Noxubee County, Mississippi: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+48%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,0252024 5-year
- Median household income
- $33,8332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 73.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+93 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Petersburg city, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Noxubee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Noxubee 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 | +90.9% |
| 1896 | +94.5% |
| 1900 | +95.8% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +96.2% |
| 1916 | +96.6% |
| 1920 | +93.3% |
| 1924 | +91.3% |
| 1928 | +83.7% |
| 1932 | +92.2% |
| 1936 | +96.0% |
| 1940 | +91.5% |
| 1944 | +81.2% |
| 1948 | +5.1% |
| 1952 | −7.8% |
| 1956 | +32.8% |
| 1960 | −4.4% |
| 1964 | −93.2% |
| 1968 | +31.6% |
| 1972 | −35.1% |
| 1976 | +6.3% |
| 1980 | +26.4% |
| 1984 | +15.6% |
| 1988 | +18.4% |
| 1992 | +31.1% |
| 1996 | +35.2% |
| 2000 | +37.4% |
| 2004 | +43.0% |
| 2008 | +53.2% |
| 2012 | +57.4% |
| 2016 | +56.5% |
| 2020 | +52.4% |
| 2024 | +47.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,269 | 1,151 | 4,449 | ||
| D | 4,040 | 1,240 | 5,339 | ||
| D | 4,347 | 1,200 | 5,574 | ||
| D | 4,920 | 1,325 | 6,264 | ||
| D | 5,030 | 1,525 | 6,589 | ||
| D | 4,346 | 1,723 | 6,097 | ||
| D | 3,383 | 1,530 | 4,954 | ||
| D | 2,801 | 1,287 | 4,298 | ||
| D | 3,188 | 1,623 | 5,037 | ||
| D | 2,722 | 1,870 | 4,631 | ||
| D | 2,928 | 2,123 | 5,149 | ||
| D | 3,434 | 1,970 | 5,555 | ||
| D | 2,121 | 1,860 | 4,136 | ||
| R | 1,052 | 2,239 | 3,378 | ||
| O | 1,387 | 232 | 3,659 | ||
| R | 70 | 1,980 | 2,050 | ||
| O | 277 | 342 | 1,489 | ||
| D | 690 | 257 | 1,320 | ||
| R | 758 | 887 | 1,645 | ||
| O | 74 | 17 | 1,122 | ||
| D | 994 | 103 | 1,097 | ||
| D | 1,152 | 51 | 1,203 | ||
| D | 1,332 | 27 | 1,360 | ||
| D | 1,052 | 41 | 1,096 | ||
| D | 1,153 | 102 | 1,255 | ||
| D | 966 | 44 | 1,010 | ||
| D | 701 | 24 | 726 | ||
| D | 656 | 10 | 669 | ||
| D | 646 | 5 | 666 | ||
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| D | 626 | 7 | 646 | ||
| D | 715 | 12 | 744 | ||
| D | 492 | 2 | 539 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.4%
German
4.7%
English
4.6%
Irish
2.9%
African American
58.9%
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: 40.1 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
$33,833
Noxubee County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Noxubee County$33,833
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Noxubee 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
26.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1838.9%
Working age (18–64)22.7%
Seniors (65+)15.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Noxubee County's electorate is roughly 70% Black, producing presidential margins that routinely exceed 40 points Democratic — an outlier even within a state where statewide results lean heavily Republican.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-seven points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight 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 $33,833 and a 26% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Petersburg city and Allendale County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Noxubee County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Noxubee County, Mississippi voted Democratic by 47.6 points (D+48), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,449 votes cast, 3,269 went Democratic and 1,151 went Republican.
What is Noxubee County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Noxubee 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 26 times, Republican 3 times, and other 3 times.
When did Noxubee County, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Noxubee County, Mississippi voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Noxubee County, Mississippi?
Noxubee County, Mississippi has a population of 10,025 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Noxubee County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Noxubee County, Mississippi is $33,833 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Noxubee County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Noxubee County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.