Lamar County, Mississippi: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 65,7132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,9092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+82 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rankin County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lamar CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lamar County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +75.8% |
| 1916 | +74.3% |
| 1920 | +54.4% |
| 1924 | +78.5% |
| 1928 | +27.3% |
| 1932 | +93.7% |
| 1936 | +85.7% |
| 1940 | +90.9% |
| 1944 | +83.9% |
| 1948 | +3.7% |
| 1952 | +9.9% |
| 1956 | +21.9% |
| 1960 | +0.6% |
| 1964 | −82.0% |
| 1968 | −3.7% |
| 1972 | −79.7% |
| 1976 | −12.8% |
| 1980 | −28.0% |
| 1984 | −60.1% |
| 1988 | −56.3% |
| 1992 | −38.8% |
| 1996 | −42.6% |
| 2000 | −56.1% |
| 2004 | −61.0% |
| 2008 | −55.8% |
| 2012 | −54.7% |
| 2016 | −55.1% |
| 2020 | −46.8% |
| 2024 | −48.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,038 | 20,775 | 28,262 | ||
| R | 7,340 | 20,704 | 28,530 | ||
| R | 5,190 | 18,751 | 24,592 | ||
| R | 5,494 | 19,101 | 24,889 | ||
| R | 5,159 | 18,497 | 23,910 | ||
| R | 3,923 | 16,410 | 20,465 | ||
| R | 3,478 | 12,795 | 16,602 | ||
| R | 3,169 | 8,609 | 12,774 | ||
| R | 3,208 | 8,259 | 13,032 | ||
| R | 2,535 | 9,145 | 11,746 | ||
| R | 1,964 | 7,929 | 9,930 | ||
| R | 3,005 | 5,395 | 8,546 | ||
| R | 3,109 | 4,056 | 7,414 | ||
| R | 493 | 5,022 | 5,682 | ||
| O | 351 | 546 | 5,319 | ||
| R | 334 | 3,372 | 3,706 | ||
| O | 651 | 636 | 2,333 | ||
| D | 805 | 429 | 1,718 | ||
| D | 1,260 | 1,034 | 2,294 | ||
| O | 91 | 36 | 1,469 | ||
| D | 1,065 | 93 | 1,158 | ||
| D | 1,148 | 55 | 1,203 | ||
| D | 1,210 | 91 | 1,306 | ||
| D | 1,033 | 31 | 1,069 | ||
| D | 718 | 410 | 1,128 | ||
| D | 795 | 80 | 911 | ||
| D | 672 | 192 | 883 | ||
| D | 744 | 89 | 882 | ||
| D | 399 | 16 | 505 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.3%
English
11.4%
Irish
9.9%
German
7.3%
Scottish
3.4%
French
2.0%
Italian
1.0%
African American
17.4%
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: 37.7 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
$70,909
Lamar County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lamar County$70,909
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Lamar 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
14.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.8%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)8.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
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 54.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lamar County sits in the Pine Belt region south of Hattiesburg and has posted some of the state's steepest population gains over the past decade, driven largely by suburban spillover — a growth pattern that has so far reinforced rather than diluted its wide Republican margins.
The Republican margin here reached eighty-two points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.
A population of 65,713, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,909 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rankin County and Clay County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lamar County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lamar County, Mississippi voted Republican by 48.6 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 28,262 votes cast, 7,038 went Democratic and 20,775 went Republican.
What is Lamar County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Lamar County, Mississippi in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 11 times, Republican 15 times, and other 3 times.
When did Lamar County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lamar County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1956.
How many people live in Lamar County, Mississippi?
Lamar County, Mississippi has a population of 65,713 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lamar County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Lamar County, Mississippi is $70,909 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Lamar County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lamar County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.