Bolivar County, Mississippi: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+24%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+24MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 29,5342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $39,5852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 31.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 63.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lee County, SC · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bolivar CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bolivar County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +70.8% |
| 1896 | +48.6% |
| 1900 | +32.2% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +88.2% |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | +52.0% |
| 1924 | +60.1% |
| 1928 | +75.9% |
| 1932 | +80.8% |
| 1936 | +91.6% |
| 1940 | +85.4% |
| 1944 | +73.2% |
| 1948 | +3.6% |
| 1952 | −6.4% |
| 1956 | +12.0% |
| 1960 | +2.8% |
| 1964 | −73.0% |
| 1968 | +25.3% |
| 1972 | −33.8% |
| 1976 | +18.8% |
| 1980 | +25.5% |
| 1984 | +11.6% |
| 1988 | +10.7% |
| 1992 | +28.5% |
| 1996 | +35.2% |
| 2000 | +26.5% |
| 2004 | +26.8% |
| 2008 | +35.4% |
| 2012 | +38.1% |
| 2016 | +32.2% |
| 2020 | +30.8% |
| 2024 | +23.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 6,419 | 3,943 | 10,435 | ||
| D | 8,904 | 4,671 | 13,744 | ||
| D | 9,046 | 4,590 | 13,824 | ||
| D | 10,582 | 4,701 | 15,428 | ||
| D | 10,334 | 4,891 | 15,381 | ||
| D | 9,631 | 5,535 | 15,307 | ||
| D | 8,436 | 4,847 | 13,538 | ||
| D | 8,670 | 4,027 | 13,176 | ||
| D | 8,801 | 4,752 | 14,226 | ||
| D | 7,606 | 6,105 | 14,085 | ||
| D | 8,769 | 6,939 | 15,824 | ||
| D | 8,839 | 5,148 | 14,491 | ||
| D | 7,561 | 5,136 | 12,875 | ||
| R | 3,616 | 7,397 | 11,187 | ||
| O | 4,696 | 1,790 | 11,504 | ||
| R | 731 | 4,680 | 5,411 | ||
| O | 1,119 | 1,012 | 3,769 | ||
| O | 1,176 | 754 | 3,511 | ||
| R | 1,843 | 2,096 | 3,939 | ||
| O | 219 | 115 | 2,914 | ||
| D | 2,444 | 378 | 2,822 | ||
| D | 2,974 | 234 | 3,209 | ||
| D | 2,296 | 101 | 2,397 | ||
| D | 1,941 | 204 | 2,151 | ||
| D | 1,939 | 266 | 2,205 | ||
| D | 1,212 | 266 | 1,574 | ||
| D | 1,039 | 326 | 1,370 | ||
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| D | 324 | 10 | 356 | ||
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| D | 380 | 194 | 577 | ||
| D | 360 | 117 | 500 | ||
| D | 234 | 25 | 295 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.5%
English
5.5%
Irish
4.3%
Italian
2.6%
German
1.5%
Scottish
1.0%
French
0.8%
African American
50.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$39,585
Bolivar County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Bolivar County$39,585
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Bolivar County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
32.6%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1844.8%
Working age (18–64)29.2%
Seniors (65+)22.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Bolivar County sits in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, where a majority African American population and persistent rural poverty have produced some of the most reliably Democratic presidential margins in the state for decades.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-two points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $39,585 and a 33% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee County and Bamberg County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bolivar County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bolivar County, Mississippi voted Democratic by 23.7 points (D+24), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 10,435 votes cast, 6,419 went Democratic and 3,943 went Republican.
What is Bolivar County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Bolivar County, Mississippi in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 3 times, and other 4 times.
When did Bolivar County, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bolivar County, Mississippi voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Bolivar County, Mississippi?
Bolivar County, Mississippi has a population of 29,534 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bolivar County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Bolivar County, Mississippi is $39,585 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Bolivar County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bolivar County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.