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1876–2024
McComb, MS·Mississippi

McComb, MS delivered R+10 in 2024 — Republican for the long memory.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MS
Latest
R+10
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
53,441
2024 ACS

McComb, MS, Mississippi: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+10%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+10MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
53,4412024 5-year
Median household income
$45,1322024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
44.6%2024 5-year
Black
50.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
1.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+95 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+86 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
R
−10.4%
9,75712,05722,048
R
−5.0%
11,48112,69924,480
R
−5.3%
10,83312,06523,279
D
+3.3%
13,07212,23225,525
R
−0.7%
12,73212,90425,835
R
−9.7%
10,31612,54822,988
R
−10.2%
8,90010,94020,061
D
+5.2%
8,5427,64217,381
D
+0.1%
8,7558,73319,646
R
−9.4%
8,88510,74019,741
R
−16.1%
8,35611,55919,952
D
+1.5%
9,6549,36419,478
D
+3.8%
8,3997,76916,678
R
−50.6%
3,0799,65212,980
O
+14.9%
4,0811,84714,960
R
−86.2%
6979,43210,129
O
+3.0%
2,0051,7777,496
D
+23.0%
2,8571,5165,831
D
+6.2%
3,8523,3997,251
O
+4.4%
306745,232
D
+86.0%
4,2023164,518
D
+89.6%
4,1622254,394
D
+94.8%
4,4041144,524
D
+91.5%
3,4691483,629
D
+48.7%
3,2951,1384,433
D
+67.7%
2,3002613,013
D
+66.6%
1,5782921,930
D
+93.1%
2,116652,204
D
+84.9%
1,068241,229
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D
+80.8%
1,2441311,378
D
+81.9%
1,3801201,538
D
+79.6%
74435891
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
7.9%
English
6.9%
American
6.0%
German
4.2%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.4%
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: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.3%
2.4%
75–84
3.2%
5.6%
65–74
6.1%
5.4%
55–64
6.7%
5.5%
45–54
6.3%
5.2%
35–44
6.2%
5.5%
25–34
5.8%
4.9%
18–24
4.7%
9.0%
5–17
9.6%
3.5%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$45,132
McComb, MS ranks near the middle of US counties.
McComb, MS$45,132
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.8%
Working age (18–64)21.5%
Seniors (65+)25.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
44.7%
Other Christian
7.8%
Methodist
4.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

McComb, MS sits in the Deep South. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

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

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $45,132, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 53,441 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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McComb, MS, Mississippi — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/32620/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did McComb, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, McComb, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 10.4 points (R+10), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,048 votes cast, 9,757 went Democratic and 12,057 went Republican.
What is McComb, MS, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies McComb, 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 19 times, Republican 10 times, and other 3 times.
When did McComb, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McComb, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in McComb, MS, Mississippi?
McComb, MS, Mississippi has a population of 53,441 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McComb, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in McComb, MS, Mississippi is $45,132 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of McComb, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McComb, MS, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.