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
GroupIssaquena CountyMississippiUnited States
African American†62.2%35.3%9.9%
American9.6%10.0%5.3%
English3.2%10.6%9.5%
German2.0%5.1%12.5%
Irish2.0%7.4%9.4%
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.0%—
Polish0.3%—2.2%
Puerto Rican1.7%0.3%1.8%
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
Issaquena County
Mississippi
United States
Median age
49.8
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.5%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Issaquena County
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$31,429
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.2%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
8.6%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Issaquena County
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.2%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Issaquena County
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
—
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.2%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
84.2%
40.7%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.7%
8.6%
2.2%
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.
Issaquena County, Mississippi
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 0 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Issaquena County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Addie Voting District28_28055104
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Grace Voting District28_28055105
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Mayersville Voting District28_28055103
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Tallula Voting District28_28055102
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Valley Park Voting District28_28055101
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+64.8%
1896
+53.1%
1900
+66.3%
1904
+63.0%
1908
+77.1%
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
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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
46.1%Harris287
47.6%Trump296
1.1%Stein7 +6
R+1.4
R+8.1
±0.0
622
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican47.6%296
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic46.1%287
Jill SteinIndependent1.1%7
Claudia De La CruzIndependent1.0%6
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.0%6
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%5
Peter SonskiIndependent0.8%5
Randall TerryIndependent0.8%5
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.8%5
D
52.2%Biden353
45.6%Trump308
0.7%Jorgensen5
D+6.7
R+7.2
D+2.2
676
D
56.5%Clinton395
42.6%Trump298
0.6%Johnson4
D+13.9
R+8.6
D+11.8
699
D
60.9%Obama479
38.4%Romney302
0.8%
D+22.5
R+0.1
D+18.6
787
D
60.9%Obama579
38.3%McCain364
0.7%
D+22.6
D+14.7
D+15.4
950
D
53.2%Kerry516
45.3%Bush439
1.5%
D+7.9
R+12.1
D+10.4
970
D
59.0%Gore555
38.9%Bush366
0.4%Nader4
D+20.1
R+11.6
D+19.6
941
D
62.5%Clinton546
30.8%Dole269
4.8%Perot42
D+31.7
D+6.3
D+23.2
873
D
55.6%Clinton550
30.1%Bush298
8.0%Perot79
D+25.5
D+16.5
D+19.9
990
D
52.5%Dukakis511
43.6%Bush424
3.9%
D+8.9
D+10.0
D+16.7
973
R
48.5%Mondale501
49.5%Reagan512
2.0%
R+1.1
R+26.8
D+17.2
1,034
D
61.8%Carter598
36.1%Reagan349
2.2%
D+25.7
D+0.4
D+35.5
968
D
59.4%Carter567
34.1%Ford325
6.5%
D+25.4
D+51.9
D+23.3
954
R
34.3%McGovern395
60.8%Nixon701
4.9%
R+26.5
R+70.2
R+3.4
1,153
O
47.7%Humphrey527
4.0%Nixon44
48.3%
Wallace +0.6
D+129.8
D+44.4
1,105
R
6.9%Johnson34
93.1%Goldwater456
0.0%
R+86.1
R+113.1
R+108.7
490
O
42.1%Kennedy178
15.1%Nixon64
42.8%
Other +0.7
R+18.0
D+26.8
423
D
59.5%Stevenson172
14.5%Eisenhower42
26.0%
D+45.0
D+30.5
D+60.4
289
D
57.2%Stevenson170
42.8%Eisenhower127
0.0%
D+14.5
D+11.8
D+25.2
297
O
4.9%Truman11
2.2%Dewey5
92.9%
Thurmond +88.0
R+92.8
R+1.8
225
D
97.7%Roosevelt215
2.3%Dewey5
0.0%
D+95.5
D+3.4
D+88.0
220
D
96.0%Roosevelt218
4.0%Willkie9
0.0%
D+92.1
R+7.9
D+82.1
227
D
100.0%Roosevelt214
0.0%Landon0
0.0%
D+100.0
D+1.2
D+75.7
214
D
99.4%Roosevelt159
0.6%Hoover1
0.0%
D+98.8
D+7.3
D+81.0
160
D
95.7%Smith134
4.3%Hoover6
0.0%
D+91.4
D+15.2
D+108.9
140
D
88.1%Davis126
11.9%Coolidge17
0.0%
D+76.2
D+3.3
D+101.4
143
D
86.5%Cox83
13.5%Harding13
0.0%
D+72.9
R+9.0
D+99.1
96
D
89.5%Wilson94
7.6%Hughes8
2.9%
D+81.9
R+4.6
D+78.8
105
D
89.2%Wilson99
2.7%Taft3
8.1%
D+86.5
D+9.4
D+66.9
111
D
88.5%Bryan85
11.5%Taft11
0.0%
D+77.1
D+14.1
D+86.6
96
D
80.7%Parker96
17.6%Roosevelt21
1.7%
D+63.0
R+3.3
D+82.7
119
D
83.2%Bryan84
16.8%McKinley17
0.0%
D+66.3
D+13.2
D+73.9
101
D
75.8%Bryan97
22.7%McKinley29
1.6%
D+53.1
R+11.7
D+59.2
128
D
82.1%Cleveland119
17.2%Harrison25
0.7%
D+64.8
—
D+63.2
145
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No data
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No data
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
48.9%291
51.1%304
595
2020
D
53.9%367
45.4%309
681
2018
D
52.3%571
47.2%515
1,092
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Issaquena County, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
1,078
2018
1,052
2020
990
2022
857
2024
837
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−17 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −92 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $30,818 in average income, against $53,589 for residents who stayed — 42% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Issaquena County, MS in Issaquena County, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3
2012
+4
2013
+5
2014
−7
2015
−52
2016
−17
2017
+12
2018
−39
2019
+26
2021
−2
2022
−25
2023
0
2024
+23
2025
−17
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 86.1 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.4 points.
A population of 928, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $31,429 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tensas Parish and Conecuh County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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.
How did Issaquena County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Issaquena County, Mississippi voted Republican by 1.4 points (R+1.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 622 votes cast, 287 went Democratic and 296 went Republican.
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, 27 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
