Humphreys County, Mississippi: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+42%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+42MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,3952024 5-year
- Median household income
- $33,7312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 78.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+91 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Coahoma County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Humphreys CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Humphreys 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | +87.0% |
| 1924 | +90.0% |
| 1928 | +99.8% |
| 1932 | +97.5% |
| 1936 | +98.8% |
| 1940 | +96.3% |
| 1944 | +94.1% |
| 1948 | +0.5% |
| 1952 | +18.6% |
| 1956 | +34.7% |
| 1960 | +16.0% |
| 1964 | −91.4% |
| 1968 | +26.5% |
| 1972 | −42.6% |
| 1976 | +19.3% |
| 1980 | +22.5% |
| 1984 | +5.8% |
| 1988 | +13.3% |
| 1992 | +20.8% |
| 1996 | +24.2% |
| 2000 | +16.7% |
| 2004 | +30.4% |
| 2008 | +42.4% |
| 2012 | +50.1% |
| 2016 | +45.1% |
| 2020 | +45.3% |
| 2024 | +41.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,443 | 990 | 3,468 | ||
| D | 3,016 | 1,118 | 4,189 | ||
| D | 3,071 | 1,151 | 4,253 | ||
| D | 3,903 | 1,293 | 5,212 | ||
| D | 3,634 | 1,462 | 5,126 | ||
| D | 3,168 | 1,679 | 4,900 | ||
| D | 2,288 | 1,628 | 3,944 | ||
| D | 2,305 | 1,382 | 3,813 | ||
| D | 2,696 | 1,721 | 4,683 | ||
| D | 2,644 | 2,018 | 4,695 | ||
| D | 2,596 | 2,309 | 4,914 | ||
| D | 2,970 | 1,841 | 5,020 | ||
| D | 2,172 | 1,445 | 3,774 | ||
| R | 892 | 2,334 | 3,382 | ||
| O | 1,219 | 258 | 3,628 | ||
| R | 84 | 1,863 | 1,947 | ||
| O | 459 | 231 | 1,422 | ||
| O | 576 | 127 | 1,294 | ||
| D | 858 | 589 | 1,447 | ||
| O | 17 | 11 | 1,144 | ||
| D | 1,150 | 35 | 1,185 | ||
| D | 1,061 | 20 | 1,081 | ||
| D | 1,164 | 7 | 1,171 | ||
| D | 775 | 10 | 785 | ||
| D | 1,020 | 1 | 1,021 | ||
| D | 628 | 33 | 661 | ||
| D | 316 | 21 | 339 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.5%
English
4.0%
Irish
3.9%
Italian
1.1%
German
1.0%
African American
62.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 39.6 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
$33,731
Humphreys County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Humphreys County$33,731
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Humphreys 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
27.0%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1841.0%
Working age (18–64)22.9%
Seniors (65+)16.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.1%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Humphreys County in the Mississippi Delta posts some of the widest Democratic presidential margins in the state, driven by a majority-Black population shaped by the region's cotton agriculture history and persistent rural poverty.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-two 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 $33,731 and a 27% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coahoma County and Dallas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Humphreys County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Humphreys County, Mississippi voted Democratic by 41.9 points (D+42), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,468 votes cast, 2,443 went Democratic and 990 went Republican.
What is Humphreys County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Humphreys 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 21 times, Republican 2 times, and other 4 times.
When did Humphreys County, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Humphreys County, Mississippi voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Humphreys County, Mississippi?
Humphreys County, Mississippi has a population of 7,395 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Humphreys County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Humphreys County, Mississippi is $33,731 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Humphreys County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Humphreys County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.