Itawamba County, Mississippi: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+80%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+80MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 24,0362024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,5462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lamar County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Itawamba CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Itawamba County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +69.2% |
| 1896 | +93.0% |
| 1900 | +75.2% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +87.0% |
| 1916 | +76.8% |
| 1920 | +67.4% |
| 1924 | +86.9% |
| 1928 | +44.1% |
| 1932 | +95.6% |
| 1936 | +93.8% |
| 1940 | +85.8% |
| 1944 | +76.1% |
| 1948 | +33.7% |
| 1952 | +60.2% |
| 1956 | +75.5% |
| 1960 | +50.0% |
| 1964 | −31.0% |
| 1968 | −2.5% |
| 1972 | −78.9% |
| 1976 | +34.7% |
| 1980 | +24.8% |
| 1984 | −26.3% |
| 1988 | −18.1% |
| 1992 | −5.8% |
| 1996 | −7.0% |
| 2000 | −28.4% |
| 2004 | −41.5% |
| 2008 | −56.1% |
| 2012 | −61.0% |
| 2016 | −75.5% |
| 2020 | −75.7% |
| 2024 | −80.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,027 | 9,523 | 10,621 | ||
| R | 1,249 | 9,438 | 10,819 | ||
| R | 1,117 | 8,470 | 9,737 | ||
| R | 1,706 | 7,393 | 9,318 | ||
| R | 2,084 | 7,663 | 9,951 | ||
| R | 2,802 | 6,833 | 9,714 | ||
| R | 2,994 | 5,424 | 8,564 | ||
| R | 2,987 | 3,490 | 7,237 | ||
| R | 3,635 | 4,142 | 8,713 | ||
| R | 3,143 | 4,535 | 7,693 | ||
| R | 2,674 | 4,587 | 7,285 | ||
| D | 4,852 | 2,906 | 7,853 | ||
| D | 4,480 | 2,153 | 6,705 | ||
| R | 509 | 4,419 | 4,954 | ||
| O | 417 | 569 | 6,190 | ||
| R | 1,127 | 2,140 | 3,267 | ||
| D | 1,752 | 366 | 2,771 | ||
| D | 2,310 | 298 | 2,665 | ||
| D | 2,236 | 556 | 2,792 | ||
| O | 634 | 50 | 1,735 | ||
| D | 1,350 | 183 | 1,533 | ||
| D | 1,627 | 119 | 1,758 | ||
| D | 1,465 | 47 | 1,512 | ||
| D | 1,851 | 40 | 1,895 | ||
| D | 854 | 331 | 1,185 | ||
| D | 888 | 62 | 950 | ||
| D | 1,023 | 198 | 1,224 | ||
| D | 1,407 | 184 | 1,592 | ||
| D | 914 | 24 | 1,023 | ||
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| D | 821 | 110 | 946 | ||
| D | 1,089 | 32 | 1,137 | ||
| D | 794 | 16 | 1,124 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.2%
English
12.1%
Irish
9.9%
German
5.5%
Scottish
1.9%
Polish
0.9%
Italian
0.8%
African American
4.2%
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: 38.6 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
$55,546
Itawamba County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Itawamba County$55,546
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Itawamba County ranks near the middle 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
15.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.8%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)14.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.0%
speak English only
Spanish0.9%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Itawamba County, tucked against Alabama in northeast Mississippi, recorded an R+80 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions. Its population of roughly 22,000 is predominantly rural and white, typical of the Appalachian-adjacent hill country.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty points.
A median household income of $55,546, a 16% poverty rate, and a 89% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lamar County and Scott County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Itawamba County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Itawamba County, Mississippi voted Republican by 80.0 points (R+80), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,621 votes cast, 1,027 went Democratic and 9,523 went Republican.
What is Itawamba County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Itawamba 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 17 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.
When did Itawamba County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Itawamba County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Itawamba County, Mississippi?
Itawamba County, Mississippi has a population of 24,036 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Itawamba County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Itawamba County, Mississippi is $55,546 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Itawamba County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Itawamba County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.