+4.9
R+26.9
14,731
R
39.6%Obama6,854
59.5%Romney10,311
0.9%
R+20.0
D+1.8
R+23.8
17,326
R
38.6%Obama6,480
60.4%McCain10,141
1.0%
R+21.8
D+3.2
R+29.1
16,797
R
37.1%Kerry5,421
62.1%Bush9,066
0.8%
R+25.0
—
R+22.5
14,605
Tupelo has evolved from a cotton-economy town into a regional manufacturing and retail center, with Lee County's suburban growth pushing its electorate toward the statewide Republican margins that have defined Mississippi's post-realignment era.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 25.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.7 points.
A population of 37,791, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,257 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dothan and Bossier 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, Tupelo, Mississippi voted Republican by 21.7 points (R+21.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,138 votes cast, 5,826 went Democratic and 9,107 went Republican.
How many people live in Tupelo, Mississippi?
Tupelo, Mississippi has a population of 37,791 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tupelo, Mississippi?
Median household income in Tupelo, Mississippi is $66,257 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Tupelo, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tupelo, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
