Walthall County, Mississippi: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+27%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,8392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,9052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 41.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+90 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greenwood County, SC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Walthall CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Walthall 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | +94.9% |
| 1920 | +52.6% |
| 1924 | +82.3% |
| 1928 | +59.7% |
| 1932 | +94.4% |
| 1936 | +95.5% |
| 1940 | +93.5% |
| 1944 | +89.5% |
| 1948 | +6.2% |
| 1952 | +46.9% |
| 1956 | +48.5% |
| 1960 | +20.4% |
| 1964 | −90.3% |
| 1968 | +17.6% |
| 1972 | −60.5% |
| 1976 | +11.0% |
| 1980 | +4.5% |
| 1984 | −19.6% |
| 1988 | −13.6% |
| 1992 | −4.2% |
| 1996 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | −19.0% |
| 2004 | −22.9% |
| 2008 | −10.2% |
| 2012 | −8.3% |
| 2016 | −18.3% |
| 2020 | −19.5% |
| 2024 | −26.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,355 | 4,114 | 6,529 | ||
| R | 2,835 | 4,220 | 7,119 | ||
| R | 2,790 | 4,056 | 6,919 | ||
| R | 3,422 | 4,051 | 7,551 | ||
| R | 3,456 | 4,253 | 7,780 | ||
| R | 2,435 | 3,888 | 6,356 | ||
| R | 2,356 | 3,476 | 5,895 | ||
| D | 2,240 | 2,239 | 4,946 | ||
| R | 2,476 | 2,728 | 5,967 | ||
| R | 2,354 | 3,103 | 5,502 | ||
| R | 2,219 | 3,305 | 5,541 | ||
| D | 2,960 | 2,703 | 5,762 | ||
| D | 2,650 | 2,110 | 4,927 | ||
| R | 747 | 3,110 | 3,904 | ||
| O | 1,233 | 387 | 4,806 | ||
| R | 154 | 3,014 | 3,168 | ||
| O | 747 | 310 | 2,139 | ||
| D | 1,143 | 306 | 1,725 | ||
| D | 1,357 | 491 | 1,848 | ||
| O | 85 | 5 | 1,292 | ||
| D | 1,230 | 68 | 1,298 | ||
| D | 1,206 | 40 | 1,247 | ||
| D | 1,234 | 28 | 1,263 | ||
| D | 1,069 | 30 | 1,101 | ||
| D | 864 | 218 | 1,082 | ||
| D | 660 | 64 | 724 | ||
| D | 464 | 139 | 618 | ||
| D | 665 | 12 | 688 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.6%
English
5.9%
Irish
5.2%
German
2.1%
Italian
1.7%
French
1.3%
Scottish
0.6%
African American
33.5%
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: 41.4 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
$48,905
Walthall County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Walthall County$48,905
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Walthall 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
18.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.2%
Working age (18–64)18.1%
Seniors (65+)23.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European0.3%
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 51.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Walthall County's roughly 15,000 residents live in a heavily rural, timber-dependent economy along the Louisiana border. In 2024 it backed the Republican presidential nominee by nearly 27 points, consistent with its long shift away from competitive statewide races.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-five points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-seven 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 $48,905 and a 19% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenwood County and Pershing County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Walthall County, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Walthall County, Mississippi voted Republican by 26.9 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,529 votes cast, 2,355 went Democratic and 4,114 went Republican.
What is Walthall County, Mississippi's political typology?
Akashic places Walthall 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 13 times, Republican 12 times, and other 3 times.
When did Walthall County, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Walthall County, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Walthall County, Mississippi?
Walthall County, Mississippi has a population of 13,839 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Walthall County, Mississippi?
Median household income in Walthall County, Mississippi is $48,905 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Walthall County, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Walthall County, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.