Oxford, MS, Mississippi: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 70,7462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,0192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Oxford, 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 | 11,245 | 17,568 | 29,287 | ||
| R | 12,855 | 16,620 | 29,958 | ||
| R | 10,551 | 14,248 | 25,720 | ||
| R | 11,121 | 14,351 | 25,859 | ||
| R | 11,148 | 13,906 | 25,286 | ||
| R | 8,874 | 12,282 | 21,373 | ||
| R | 7,813 | 9,551 | 17,906 | ||
| D | 7,083 | 6,464 | 14,572 | ||
| D | 7,841 | 7,430 | 16,645 | ||
| R | 6,369 | 8,501 | 14,945 | ||
| R | 5,983 | 8,940 | 14,965 | ||
| D | 8,319 | 6,590 | 15,354 | ||
| D | 6,978 | 5,543 | 12,854 | ||
| R | 2,342 | 8,335 | 10,808 | ||
| O | 2,451 | 1,797 | 10,302 | ||
| R | 979 | 5,587 | 6,566 | ||
| D | 1,958 | 1,254 | 4,825 | ||
| D | 2,983 | 989 | 4,397 | ||
| D | 3,709 | 1,621 | 5,330 | ||
| O | 879 | 97 | 3,548 | ||
| D | 3,730 | 184 | 3,914 | ||
| D | 3,743 | 115 | 3,860 | ||
| D | 3,002 | 51 | 3,060 | ||
| D | 3,367 | 65 | 3,444 | ||
| D | 2,901 | 335 | 3,236 | ||
| D | 3,140 | 142 | 3,330 | ||
| D | 1,765 | 403 | 2,190 | ||
| D | 2,545 | 96 | 2,660 | ||
| D | 1,761 | 50 | 1,929 | ||
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| D | 1,951 | 159 | 2,139 | ||
| D | 2,424 | 202 | 2,660 | ||
| D | 1,581 | 60 | 2,043 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.8%
Irish
8.0%
German
7.2%
American
6.1%
Scottish
2.5%
Italian
2.1%
French
1.2%
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: 32.8 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
$64,019
Oxford, MS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Oxford, MS$64,019
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.3%
Working age (18–64)20.1%
Seniors (65+)7.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.5%
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to the University of Mississippi, Oxford's Lafayette County metro posted a D+19.3 margin in 2024, a striking outlier in Mississippi's otherwise heavily Republican electoral map driven by a large student and academic population.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Oxford, MS, by a ten points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-two points.
The political shift has tracked, in Oxford, MS, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,019, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Oxford, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Oxford, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 21.6 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,287 votes cast, 11,245 went Democratic and 17,568 went Republican.
What is Oxford, MS, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Oxford, 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 19 times, Republican 11 times, and other 2 times.
When did Oxford, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Oxford, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Oxford, MS, Mississippi?
Oxford, MS, Mississippi has a population of 70,746 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oxford, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Oxford, MS, Mississippi is $64,019 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Oxford, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Oxford, MS, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.