Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+45%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+45MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 34,8772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,1192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 30.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+88 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Brookhaven, MS, MSOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,262 | 11,432 | 15,802 | ||
| R | 5,040 | 11,596 | 16,801 | ||
| R | 4,458 | 10,550 | 15,193 | ||
| R | 5,471 | 10,839 | 16,414 | ||
| R | 5,505 | 10,781 | 16,402 | ||
| R | 4,418 | 10,008 | 14,496 | ||
| R | 4,358 | 8,540 | 13,000 | ||
| R | 4,294 | 5,960 | 11,067 | ||
| R | 4,744 | 7,040 | 13,091 | ||
| R | 4,534 | 8,710 | 13,297 | ||
| R | 4,458 | 8,898 | 13,381 | ||
| R | 5,213 | 7,286 | 12,610 | ||
| R | 4,043 | 6,084 | 10,392 | ||
| R | 1,070 | 7,593 | 8,828 | ||
| O | 1,585 | 1,057 | 9,918 | ||
| R | 437 | 6,750 | 7,187 | ||
| O | 1,449 | 1,251 | 4,885 | ||
| D | 1,942 | 848 | 3,773 | ||
| D | 2,271 | 2,028 | 4,299 | ||
| O | 52 | 40 | 3,177 | ||
| D | 2,445 | 103 | 2,548 | ||
| D | 2,332 | 97 | 2,440 | ||
| D | 2,465 | 74 | 2,549 | ||
| D | 2,379 | 92 | 2,479 | ||
| D | 2,191 | 422 | 2,613 | ||
| D | 1,278 | 154 | 1,502 | ||
| D | 774 | 421 | 1,208 | ||
| D | 1,282 | 105 | 1,407 | ||
| D | 768 | 41 | 925 | ||
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| D | 530 | 225 | 768 | ||
| D | 954 | 134 | 1,127 | ||
| D | 454 | 36 | 687 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
8.1%
Irish
7.3%
American
7.2%
German
3.2%
Scottish
2.3%
French
2.0%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.5 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$51,119
Brookhaven, MS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Brookhaven, MS$51,119
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.3%
Working age (18–64)18.3%
Seniors (65+)19.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.6%
Spanish0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The shift began with civil rights. The realignment unfolded over the late twentieth century. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-eight points in 1964. The 2024 margin was forty-five points.
The political shift has tracked, in Brookhaven, MS, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $51,119, and a 21% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 45.4 points (R+45), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,802 votes cast, 4,262 went Democratic and 11,432 went Republican.
What is Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 3 times.
When did Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1956.
How many people live in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi?
Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi has a population of 34,877 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi is $51,119 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brookhaven, MS, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.