† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
19 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupColumbus-Tupelo-West Point-HoustonUnited States
English12.9%9.5%
American9.5%5.3%
Irish8.4%9.4%
German4.8%12.5%
Scottish1.6%1.3%
Italian1.3%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.9%—
French0.9%1.6%
African American†29.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%
Mexican2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston
United States
Median age
37.8
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston
United States
Median household income
$53,212
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston
United States
Catholic
1.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
46.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
33.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
8.6%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+68.2%
1896
+84.1%
1900
+73.6%
1904
+58.8%
1908
+67.2%
1912
+85.7%
1916
+84.5%
1920
+62.9%
1924
+83.5%
1928
+70.2%
1932
+93.7%
1936
+94.5%
1940
+90.5%
1944
+84.0%
1948
+13.9%
1952
+36.6%
1956
+55.3%
1960
+20.6%
1964
−67.9%
1968
+2.5%
1972
−66.3%
1976
+11.5%
1980
+9.0%
1984
−25.3%
1988
−19.2%
1992
−8.3%
1996
−5.3%
2000
−17.1%
2004
−23.2%
2008
−21.0%
2012
−19.8%
2016
−29.6%
2020
−29.5%
2024
−36.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.3%Harris66,276
67.8%Trump143,552
0.9%
R+36.5
R+7.0
R+35.0
211,817
R
34.6%Biden78,432
64.0%Trump145,239
1.4%
R+29.5
D+0.1
R+33.9
226,772
R
34.3%Clinton72,260
63.8%Trump134,647
1.9%
R+29.6
R+9.7
R+31.7
210,948
R
39.5%Obama86,986
59.4%Romney130,638
1.1%
R+19.8
D+1.1
R+23.7
219,970
R
39.0%Obama88,291
60.0%McCain135,770
1.0%
R+21.0
D+2.3
R+28.3
226,282
R
38.0%Kerry77,442
61.2%Bush124,807
0.7%
R+23.2
R+6.1
R+20.8
203,773
R
40.7%Gore71,356
57.8%Bush101,425
1.5%
R+17.1
R+11.8
R+17.7
175,357
R
43.7%Clinton66,008
49.1%Dole74,041
7.2%
R+5.3
D+2.9
R+13.8
150,932
R
41.2%Clinton70,696
49.5%Bush84,889
9.4%
R+8.3
D+10.9
R+13.8
171,661
R
40.1%Dukakis62,807
59.3%Bush92,910
0.7%
R+19.2
D+6.1
R+11.5
156,787
R
37.2%Mondale58,756
62.4%Reagan98,738
0.4%
R+25.3
R+34.3
R+7.1
158,137
D
53.4%Carter85,527
44.4%Reagan71,114
2.1%
D+9.0
R+2.5
D+18.7
160,041
D
54.3%Carter74,670
42.8%Ford58,874
2.8%
D+11.5
D+77.8
D+9.4
137,445
R
15.8%McGovern17,542
82.2%Nixon90,984
2.0%
R+66.3
R+68.8
R+43.2
110,712
O
14.5%Humphrey17,498
12.0%Nixon14,474
73.5%
Wallace +59.1
D+70.4
D+3.2
120,818
R
15.4%Johnson11,274
83.2%Goldwater61,115
1.4%
R+67.9
R+88.4
R+90.5
73,430
D
43.5%Kennedy24,589
22.9%Nixon12,972
33.6%
D+20.6
R+34.8
D+20.4
56,526
D
73.1%Stevenson37,043
17.8%Eisenhower9,028
9.0%
D+55.3
D+18.7
D+70.7
50,655
D
68.3%Stevenson39,505
31.7%Eisenhower18,341
0.0%
D+36.6
D+22.7
D+47.3
57,847
O
16.7%Truman6,229
2.8%Dewey1,047
80.5%
Thurmond +63.8
R+70.1
D+9.4
37,268
D
92.0%Roosevelt34,629
8.0%Dewey3,007
0.0%
D+84.0
R+6.6
D+76.5
37,653
D
95.2%Roosevelt37,904
4.6%Willkie1,848
0.2%
D+90.5
R+3.9
D+80.6
39,825
D
97.1%Roosevelt36,432
2.7%Landon1,000
0.2%
D+94.5
D+0.8
D+70.2
37,501
D
96.7%Roosevelt35,452
3.1%Hoover1,122
0.2%
D+93.7
D+23.4
D+75.9
36,657
D
85.1%Smith29,462
14.9%Hoover5,152
0.0%
D+70.2
R+13.3
D+87.7
34,614
D
90.7%Davis25,629
7.2%Coolidge2,028
2.2%
D+83.5
D+20.5
D+108.7
28,270
D
80.8%Cox19,255
17.9%Harding4,255
1.4%
D+62.9
R+21.6
D+89.1
23,834
D
91.6%Wilson22,434
7.1%Hughes1,731
1.4%
D+84.5
R+1.2
D+81.4
24,499
D
88.7%Wilson16,290
3.0%Taft547
8.3%
D+85.7
D+18.5
D+66.2
18,368
D
83.1%Bryan839
15.8%Taft160
1.1%
D+67.2
D+8.4
D+76.8
1,010
D
78.8%Parker848
20.0%Roosevelt215
1.2%
D+58.8
R+14.8
D+78.5
1,076
D
85.0%Bryan15,139
11.4%McKinley2,030
3.6%
D+73.6
R+10.5
D+81.2
17,810
D
91.2%Bryan18,605
7.1%McKinley1,448
1.7%
D+84.1
D+15.9
D+90.1
20,408
D
70.2%Cleveland12,271
2.0%Harrison358
27.7%
D+68.2
—
D+66.5
17,469
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
330,380
2018
338,275
2020
345,462
2022
335,103
2024
341,294
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+165 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −14,946 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,651
2012
−197
2013
−606
2014
−1,907
2015
−1,339
2016
−1,062
2017
−1,282
2018
−2,765
2019
−1,483
2021
−569
2022
−1,281
2023
−515
2024
−454
2025
+165
This northeast Mississippi media market anchors one of the most reliably one-sided voting regions in the Deep South, with a population split between small manufacturing towns and agricultural communities that has shifted little in statewide contests over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 67.9 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.5 points.
A population of 483,527, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,212 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe-El Dorado and Shreveport.
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How did Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi voted Republican by 36.5 points (R+36.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 211,817 votes cast, 66,276 went Democratic and 143,552 went Republican.
When did Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi?
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi has a population of 483,527 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi?
Median household income in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi is $53,212 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
