Meridian, Mississippi: Old Confederacy market. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 169,8302024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,7452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 38.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+84 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Meridian, 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 | 26,953 | 43,711 | 71,223 | ||
| R | 32,795 | 46,382 | 79,957 | ||
| R | 30,007 | 44,570 | 75,578 | ||
| R | 35,779 | 45,507 | 81,869 | ||
| R | 34,941 | 47,488 | 82,905 | ||
| R | 27,869 | 46,635 | 74,847 | ||
| R | 25,923 | 40,911 | 67,416 | ||
| R | 26,642 | 32,916 | 62,985 | ||
| R | 26,978 | 39,274 | 71,194 | ||
| R | 25,767 | 42,814 | 68,973 | ||
| R | 24,493 | 44,791 | 70,323 | ||
| R | 31,844 | 34,297 | 68,148 | ||
| R | 29,065 | 31,784 | 61,771 | ||
| R | 11,324 | 43,787 | 56,223 | ||
| O | 10,371 | 4,345 | 54,724 | ||
| R | 2,558 | 33,383 | 36,759 | ||
| D | 10,541 | 5,938 | 26,536 | ||
| D | 16,180 | 5,387 | 23,562 | ||
| D | 17,938 | 8,490 | 26,440 | ||
| O | 1,249 | 357 | 17,874 | ||
| D | 16,934 | 837 | 17,777 | ||
| D | 17,871 | 624 | 18,516 | ||
| D | 18,636 | 310 | 18,967 | ||
| D | 15,047 | 457 | 15,551 | ||
| D | 12,347 | 4,006 | 16,353 | ||
| D | 10,539 | 810 | 12,056 | ||
| D | 9,198 | 791 | 10,308 | ||
| D | 9,424 | 394 | 10,069 | ||
| D | 6,863 | 131 | 7,552 | ||
| D | 1,309 | 47 | 1,389 | ||
| D | 1,441 | 61 | 1,536 | ||
| D | 6,431 | 825 | 7,541 | ||
| D | 9,422 | 2,009 | 11,796 | ||
| D | 8,041 | 1,053 | 11,243 | ||
| D | 3,449 | 1,448 | 4,908 | ||
| D | 2,489 | 1,330 | 3,825 | ||
| D | 2,837 | 1,857 | 5,396 | ||
| D | 3,443 | 2,063 | 5,506 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.3%
English
9.4%
Irish
6.5%
German
3.5%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
0.9%
French
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: 39.7 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
$49,745
Meridian ranks near the middle of US counties.
Meridian$49,745
Mississippi$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
24.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.6%
Working age (18–64)20.9%
Seniors (65+)15.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Other languages2.4%
Spanish1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Meridian sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the market 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 Meridian as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Meridian, by a eighty-four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-four points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Meridian, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 52% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $49,745, and a 24% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Meridian, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Meridian, Mississippi voted Republican by 23.5 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 71,223 votes cast, 26,953 went Democratic and 43,711 went Republican.
What is Meridian, Mississippi's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Meridian, Mississippi as a "Old Confederacy" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Meridian, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meridian, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Meridian, Mississippi?
Meridian, Mississippi has a population of 169,830 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meridian, Mississippi?
Median household income in Meridian, Mississippi is $49,745 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Meridian, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Meridian, Mississippi from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.