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1876–2024
Columbus, MS·Mississippi

Columbus, MS has voted Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember.

A majority-Black metro where Republicans routinely post 50-point margins

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MS
Latest
Tied
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
67,863
2024 ACS

Columbus, MS, Mississippi: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted a near-tie. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
TiedMIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
67,8632024 5-year
Median household income
$50,8612024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
45.8%2024 5-year
Black
48.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+95 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+86 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+0.4%
14,36514,23828,875
D
+6.4%
17,12715,04032,580
D
+5.4%
16,16614,47131,269
D
+10.4%
18,30814,84333,422
D
+8.0%
18,23915,51934,054
R
−2.2%
14,75415,41330,367
R
−8.3%
10,92012,93424,184
R
−7.0%
9,02110,45620,556
R
−10.0%
9,74012,13223,872
R
−20.1%
8,71513,12821,962
R
−22.1%
9,00614,17223,326
R
−10.6%
9,62111,94321,910
R
−8.3%
8,3029,86318,836
R
−54.8%
3,45012,33716,209
O
+9.6%
3,6162,20014,685
R
−86.2%
6038,1158,718
R
−13.5%
1,5172,3526,169
D
+28.2%
2,9981,4625,446
R
−19.9%
2,3763,5575,933
O
+2.6%
190834,059
D
+74.8%
3,2104633,673
D
+89.0%
3,4201983,621
D
+95.3%
3,660833,754
D
+94.4%
3,357913,460
D
+83.9%
3,2892873,576
D
+92.2%
2,6211062,727
D
+90.7%
1,629751,714
D
+94.9%
1,684391,734
D
+95.2%
1,518171,576
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D
+94.8%
1,372281,418
D
+95.1%
1,535251,587
D
+93.4%
1,15861,234
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.8%
American
8.0%
Irish
6.3%
German
5.1%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
0.9%
Polish
0.5%
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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.3%
85+
1.3%
2.3%
75–84
3.1%
4.9%
65–74
5.4%
5.9%
55–64
6.8%
5.5%
45–54
5.9%
5.5%
35–44
6.5%
6.5%
25–34
6.7%
4.7%
18–24
4.7%
8.8%
5–17
8.7%
3.3%
<5
3.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$50,861
Columbus, MS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Columbus, MS$50,861
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.7%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)17.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
47.0%
Other Christian
10.8%
Methodist
9.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Columbus anchors a corner of the Mississippi Black Belt where racial and partisan sorting produce some of the most lopsided federal results in the state, yet local and county contests remain genuinely competitive across demographic lines.

The Republican margin in Columbus, MS reached its widest at eighty-six points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was zero points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $50,861, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 67,863 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Columbus, MS, Mississippi — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/18060/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Columbus, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbus, MS, Mississippi voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 28,875 votes cast, 14,365 went Democratic and 14,238 went Republican.
What is Columbus, MS, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Columbus, MS, Mississippi as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Columbus, MS, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbus, MS, Mississippi voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Columbus, MS, Mississippi?
Columbus, MS, Mississippi has a population of 67,863 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbus, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Columbus, MS, Mississippi is $50,861 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Columbus, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbus, MS, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.