One of Mississippi's most Democratic-leaning metros by a wide margin
Brookhaven anchors Lincoln County, a small city where the 2024 presidential result landed 40 points left of center — an unusually deep margin for a nonurban Mississippi community, shaped in part by its majority-Black voting population.
| Group | Brookhaven, MS | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(10) | 67.7% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(2) | 30.3% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(5) | 1.0% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 0.5% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(2) | 0.4% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(4) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -85.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56.6% | 82.7% | — | — | |
| 4.8% | 7.0% | — | — | |
| 3.9% | 5.7% | — | — | |
| 1.7% | 2.4% | — | — | |
| 1.5% | 2.2% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.0% | 1.5% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 31.5% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Brookhaven, MS metro area? 137,049 residents across 4 counties.
16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 17pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+45.4 | R+48.0 | 2.6pp |