Pontotoc County, Mississippi: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+68%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 31,5502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,4842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Webster County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pontotoc CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pontotoc County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +49.0% |
| 1896 | +86.0% |
| 1900 | +56.6% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +81.5% |
| 1916 | +84.4% |
| 1920 | +38.2% |
| 1924 | +86.7% |
| 1928 | +71.0% |
| 1932 | +96.4% |
| 1936 | +91.8% |
| 1940 | +93.6% |
| 1944 | +90.3% |
| 1948 | +16.7% |
| 1952 | +55.8% |
| 1956 | +70.6% |
| 1960 | +46.4% |
| 1964 | −58.7% |
| 1968 | −2.2% |
| 1972 | −79.7% |
| 1976 | +28.1% |
| 1980 | +16.7% |
| 1984 | −36.0% |
| 1988 | −28.0% |
| 1992 | −19.5% |
| 1996 | −21.9% |
| 2000 | −40.3% |
| 2004 | −51.8% |
| 2008 | −52.4% |
| 2012 | −53.5% |
| 2016 | −61.2% |
| 2020 | −62.2% |
| 2024 | −67.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,214 | 11,740 | 14,068 | ||
| R | 2,614 | 11,550 | 14,361 | ||
| R | 2,386 | 10,336 | 12,984 | ||
| R | 2,804 | 9,448 | 12,411 | ||
| R | 2,982 | 9,727 | 12,868 | ||
| R | 2,660 | 8,480 | 11,240 | ||
| R | 2,771 | 6,601 | 9,510 | ||
| R | 2,597 | 4,289 | 7,709 | ||
| R | 2,965 | 4,595 | 8,366 | ||
| R | 2,772 | 4,939 | 7,740 | ||
| R | 2,434 | 5,182 | 7,643 | ||
| D | 4,499 | 3,198 | 7,802 | ||
| D | 4,066 | 2,245 | 6,491 | ||
| R | 488 | 4,476 | 5,004 | ||
| O | 599 | 733 | 6,130 | ||
| R | 702 | 2,699 | 3,401 | ||
| D | 1,584 | 328 | 2,704 | ||
| D | 2,320 | 335 | 2,812 | ||
| D | 2,281 | 648 | 2,929 | ||
| O | 348 | 28 | 1,915 | ||
| D | 1,716 | 87 | 1,803 | ||
| D | 2,171 | 70 | 2,244 | ||
| D | 2,286 | 93 | 2,388 | ||
| D | 1,862 | 31 | 1,900 | ||
| D | 1,537 | 261 | 1,798 | ||
| D | 1,206 | 86 | 1,292 | ||
| D | 992 | 439 | 1,448 | ||
| D | 1,314 | 110 | 1,427 | ||
| D | 1,009 | 47 | 1,181 | ||
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| D | 732 | 182 | 972 | ||
| D | 944 | 64 | 1,023 | ||
| D | 461 | 9 | 922 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
10.6%
American
9.7%
English
9.6%
German
6.5%
Scottish
2.1%
Italian
1.7%
French
1.2%
African American
11.8%
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: 35.9 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
$51,484
Pontotoc County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Pontotoc County$51,484
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Pontotoc County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
16.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.1%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)22.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.9%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pontotoc County, in Mississippi's hill country northeast of the Delta, recorded an R+67.7 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in the state—reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped small-county voting across the South over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-eight points.
A median household income of $51,484, a 17% poverty rate, and a 75% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster County and Alfalfa County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pontotoc County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pontotoc County, Mississippi voted Republican by 67.7 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,068 votes cast, 2,214 went Democratic and 11,740 went Republican.
What is Pontotoc County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pontotoc County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Pontotoc County, Mississippi?
Pontotoc County, Mississippi has a population of 31,550 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pontotoc County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Pontotoc County, Mississippi is $51,484 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Pontotoc County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pontotoc 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.