Prentiss County, Mississippi: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 25,1842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,7242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+83 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lamar County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Prentiss CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Prentiss 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 | +62.0% |
| 1896 | +86.7% |
| 1900 | +61.2% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +68.7% |
| 1916 | +76.6% |
| 1920 | +32.3% |
| 1924 | +74.4% |
| 1928 | +67.1% |
| 1932 | +92.6% |
| 1936 | +94.4% |
| 1940 | +89.4% |
| 1944 | +80.8% |
| 1948 | +31.7% |
| 1952 | +57.0% |
| 1956 | +65.0% |
| 1960 | +34.7% |
| 1964 | −38.6% |
| 1968 | −4.6% |
| 1972 | −83.2% |
| 1976 | +29.7% |
| 1980 | +19.2% |
| 1984 | −24.9% |
| 1988 | −11.6% |
| 1992 | −10.9% |
| 1996 | −5.9% |
| 2000 | −21.4% |
| 2004 | −32.3% |
| 2008 | −42.8% |
| 2012 | −42.4% |
| 2016 | −56.5% |
| 2020 | −58.4% |
| 2024 | −66.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,727 | 8,581 | 10,381 | ||
| R | 2,153 | 8,370 | 10,644 | ||
| R | 2,067 | 7,648 | 9,872 | ||
| R | 2,817 | 7,075 | 10,033 | ||
| R | 3,020 | 7,703 | 10,944 | ||
| R | 3,327 | 6,538 | 9,932 | ||
| R | 3,287 | 5,101 | 8,482 | ||
| R | 3,053 | 3,473 | 7,127 | ||
| R | 3,385 | 4,317 | 8,526 | ||
| R | 3,429 | 4,348 | 7,892 | ||
| R | 2,897 | 4,821 | 7,732 | ||
| D | 4,832 | 3,264 | 8,178 | ||
| D | 4,431 | 2,362 | 6,977 | ||
| R | 398 | 4,607 | 5,056 | ||
| O | 440 | 723 | 6,218 | ||
| R | 1,013 | 2,289 | 3,302 | ||
| D | 1,777 | 740 | 2,985 | ||
| D | 1,942 | 383 | 2,399 | ||
| D | 2,672 | 731 | 3,403 | ||
| O | 602 | 74 | 1,665 | ||
| D | 1,652 | 175 | 1,827 | ||
| D | 2,117 | 118 | 2,235 | ||
| D | 1,809 | 50 | 1,863 | ||
| D | 1,976 | 76 | 2,052 | ||
| D | 1,366 | 269 | 1,635 | ||
| D | 1,225 | 179 | 1,406 | ||
| D | 992 | 496 | 1,537 | ||
| D | 1,342 | 164 | 1,538 | ||
| D | 839 | 85 | 1,098 | ||
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| D | 902 | 210 | 1,131 | ||
| D | 973 | 59 | 1,054 | ||
| D | 633 | 51 | 938 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.6%
English
12.4%
Irish
10.8%
German
4.1%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
1.2%
French
1.1%
African American
10.2%
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: 38.1 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
$49,724
Prentiss County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Prentiss County$49,724
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Prentiss 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
16.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)15.9%
Seniors (65+)27.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.9%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Spanish0.2%
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 26.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Prentiss County, tucked in Mississippi's northeastern corner, has delivered lopsided Republican margins for over a decade, reflecting the deep-red alignment common across rural hill-country counties where white working-class voters dominate the electorate.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-three points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-six points.
A median household income of $49,724, a 17% poverty rate, and a 80% 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 Itawamba County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Prentiss County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Prentiss County, Mississippi voted Republican by 66.0 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,381 votes cast, 1,727 went Democratic and 8,581 went Republican.
What is Prentiss County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Prentiss 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 Prentiss County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Prentiss County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Prentiss County, Mississippi?
Prentiss County, Mississippi has a population of 25,184 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Prentiss County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Prentiss County, Mississippi is $49,724 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Prentiss County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Prentiss 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.