Picayune, MS, Mississippi: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+67%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 57,4582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,1352024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Picayune, 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 | 3,982 | 20,438 | 24,701 | ||
| R | 4,148 | 19,595 | 24,033 | ||
| R | 3,604 | 17,782 | 21,883 | ||
| R | 4,366 | 17,549 | 22,224 | ||
| R | 4,320 | 17,881 | 22,443 | ||
| R | 4,472 | 14,896 | 19,487 | ||
| R | 4,611 | 11,575 | 16,477 | ||
| R | 4,892 | 8,212 | 14,377 | ||
| R | 4,683 | 7,726 | 14,797 | ||
| R | 3,939 | 10,220 | 14,333 | ||
| R | 3,085 | 9,978 | 13,112 | ||
| R | 5,028 | 6,822 | 12,141 | ||
| D | 5,024 | 4,332 | 9,665 | ||
| R | 901 | 7,487 | 8,504 | ||
| O | 926 | 1,298 | 8,274 | ||
| R | 735 | 4,009 | 4,744 | ||
| O | 1,276 | 651 | 3,483 | ||
| D | 1,274 | 1,129 | 2,848 | ||
| D | 2,060 | 1,741 | 3,801 | ||
| O | 146 | 46 | 2,121 | ||
| D | 2,131 | 84 | 2,215 | ||
| D | 2,022 | 88 | 2,118 | ||
| D | 1,156 | 81 | 1,240 | ||
| D | 1,500 | 99 | 1,613 | ||
| R | 879 | 918 | 1,797 | ||
| D | 855 | 164 | 1,118 | ||
| D | 464 | 53 | 519 | ||
| D | 521 | 35 | 557 | ||
| D | 290 | 7 | 312 | ||
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| D | 201 | 41 | 244 | ||
| D | 266 | 34 | 310 | ||
| D | 137 | 2 | 143 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.8%
English
14.1%
German
10.0%
Irish
9.6%
French
6.9%
Italian
6.6%
Scottish
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: 41.6 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
$58,135
Picayune, MS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Picayune, MS$58,135
Mississippi$56,447
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.5%
Working age (18–64)15.4%
Seniors (65+)14.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Picayune, MS sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the metro voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Picayune, MS as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Picayune, MS, by a fifteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.
The political shift has tracked, in Picayune, MS, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,135, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Picayune, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Picayune, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 66.6 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,701 votes cast, 3,982 went Democratic and 20,438 went Republican.
What is Picayune, MS, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Picayune, 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 Picayune, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Picayune, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Picayune, MS, Mississippi?
Picayune, MS, Mississippi has a population of 57,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Picayune, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Picayune, MS, Mississippi is $58,135 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Picayune, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Picayune, 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.