Tallahatchie County, Mississippi: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+6%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,7642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $37,4662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 36.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 60.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+85 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greensville County, VA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tallahatchie CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tallahatchie 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 | +82.9% |
| 1896 | +94.1% |
| 1900 | +93.8% |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +90.9% |
| 1916 | +98.9% |
| 1920 | +87.1% |
| 1924 | +97.9% |
| 1928 | +97.2% |
| 1932 | +98.6% |
| 1936 | +99.4% |
| 1940 | +96.9% |
| 1944 | +96.7% |
| 1948 | +10.2% |
| 1952 | +51.7% |
| 1956 | +60.6% |
| 1960 | +18.6% |
| 1964 | −84.9% |
| 1968 | +17.5% |
| 1972 | −58.6% |
| 1976 | +16.1% |
| 1980 | +22.2% |
| 1984 | −3.1% |
| 1988 | +4.5% |
| 1992 | +12.5% |
| 1996 | +26.7% |
| 2000 | +11.1% |
| 2004 | +11.0% |
| 2008 | +19.0% |
| 2012 | +22.5% |
| 2016 | +14.9% |
| 2020 | +10.9% |
| 2024 | +5.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,630 | 2,333 | 5,012 | ||
| D | 3,105 | 2,488 | 5,685 | ||
| D | 3,337 | 2,462 | 5,870 | ||
| D | 3,959 | 2,499 | 6,503 | ||
| D | 4,105 | 2,786 | 6,943 | ||
| D | 3,420 | 2,737 | 6,217 | ||
| D | 3,041 | 2,428 | 5,523 | ||
| D | 2,990 | 1,676 | 4,930 | ||
| D | 2,902 | 2,213 | 5,518 | ||
| D | 2,881 | 2,633 | 5,547 | ||
| R | 2,725 | 2,901 | 5,646 | ||
| D | 3,467 | 2,183 | 5,776 | ||
| D | 2,991 | 2,146 | 5,252 | ||
| R | 835 | 3,442 | 4,449 | ||
| O | 1,477 | 577 | 5,130 | ||
| R | 255 | 3,126 | 3,381 | ||
| O | 830 | 346 | 2,597 | ||
| D | 1,969 | 341 | 2,687 | ||
| D | 2,350 | 748 | 3,098 | ||
| O | 287 | 37 | 2,446 | ||
| D | 2,401 | 40 | 2,441 | ||
| D | 2,288 | 33 | 2,328 | ||
| D | 1,567 | 4 | 1,572 | ||
| D | 2,453 | 16 | 2,471 | ||
| D | 2,284 | 33 | 2,317 | ||
| D | 1,386 | 15 | 1,401 | ||
| D | 1,092 | 69 | 1,174 | ||
| D | 1,061 | 6 | 1,067 | ||
| D | 695 | 16 | 747 | ||
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| D | 503 | 16 | 519 | ||
| D | 779 | 23 | 803 | ||
| D | 425 | 8 | 503 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.7%
Irish
5.3%
American
4.4%
German
4.1%
French
0.5%
African American
48.6%
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: 39.7 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
$37,466
Tallahatchie County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Tallahatchie County$37,466
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Tallahatchie 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
24.6%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1845.8%
Working age (18–64)19.3%
Seniors (65+)14.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.2%
Spanish0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tallahatchie County's population is roughly two-thirds Black, and that demographic concentration has made it one of the few Mississippi Delta counties to return Democratic presidential margins in recent cycles, finishing D+5.9 in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-nine points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was six 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 $37,466 and a 25% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greensville County and Brunswick County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tallahatchie County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi voted Democratic by 5.9 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,012 votes cast, 2,630 went Democratic and 2,333 went Republican.
What is Tallahatchie County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Tallahatchie 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 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Tallahatchie County, Mississippi voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi?
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi has a population of 11,764 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi is $37,466 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tallahatchie 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.