Issaquena County, Mississippi: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+1%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+1MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 9282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $31,4292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+86 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Surry County, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
Precinct
Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
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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 | +64.8% |
| 1896 | +53.1% |
| 1900 | +66.3% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +86.5% |
| 1916 | +81.9% |
| 1920 | +72.9% |
| 1924 | +76.2% |
| 1928 | +91.4% |
| 1932 | +98.8% |
| 1936 | +100.0% |
| 1940 | +92.1% |
| 1944 | +95.5% |
| 1948 | +2.7% |
| 1952 | +14.5% |
| 1956 | +45.0% |
| 1960 | +27.0% |
| 1964 | −86.1% |
| 1968 | +43.7% |
| 1972 | −26.5% |
| 1976 | +25.4% |
| 1980 | +25.7% |
| 1984 | −1.1% |
| 1988 | +8.9% |
| 1992 | +25.5% |
| 1996 | +31.7% |
| 2000 | +20.1% |
| 2004 | +7.9% |
| 2008 | +22.6% |
| 2012 | +22.5% |
| 2016 | +13.9% |
| 2020 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | −1.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 287 | 296 | 622 | ||
| D | 353 | 308 | 676 | ||
| D | 395 | 298 | 699 | ||
| D | 479 | 302 | 787 | ||
| D | 579 | 364 | 950 | ||
| D | 516 | 439 | 970 | ||
| D | 555 | 366 | 941 | ||
| D | 546 | 269 | 873 | ||
| D | 550 | 298 | 990 | ||
| D | 511 | 424 | 973 | ||
| R | 501 | 512 | 1,034 | ||
| D | 598 | 349 | 968 | ||
| D | 567 | 325 | 954 | ||
| R | 395 | 701 | 1,153 | ||
| O | 527 | 44 | 1,105 | ||
| R | 34 | 456 | 490 | ||
| O | 178 | 64 | 423 | ||
| D | 172 | 42 | 289 | ||
| D | 170 | 127 | 297 | ||
| O | 11 | 5 | 225 | ||
| D | 215 | 5 | 220 | ||
| D | 218 | 9 | 227 | ||
| D | 214 | 0 | 214 | ||
| D | 159 | 1 | 160 | ||
| D | 134 | 6 | 140 | ||
| D | 126 | 17 | 143 | ||
| D | 83 | 13 | 96 | ||
| D | 94 | 8 | 105 | ||
| D | 99 | 3 | 111 | ||
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| D | 84 | 17 | 101 | ||
| D | 97 | 29 | 128 | ||
| D | 119 | 25 | 145 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
9.6%
English
3.2%
German
2.0%
Irish
2.0%
African American
49.8%
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: 49.8 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
$31,429
Issaquena County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Issaquena County$31,429
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Issaquena 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
16.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 182.6%
Working age (18–64)17.7%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 84.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Issaquena County, hugging the Mississippi River delta, is the state's smallest county by population — yet its near-even 2024 presidential split makes it a persistent outlier in a state that otherwise tilts heavily in one direction.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was one point. 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 $31,429 and a 16% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Surry County and Marlboro County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Issaquena County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Issaquena County, Mississippi voted Republican by 1.4 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 622 votes cast, 287 went Democratic and 296 went Republican.
What is Issaquena County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Issaquena 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 25 times, Republican 4 times, and other 3 times.
When did Issaquena County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Issaquena County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Issaquena County, Mississippi?
Issaquena County, Mississippi has a population of 928 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Issaquena County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Issaquena County, Mississippi is $31,429 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Issaquena County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Issaquena County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.