Greene County, Mississippi: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,6152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,2762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Doddridge County, WV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greene CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greene 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 | +85.1% |
| 1896 | +98.5% |
| 1900 | +34.5% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +82.0% |
| 1916 | +84.4% |
| 1920 | +86.0% |
| 1924 | +87.3% |
| 1928 | +26.8% |
| 1932 | +93.0% |
| 1936 | +89.2% |
| 1940 | +86.7% |
| 1944 | +78.5% |
| 1948 | +10.2% |
| 1952 | +42.3% |
| 1956 | +31.2% |
| 1960 | +19.2% |
| 1964 | −79.0% |
| 1968 | +9.5% |
| 1972 | −68.7% |
| 1976 | +15.6% |
| 1980 | −0.9% |
| 1984 | −35.6% |
| 1988 | −24.1% |
| 1992 | −16.0% |
| 1996 | −16.6% |
| 2000 | −39.8% |
| 2004 | −45.8% |
| 2008 | −51.7% |
| 2012 | −54.1% |
| 2016 | −62.6% |
| 2020 | −65.9% |
| 2024 | −69.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 835 | 4,776 | 5,649 | ||
| R | 966 | 4,794 | 5,812 | ||
| R | 974 | 4,335 | 5,369 | ||
| R | 1,325 | 4,531 | 5,922 | ||
| R | 1,366 | 4,361 | 5,789 | ||
| R | 1,421 | 3,850 | 5,299 | ||
| R | 1,317 | 3,082 | 4,436 | ||
| R | 1,347 | 1,947 | 3,625 | ||
| R | 1,664 | 2,406 | 4,636 | ||
| R | 1,637 | 2,837 | 4,970 | ||
| R | 1,297 | 2,744 | 4,062 | ||
| R | 1,740 | 1,772 | 3,541 | ||
| D | 2,127 | 1,538 | 3,770 | ||
| R | 513 | 2,884 | 3,453 | ||
| O | 449 | 132 | 3,325 | ||
| R | 216 | 1,845 | 2,061 | ||
| O | 550 | 247 | 1,578 | ||
| D | 734 | 351 | 1,229 | ||
| D | 1,247 | 506 | 1,753 | ||
| O | 118 | 14 | 1,018 | ||
| D | 907 | 109 | 1,016 | ||
| D | 926 | 66 | 992 | ||
| D | 830 | 46 | 879 | ||
| D | 818 | 29 | 848 | ||
| D | 593 | 342 | 935 | ||
| D | 456 | 31 | 487 | ||
| D | 337 | 24 | 364 | ||
| D | 399 | 32 | 435 | ||
| D | 268 | 13 | 311 | ||
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| D | 136 | 66 | 203 | ||
| D | 266 | 0 | 270 | ||
| D | 181 | 9 | 202 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.0%
English
13.6%
Irish
9.9%
German
4.4%
Italian
2.5%
Scottish
1.9%
French
0.9%
African American
19.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 40.5 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
$54,276
Greene County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Greene County$54,276
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Greene County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
18.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.7%
Working age (18–64)17.6%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.0%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Greene County, a sparsely populated timber and agriculture community in southeast Mississippi, recorded a 69.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided results in the state.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A median household income of $54,276, a 18% poverty rate, and a 71% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Doddridge County and Live Oak County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greene County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greene County, Mississippi voted Republican by 69.8 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,649 votes cast, 835 went Democratic and 4,776 went Republican.
What is Greene County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Greene County, Mississippi in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 3 times.
When did Greene County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greene County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Greene County, Mississippi?
Greene County, Mississippi has a population of 13,615 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greene County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Greene County, Mississippi is $54,276 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Greene County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greene County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.