2022 population: 740,640
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 502,284 | 67.82% | |
Black: | 165,500 | 22.35% | |
Indian: | 1,257 | 0.17% | |
Asian: | 10,886 | 1.47% | |
2+ races: | 22,731 | 3.07% | |
Hispanic: | 35,711 | 4.82% | |
Total non-White: | 238,356 | 32.18% |
Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 324,512 | |
Median Value | $166,100 | |
Occupied | 281,693 | 86.8% |
Vacant | 42,819 | 13.2% |
Owned | 193,971 | 68.9% |
Rented | 87,722 | 31.1% |
Median Rent | $968 | |
Single-Family Units | 228,981 | 70.6% |
Detached | 223,048 | 68.7% |
Attached | 5,933 | 1.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 36,213 | 11.2% |
Mobile Homes | 40,523 | 12.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 19,064 | 6.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 16,026 | 5.7% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 14,703 | 5.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 14,350 | 5.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 13,231 | 4.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 13,153 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 12,266 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 12,160 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 12,673 | 4.5% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 21,821 | 7.7% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 27,172 | 9.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 35,252 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 24,520 | 8.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 15,779 | 5.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 15,664 | 5.6% |
$200,000 or more | 13,859 | 4.9% |
Median Household Income | 56,066 | |
Per Capita Income | 30,048 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 18,815 | 6.7% |
Public Assistance | 7,405 | 2.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 42,705 | 15.2% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 281,519 | 63.1% |
Unemployed | 23,122 | 5.2% |
In Armed Forces | 7,055 | 1.6% |
Total Labor Force | 311,696 | 69.9% |
Not in Labor Force | 134,507 | 30.1% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 35.3% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 112,406 | 95,965 | 53.9% |
Non-Profit | 5,912 | 10,400 | 36.2% |
Self-Employed | 18,000 | 11,657 | 60.7% |
Local Government | 8,689 | 13,894 | 38.5% |
State Government | 7,047 | 12,179 | 36.7% |
Federal Government | 7,812 | 6,592 | 54.2% |
Total Private + Self | 130,406 | 107,622 | 54.8% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 29,460 | 43,065 | 40.6% |
Total | 159,866 | 150,687 | 51.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 18.1% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 38,583 | 12.4% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 65,586 | 21.0% |
Professional, Technical | 70,677 | 22.7% |
Service Occupations | 58,114 | 18.6% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 1,292 | 0.4% |
All others | 78,757 | 25.3% |
White Collar | 56.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 35,802 | 11.5% |
Manufacturing | 33,185 | 10.6% |
Educational services and health care | 29,046 | 9.3% |
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 27,044 | 8.7% |
Construction | 25,171 | 8.1% |
Public administration | 16,544 | 5.3% |
Other services | 15,189 | 4.9% |
Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 13,436 | 4.3% |
Professional, scientific, management | 12,555 | 4.0% |
Finance, insurance and real estate | 9,643 | 3.1% |
Wholesale trade | 5,985 | 1.9% |
Information | 3,422 | 1.1% |
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 3,026 | 1.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 14,048 | 1.90% |
Puerto Rican | 6,895 | 0.93% |
Cuban | 1,023 | 0.14% |
Dominican | 1,439 | 0.19% |
Total Central American | 5,699 | 0.77% |
Costa Rican | 186 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 2,008 | 0.27% |
Honduran | 2,416 | 0.33% |
Nicaraguan | 142 | 0.02% |
Panamanian | 588 | 0.08% |
Salvadoran | 359 | 0.05% |
Total South American | 1,492 | 0.20% |
Argentinean | 46 | 0.01% |
Bolivian | 67 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 9 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 579 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 17 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 335 | 0.05% |
Venezuelan | 382 | 0.05% |
Other South American | 57 | 0.01% |
Other Hispanic | 5,115 | 0.69% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Vietnamese | 4,468 | 0.60% |
Filipino | 2,297 | 0.31% |
Indian | 1,062 | 0.14% |
Chinese | 948 | 0.13% |
Korean | 481 | 0.06% |
Japanese | 290 | 0.04% |
Thai | 131 | 0.02% |
Cambodian | 60 | 0.01% |
Hmong | 19 | 0.00% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 661,835 | 95.0% |
Spanish | 20,977 | 3.0% |
Vietnamese | 3,377 | 0.5% |
Other Indo-European | 2,538 | 0.4% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,507 | 0.2% |
Tagalog | 1,205 | 0.2% |
German, other Germanic | 1,040 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 961 | 0.1% |
Other | 940 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
American | 87,928 | 11.9% |
English | 77,037 | 10.4% |
Irish | 65,637 | 8.9% |
German | 56,307 | 7.6% |
French | 35,328 | 4.8% |
Italian | 21,278 | 2.9% |
Scottish | 14,766 | 2.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 11,177 | 1.5% |
European | 9,316 | 1.3% |
Polish | 5,422 | 0.7% |
British | 4,075 | 0.6% |
French Canadian | 3,996 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 3,961 | 0.5% |
Norwegian | 3,363 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 2,956 | 0.4% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 730,147 | 98.6% |
Not a citizen | 10,493 | 1.4% |
Native | 719,147 | 97.1% |
Foreign-born | 21,493 | 2.9% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
19,924 | 4.0% | 38,362 | 7.7% | 147,902 | 29.8% | 174,005 | 35.0% | 71,835 | 14.5% | 44,950 | 9.0% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 19,924 | 4.0% |
9-12 Years | 38,362 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 147,902 | 29.8% |
Some College | 174,005 | 35.0% |
Bach. Degree | 71,835 | 14.5% |
Grad Degree | 44,950 | 9.0% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
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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 | |||||
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2022-11-08 | MS04 | Mike Ezell (R) | 127,813 | 73.3% | Johnny DuPree (D) | 42,876 | 24.6% | 3,569 | 2.0% | 174,258 |
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
2020-11-03 | MS04 | Steven Palazzo* (R) | 255,971 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 255,971 | |||
2018-11-06 | MS04 | Steven Palazzo* (R) | 152,633 | 68.2% | Jeramey Anderson (D) | 68,787 | 30.7% | 2,312 | 1.0% | 223,732 |
2016-11-08 | MS04 | Steven Palazzo* (R) | 181,323 | 65.0% | Mark Gladney (D) | 77,505 | 27.8% | 19,951 | 7.2% | 278,779 |
2014-11-04 | MS04 | Steven Palazzo* (R) | 108,776 | 69.9% | Matt Moore (D) | 37,869 | 24.3% | 8,931 | 5.7% | 155,576 |
2012-11-06 | MS04 | Steven Palazzo* (R) | 182,998 | 64.1% | Matt Moore (D) | 82,344 | 28.8% | 20,090 | 7.0% | 285,432 |
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
2010-11-02 | MS04 | Steven Palazzo (R) | 105,613 | 51.9% | Gene Taylor* (D) | 95,243 | 46.8% | 2,528 | 1.2% | 203,384 |
2008-11-04 | MS04 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 216,542 | 74.5% | John McCay (R) | 73,977 | 25.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 290,519 |
2006-11-07 | MS04 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 110,996 | 79.8% | Randy McDonnell (R) | 28,117 | 20.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 139,113 |
2004-11-02 | MS04 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 179,979 | 64.2% | Mike Lott (R) | 96,740 | 34.5% | 3,663 | 1.3% | 280,382 |
2002-11-05 | MS04 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 121,742 | 75.2% | Karl Mertz (R) | 34,373 | 21.2% | 5,753 | 3.6% | 161,868 |
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
2000-11-07 | MS05 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 153,264 | 78.8% | Randy McDonnell (R) | 35,309 | 18.2% | 5,822 | 3.0% | 194,395 |
1998-11-03 | MS05 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 78,661 | 77.8% | Randy McDonnell (R) | 19,341 | 19.1% | 3,093 | 3.1% | 101,095 |
1996-11-05 | MS05 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 103,415 | 58.3% | Dennis Dollar (R) | 71,114 | 40.1% | 2,916 | 1.6% | 177,445 |
1994-11-08 | MS05 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 73,179 | 60.1% | George Barlos (R) | 48,575 | 39.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 121,754 |
1992-11-03 | MS05 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 120,766 | 63.2% | Paul Harvey (R) | 67,619 | 35.4% | 2,673 | 1.4% | 191,058 |
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
1990-11-06 | MS05 | Gene Taylor* (D) | 89,926 | 81.4% | Sheila Smith (R) | 20,588 | 18.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 110,514 |
1989-10-17 sp | MS05 | Gene Taylor (D) | 83,296 | 65.2% | Tom Anderson (R) | 44,494 | 34.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 127,790 |
1988-11-08 | MS05 | Larkin Smith (R) | 100,185 | 55.0% | Gene Taylor (D) | 82,034 | 45.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 182,219 |
1986-11-04 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 75,288 | 82.3% | Larry Albritton (D) | 16,143 | 17.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 91,431 |
1984-11-06 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 142,637 | 84.7% | Blackie Coate (D) | 25,840 | 15.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 168,477 |
1982-11-02 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 82,884 | 78.5% | Blackie Coate (D) | 22,634 | 21.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 105,518 |
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
1980-11-04 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 131,559 | 73.9% | Jimmy McVeay (D) | 46,416 | 26.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 177,975 |
1978-11-07 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 97,177 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 97,177 | |||
1976-11-02 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 104,554 | 68.2% | Gerald Blessey (D) | 48,724 | 31.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 153,278 |
1974-11-04 | MS05 | Trent Lott* (R) | 52,489 | 73.0% | Walter Murphy (D) | 10,333 | 14.4% | 9,100 | 12.7% | 71,922 |
1972-11-07 | MS05 | Trent Lott (R) | 77,826 | 55.3% | Ben Stone (D) | 62,101 | 44.2% | 687 | 0.5% | 140,614 |
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 1% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
1970-11-03 | MS05 | William Colmer* (D) | 58,546 | 90.4% | Earnest Creel (I) | 6,225 | 9.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 64,771 |
1968-11-05 | MS05 | William Colmer* (D) | 108,297 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 108,297 | |||
1966-11-08 | MS05 | William Colmer* (D) | 58,080 | 70.0% | James Moye (R) | 24,865 | 30.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 82,945 |
1964-11-03 | MS05 | William Colmer* (D) | 83,120 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 83,120 | |||
1962-11-06 | MS05 | William Colmer* (D) | 39,735 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 39,735 | |||
1960-11-08 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 59,372 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 59,372 | |||
1958-11-04 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 13,243 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 13,243 | |||
1956-11-06 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 47,083 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 47,083 | |||
1954-11-02 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 21,806 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 21,806 | |||
1952-11-04 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 51,227 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 51,227 | |||
1950-11-07 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 15,964 | 87.9% | Frank Harper (I) | 2,199 | 12.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 18,163 |
1948-11-02 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 29,751 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 29,751 | |||
1946-11-05 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 6,448 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 6,448 | |||
1944-11-07 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 31,742 | 95.7% | Ruth Smith (R) | 1,434 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 33,176 |
1942-11-03 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 7,462 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,462 | |||
1940-11-05 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 26,879 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 26,879 | |||
1938-11-08 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 4,873 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,873 | |||
1936-11-03 | MS06 | William Colmer* (D) | 25,385 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 25,385 |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
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2020 redist | Donald Trump* (R) | 205,946 | 68.2% | Joe Biden (D) | 91,318 | 30.3% | 4,508 | 1.5% | 301,772 | 11 | 21 | 22.95% | |
2020 | 54% | Donald Trump* (R) | 218,056 | 68.3% | Joe Biden (D) | 96,731 | 30.3% | 4,687 | 1.5% | 319,474 | 11 | 21 | 24.29% |
2016 | 49% | Donald Trump (R) | 196,652 | 69.4% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 80,045 | 28.2% | 6,758 | 2.4% | 283,455 | 12 | 23 | 23.40% |
2012 | 53% | Mitt Romney (R) | 199,354 | 67.6% | Barack Obama* (D) | 92,127 | 31.2% | 3,428 | 1.2% | 294,909 | 12 | 20 | 22.94% |
2008 | 53% | John McCain (R) | 198,545 | 67.3% | Barack Obama (D) | 93,399 | 31.7% | 2,852 | 1.0% | 294,796 | 11 | 22 | 22.85% |
2004 | 52% | George W. Bush* (R) | 188,880 | 68.3% | John Kerry (D) | 86,010 | 31.1% | 1,697 | 0.6% | 276,587 | 9 | 18 | 24.00% |
2000 | 45% | George W. Bush (R) | 128,636 | 65.9% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 63,625 | 32.6% | 2,953 | 1.5% | 195,214 | 8 | 18 | 19.62% |
1996 | 42% | Robert Dole (R) | 96,880 | 56.5% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 61,035 | 35.6% | 13,431 | 7.8% | 171,346 | 7 | 16 | 19.17% |
1992 | 50% | George Bush* (R) | 99,997 | 54.4% | Bill Clinton (D) | 58,808 | 32.0% | 24,956 | 13.6% | 183,761 | 5 | 17 | 18.72% |
1988 | 44% | George Bush (R) | 126,860 | 70.3% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 53,595 | 29.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 180,455 | 10 | 17 | 19.37% |
1984 | 48% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 128,188 | 73.7% | Walter Mondale (D) | 45,663 | 26.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 173,851 | 12 | 15 | 18.49% |
1980 | 51% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 103,345 | 58.3% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 71,281 | 40.2% | 2,500 | 1.4% | 177,126 | 9 | 8 | 19.84% |
1976 | 45% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 80,024 | 52.9% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 71,261 | 47.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 151,285 | 5 | 5 | 19.66% |
1972 | 47% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 116,382 | 86.8% | George McGovern (D) | 17,654 | 13.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 134,036 | 9 | 26 | 20.75% |
1968 | n/a | George Wallace (AIP) | 100,674 | 70.1% | Richard Nixon (R) | 21,798 | 15.2% | 21,172 | 14.7% | 143,644 | 2 | -28 | 21.95% |
1964 | n/a | Barry Goldwater (R) | 84.0% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 16.0% | 0.0% | -3 | 46 | n/a | ||||
1960 | 29% | John Kennedy (D) | 30,820 | 43.1% | Write-ins (I) | 21,982 | 30.7% | 18,739 | 26.2% | 71,541 | 2 | -23 | 23.99% |
1956 | 25% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 30,680 | 54.1% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 19,328 | 34.1% | 6,733 | 11.9% | 56,741 | 10 | -23 | 22.87% |
1952 | 30% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 37,869 | 58.5% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 26,896 | 41.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 64,765 | 2 | -14 | 22.68% |
Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
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2021 | 742,632 | 67.5% | 20.5% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 5.6% | 4.5% |
2020 | 775,679 | 68.1% | 23.5% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 4.4% | |
2012 | 749,289 | 69.1% | 23.1% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 4.0% |
2010 | 754,015 | 70.1% | 23.0% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 3.7% |
2002 | 711,219 | 73.5% | 22.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.8% |
2000 | 600,490 | 74.7% | 20.4% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
1992 | 514,656 | 77.5% | 20.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | |
1990 | 535,431 | 78.2% | 19.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% | ||
1982 | 503,617 | 78.0% | 19.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.4% | |
1980 | 549,602 | 20.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
1972 | 451,981 | 19.0% | |||||
1970 | 512,927 | 21.0% | |||||
1960 | 449,565 | ||||||
1950 | 382,272 |
Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % |
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