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title: "Latinos in the 2014 Election: Mississippi"
description: "This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters […]"
date: "2014-10-16"
authors:
  - name: "Anna Brown"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/fact-sheet/latinos-in-the-2014-election-mississippi/"
---

# Latinos in the 2014 Election: Mississippi

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in Mississippi.[2. The terms “Hispanic” and “Latino” are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau's 2012 [American Community Survey](http://www.census.gov/acs/www) (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2012 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series ([IPUMS](http://usa.ipums.org/usa/)), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on [ACS sampling strategy](http://usa.ipums.org/usa/design.shtml) and [associated error](http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/pums/Accuracy/2012AccuracyPUMS.pdf).]

### Hispanics in Mississippi’s Eligible Voter Population

[![Population and Electorate in the United States and Mississippi, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-MS-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-mississippi/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-ms-01/)

- The Hispanic population in Mississippi is the 41st largest in the nation. About 76,000 Hispanics reside in Mississippi, 0.1% of all Hispanics in the United States.
- Mississippi’s population is 3% Hispanic, the 47th largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.
- There are 31,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi—the 40th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.4 million.
- Some 1% of Mississippi eligible voters are Hispanic, the 49th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.
- Some 41% of Hispanics in Mississippi are eligible to vote, ranking Mississippi 28th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 78% of the state’s white population is eligible to vote.

### Characteristics of Eligible Voters

[![Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Mississippi and the United States, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-MS-02.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-mississippi/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-ms-02/)

- **Age.** Some 36% of Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi are ages 18 to 29, about the same as the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) in that age range. By contrast, only 22% of all Mississippi eligible voters and of all U.S. eligible voters are ages 18 to 29.
- **Citizenship and Nativity.** Among Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi, 14% are naturalized U.S. citizens. This is less than the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S., but just 1% of all eligible voters in Mississippi and 8% of eligible voters in the U.S. overall are naturalized U.S. citizens.
- **Hispanic Origin.** Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi have a similar Hispanic origin profile to Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Six-in-ten Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi are of Mexican origin, 21% of Puerto Rican origin and 20% claim other Hispanic origin. Among all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide, 59% are Mexican, 14% are Puerto Rican, and 27% are of some other Hispanic origin.
- **Educational Attainment.** Two-in-ten Latino eligible voters in Mississippi have not completed high school, about the same as the 17% of all Mississippi eligible voters and the 23% of Hispanics nationwide who have not completed high school. Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi (10%) are less likely than U.S. Hispanic eligible voters (15%) and less likely than all eligible voters in Mississippi (18%) to have a bachelor’s degree or more.
- **Homeownership.** About six-in-ten Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi (57%) live in owner-occupied homes, compared with 56% of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Greater shares of all eligible voters in Mississippi (69%) and eligible voters nationwide (67%) live in owner-occupied homes.

### Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Mississippi, by Race and Ethnicity

[![Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Mississippi and the United States, by Race and Ethnicity, 2012](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/10/PH-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-MS-03.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheets/2014-state-election-fact-sheets/latinos-in-the-2014-election-mississippi/ph-2014-10-election-fact-sheet-ms-03/)

- **Number of Eligible Voters.** White eligible voters outnumber Hispanic eligible voters in Mississippi by about 43 to 1, and blacks outnumber Hispanics by 25 to 1.
- **Age.** Latino eligible voters are younger than white and black eligible voters in Mississippi. Some 36% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 19% of white eligible voters and 27% of black eligible voters.
- **Educational Attainment.** Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of high school education than do white eligible voters in Mississippi. Some 20% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 14% of white eligible voters. About one-quarter (23%) of black eligible voters do not have a high school diploma. Hispanic eligible voters (10%) are about equally as likely as black (13%) and less likely than white eligible voters (22%) to have a bachelor’s degree or more.
- **Homeownership.** Hispanic eligible voters (57%) are less likely to live in owner-occupied homes than white (77%) eligible voters. They are about equally as likely to live in owner-occupied homes as black eligible voters (56%).