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2022 population: 738,576
| 2022 Census data | |||
| White: | 438,638 | 59.39% | |
| Black: | 252,915 | 34.24% | |
| Indian: | 6,701 | 0.91% | |
| Asian: | 8,544 | 1.16% | |
| 2+ races: | 11,606 | 1.57% | |
| Hispanic: | 17,899 | 2.42% | |
| Total non-White: | 299,938 | 40.61% | |
| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 328,218 | |
| Median Value | $159,500 | |
| Occupied | 281,145 | 85.7% |
| Vacant | 47,073 | 14.3% |
| Owned | 203,045 | 72.2% |
| Rented | 78,100 | 27.8% |
| Median Rent | $929 | |
| Single-Family Units | 223,547 | 68.1% |
| Detached | 218,647 | 66.6% |
| Attached | 4,900 | 1.5% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 28,212 | 8.6% |
| Mobile Homes | 58,338 | 17.8% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 21,777 | 7.7% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 16,283 | 5.8% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 15,106 | 5.4% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 13,955 | 5.0% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 12,673 | 4.5% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 12,681 | 4.5% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 12,119 | 4.3% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 12,023 | 4.3% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 11,576 | 4.1% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 20,100 | 7.1% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 25,972 | 9.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 33,191 | 11.8% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 23,362 | 8.3% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 16,339 | 5.8% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 17,693 | 6.3% |
| $200,000 or more | 16,295 | 5.8% |
| Median Household Income | 56,267 | |
| Per Capita Income | 31,561 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 18,999 | 6.8% |
| Public Assistance | 4,868 | 1.7% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 33,387 | 11.9% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 293,027 | 64.6% |
| Unemployed | 17,401 | 3.8% |
| In Armed Forces | 1,954 | 0.4% |
| Total Labor Force | 312,382 | 68.9% |
| Not in Labor Force | 141,048 | 31.1% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 34.9% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 112,765 | 95,568 | 54.1% |
| Non-Profit | 6,582 | 12,244 | 35.0% |
| Self-Employed | 19,350 | 10,166 | 65.6% |
| Local Government | 8,490 | 11,822 | 41.8% |
| State Government | 12,545 | 20,982 | 37.4% |
| Federal Government | 4,895 | 4,443 | 52.4% |
| Total Private + Self | 132,115 | 105,734 | 55.5% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 32,512 | 49,491 | 39.6% |
| Total | 164,627 | 155,225 | 51.5% |
| Pct. Govt. | 19.8% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 42,853 | 13.4% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 65,829 | 20.5% |
| Professional, Technical | 79,238 | 24.7% |
| Service Occupations | 48,254 | 15.1% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,119 | 0.7% |
| All others | 84,182 | 26.3% |
| White Collar | 58.7% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Manufacturing | 38,658 | 12.1% |
| Retail trade | 35,370 | 11.0% |
| Educational services and health care | 35,314 | 11.0% |
| Construction | 21,368 | 6.7% |
| Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 19,151 | 6.0% |
| Public administration | 17,626 | 5.5% |
| Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 15,574 | 4.9% |
| Other services | 14,909 | 4.7% |
| Finance, insurance and real estate | 14,036 | 4.4% |
| Professional, scientific, management | 13,055 | 4.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 7,945 | 2.5% |
| Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 5,360 | 1.7% |
| Information | 4,120 | 1.3% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 9,703 | 1.31% |
| Puerto Rican | 764 | 0.10% |
| Cuban | 747 | 0.10% |
| Dominican | 148 | 0.02% |
| Total Central American | 3,732 | 0.51% |
| Costa Rican | 4 | 0.00% |
| Guatemalan | 1,559 | 0.21% |
| Honduran | 1,148 | 0.16% |
| Nicaraguan | 464 | 0.06% |
| Panamanian | 107 | 0.01% |
| Salvadoran | 353 | 0.05% |
| Other Central American | 97 | 0.01% |
| Total South American | 992 | 0.13% |
| Argentinean | 43 | 0.01% |
| Bolivian | 14 | 0.00% |
| Chilean | 18 | 0.00% |
| Colombian | 365 | 0.05% |
| Ecuadorian | 55 | 0.01% |
| Paraguayan | 61 | 0.01% |
| Peruvian | 294 | 0.04% |
| Venezuelan | 142 | 0.02% |
| Other Hispanic | 1,813 | 0.25% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Indian | 2,679 | 0.36% |
| Chinese | 2,095 | 0.28% |
| Vietnamese | 1,075 | 0.15% |
| Filipino | 652 | 0.09% |
| Korean | 324 | 0.04% |
| Japanese | 266 | 0.04% |
| Thai | 220 | 0.03% |
| Taiwanese | 136 | 0.02% |
| Bangladeshi | 83 | 0.01% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 664,454 | 95.8% |
| Spanish | 14,196 | 2.0% |
| Other | 4,147 | 0.6% |
| Other Indo-European | 3,006 | 0.4% |
| Chinese | 1,728 | 0.2% |
| Arabic | 1,153 | 0.2% |
| Other Asian | 1,132 | 0.2% |
| Vietnamese | 940 | 0.1% |
| German, other Germanic | 819 | 0.1% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| American | 88,564 | 12.0% |
| English | 70,156 | 9.5% |
| Irish | 51,324 | 6.9% |
| German | 33,164 | 4.5% |
| European | 18,309 | 2.5% |
| Scotch-Irish | 11,340 | 1.5% |
| Scottish | 11,326 | 1.5% |
| Italian | 10,228 | 1.4% |
| French | 9,572 | 1.3% |
| African | 3,473 | 0.5% |
| British | 3,362 | 0.5% |
| Dutch | 3,221 | 0.4% |
| Welsh | 2,219 | 0.3% |
| Polish | 2,067 | 0.3% |
| Swedish | 1,786 | 0.2% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 729,078 | 98.7% |
| Not a citizen | 9,498 | 1.3% |
| Native | 721,917 | 97.7% |
| Foreign-born | 16,659 | 2.3% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 20,862 | 4.3% | 41,268 | 8.4% | 136,486 | 27.9% | 154,649 | 31.6% | 80,896 | 16.5% | 55,482 | 11.3% |
| Average years of education: 13.3 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 20,862 | 4.3% |
| 9-12 Years | 41,268 | 8.4% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 136,486 | 27.9% |
| Some College | 154,649 | 31.6% |
| Bach. Degree | 80,896 | 16.5% |
| Grad Degree | 55,482 | 11.3% |
| Average years of education: 13.3 | ||
Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.
| Date | District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-08 | MS03 | Michael Guest* (R) | 132,481 | 70.7% | Shuwaski Young (D) | 54,803 | 29.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 187,284 |
| Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 1% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
| 2020-11-03 | MS03 | Michael Guest* (R) | 221,064 | 64.7% | Dorothy Benford (D) | 120,782 | 35.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 341,846 |
| 2018-11-06 | MS03 | Michael Guest (R) | 160,284 | 62.3% | Michael Evans (D) | 94,461 | 36.7% | 2,526 | 1.0% | 257,271 |
| 2016-11-08 | MS03 | Gregg Harper* (R) | 209,490 | 66.2% | Dennis Quinn (D) | 96,101 | 30.4% | 10,854 | 3.4% | 316,445 |
| 2014-11-04 | MS03 | Gregg Harper* (R) | 117,771 | 68.9% | Doug Magee (D) | 47,744 | 27.9% | 5,431 | 3.2% | 170,946 |
| 2012-11-06 | MS03 | Gregg Harper* (R) | 234,717 | 80.0% | John Pannell (Reform) | 58,605 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 293,322 |
| Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
| 2010-11-02 | MS03 | Gregg Harper* (R) | 132,393 | 68.0% | Joel Gill (D) | 60,737 | 31.2% | 1,586 | 0.8% | 194,716 |
| 2008-11-04 | MS03 | Gregg Harper (R) | 213,171 | 62.5% | Joel Gill (D) | 127,698 | 37.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 340,869 |
| 2006-11-07 | MS03 | Chip Pickering* (R) | 125,421 | 77.7% | Jimmy Giles (I) | 25,999 | 16.1% | 10,060 | 6.2% | 161,480 |
| 2004-11-02 | MS03 | Chip Pickering* (R) | 234,874 | 80.1% | Jimmy Giles (I) | 40,426 | 13.8% | 18,068 | 6.2% | 293,368 |
| 2002-11-05 | MS03 | Chip Pickering* (R) | 139,329 | 63.6% | Ronnie Shows (D) | 76,184 | 34.8% | 3,638 | 1.7% | 219,151 |
| Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 2% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
| 2000-11-07 | MS03 | Chip Pickering* (R) | 153,899 | 73.2% | William Thrash (D) | 54,151 | 25.7% | 2,313 | 1.1% | 210,363 |
| 1998-11-03 | MS03 | Chip Pickering* (R) | 84,785 | 84.6% | Charles Scarborough (Libertarian) | 15,465 | 15.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 100,250 |
| 1996-11-05 | MS03 | Chip Pickering (R) | 115,443 | 61.4% | John Eaves (D) | 68,658 | 36.5% | 4,043 | 2.1% | 188,144 |
| 1994-11-08 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 83,163 | 67.6% | Dutch Dabbs (R) | 39,826 | 32.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 122,989 |
| 1992-11-03 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 162,864 | 81.2% | Michael Williams (R) | 37,710 | 18.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 200,574 |
| Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
| 1990-11-06 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 49,162 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 49,162 | |||
| 1988-11-08 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 164,651 | 88.8% | Jimmie Ray Bourland (R) | 20,729 | 11.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 185,380 |
| 1986-11-04 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 80,575 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 80,575 | |||
| 1984-11-06 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 158,002 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 158,002 | |||
| 1982-11-02 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 114,530 | 93.1% | James Bradshaw (I) | 8,519 | 6.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 123,049 |
| Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 6% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
| 1980-11-04 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 128,035 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 128,035 | |||
| 1978-11-07 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 101,685 | 92.4% | Dorothy Cleveland (R) | 8,408 | 7.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 110,093 |
| 1976-11-02 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 129,088 | 93.9% | Dorothy Cleveland (R) | 8,321 | 6.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 137,409 |
| 1974-11-04 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 43,020 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 43,020 | |||
| 1972-11-07 | MS03 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 105,722 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 105,722 | |||
| Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
| 1970-11-03 | MS04 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 66,064 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 66,064 | |||
| 1968-11-05 | MS04 | Sonny Montgomery* (D) | 78,768 | 70.0% | Prentiss Walker (R) | 33,683 | 30.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 112,451 |
| 1966-11-08 | MS04 | Sonny Montgomery (D) | 52,138 | 65.7% | L.L. McAlister (R) | 26,027 | 32.8% | 1,236 | 1.6% | 79,401 |
| 1964-11-03 | MS04 | Prentiss Walker (R) | 35,277 | 55.7% | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 28,057 | 44.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 63,334 |
| 1962-11-06 | MS04 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 21,730 | 83.0% | Sterling Davis (I) | 4,461 | 17.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 26,191 |
| 1960-11-08 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 40,480 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 40,480 | |||
| 1958-11-04 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 14,517 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 14,517 | |||
| 1956-11-06 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 35,461 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 35,461 | |||
| 1954-11-02 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 15,444 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 15,444 | |||
| 1952-11-04 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 39,919 | 94.1% | Henry Maddox (R) | 2,501 | 5.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 42,420 |
| 1950-11-07 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 13,395 | 97.6% | Clay Erwin (R) | 336 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 13,731 |
| 1948-11-02 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 22,641 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 22,641 | |||
| 1946-11-05 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 7,122 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,122 | |||
| 1944-11-07 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead* (D) | 22,924 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 22,924 | |||
| 1942-11-03 | MS05 | Arthur Winstead (D) | 10,548 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 10,548 | |||
| 1940-11-05 | MS05 | Ross Collins* (D) | 24,079 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 24,079 | |||
| 1938-11-08 | MS05 | Ross Collins* (D) | 11,540 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 11,540 | |||
| 1936-11-03 | MS05 | Ross Collins (D) | 26,150 | 99.4% | D.V. Johnson (R) | 151 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 26,301 |
| Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 redist | Donald Trump* (R) | 212,321 | 61.5% | Joe Biden (D) | 128,386 | 37.2% | 4,304 | 1.2% | 345,011 | 4 | 15 | 26.24% | |
| 2020 | 62% | Donald Trump* (R) | 210,891 | 60.2% | Joe Biden (D) | 135,123 | 38.6% | 4,423 | 1.3% | 350,437 | 3 | 13 | 26.65% |
| 2016 | 57% | Donald Trump (R) | 198,527 | 61.3% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 119,108 | 36.8% | 6,218 | 1.9% | 323,853 | 3 | 15 | 26.74% |
| 2012 | 61% | Mitt Romney (R) | 204,232 | 60.0% | Barack Obama* (D) | 133,114 | 39.1% | 2,998 | 0.9% | 340,344 | 5 | 13 | 26.47% |
| 2008 | 63% | John McCain (R) | 213,025 | 60.8% | Barack Obama (D) | 134,878 | 38.5% | 2,571 | 0.7% | 350,474 | 5 | 15 | 27.17% |
| 2004 | 58% | George W. Bush* (R) | 203,376 | 65.3% | John Kerry (D) | 106,455 | 34.2% | 1,827 | 0.6% | 311,658 | 6 | 15 | 27.05% |
| 2000 | 50% | George W. Bush (R) | 139,789 | 66.1% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 69,304 | 32.8% | 2,240 | 1.1% | 211,333 | 9 | 18 | 21.24% |
| 1996 | 45% | Robert Dole (R) | 107,292 | 58.6% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 66,027 | 36.1% | 9,733 | 5.3% | 183,052 | 9 | 18 | 20.48% |
| 1992 | 54% | George Bush* (R) | 116,973 | 58.4% | Bill Clinton (D) | 67,411 | 33.6% | 16,049 | 8.0% | 200,433 | 9 | 21 | 20.41% |
| 1988 | 50% | George Bush (R) | 124,841 | 66.1% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 64,007 | 33.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 188,848 | 6 | 13 | 20.27% |
| 1984 | 57% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 133,167 | 65.4% | Walter Mondale (D) | 70,385 | 34.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 203,552 | 4 | 7 | 21.65% |
| 1980 | 61% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 98,438 | 51.1% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 91,930 | 47.7% | 2,307 | 1.2% | 192,675 | 2 | 0 | 21.59% |
| 1976 | 52% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 82,515 | 51.1% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 79,021 | 48.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 161,536 | 3 | 3 | 21.00% |
| 1972 | 51% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 110,710 | 79.3% | George McGovern (D) | 28,941 | 20.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 139,651 | 1 | 19 | 21.62% |
| 1968 | n/a | George Wallace (AIP) | 87,546 | 68.6% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 28,724 | 22.5% | 11,377 | 8.9% | 127,647 | -5 | -34 | 19.50% |
| 1964 | n/a | Barry Goldwater (R) | 93.4% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 6.6% | 0.0% | 6 | 55 | n/a | ||||
| 1960 | 28% | Write-ins (I) | 21,959 | 47.5% | John Kennedy (D) | 16,011 | 34.6% | 8,260 | 17.9% | 46,230 | -7 | -32 | 15.50% |
| 1956 | 24% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 27,187 | 68.1% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 7,039 | 17.6% | 5,717 | 14.3% | 39,943 | -7 | -40 | 16.10% |
| 1952 | 26% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 30,765 | 68.3% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 14,246 | 31.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 45,011 | -8 | -24 | 15.76% |
| Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 738,621 | 58.7% | 33.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 738,992 | 60.2% | 35.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2.4% | |
| 2012 | 745,254 | 60.2% | 35.2% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 756,924 | 60.3% | 34.7% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 711,115 | 63.7% | 33.1% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 588,915 | 64.1% | 32.1% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| 1992 | 515,314 | 66.5% | 31.3% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | |
| 1990 | 530,348 | 65.5% | 32.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 1982 | 503,763 | 66.9% | 31.3% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.8% | |
| 1980 | 514,218 | 38.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
| 1972 | 445,713 | 40.0% | |||||
| 1970 | 403,173 | 41.0% | |||||
| 1960 | 295,072 | ||||||
| 1950 | 311,340 |
| Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % | |||
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