Data Desk · Mississippi

Humphreys County, Mississippi lists more active voters than adult citizens

By The Liberty Tribune Data Desk · November 11, 2026

Humphreys County, Mississippi has 6,403 active voters on its rolls, according to the Secretary of State's latest monthly count, for October 2026. The Census Bureau's newest estimate puts the number of citizens 18 and older who live in the county at 5,520. That is 116 active voters for every 100 voting age citizens, and 883 more names on the active list than there are adult citizens in the county.

The state's own report shows the same pattern. It compares each county's active voters with a population figure and puts Humphreys at 109 percent, the highest of Mississippi's 82 counties. Only Hancock and Smith counties are also above 100 percent in the report, at 102.3 and 100.6. The office has moved most counties to newer Census survey figures, but for counties with fewer than 10,000 people it still uses a 2020 Census number, citing concerns about accuracy. For Humphreys that number is 5,872, higher than the newest estimate. County election officials keep the rolls, the report says, in the state's Statewide Election Management System.

The gap is not new. In all 58 dated monthly reports the office lists, from January 2022 to October 2026, the county's active count stayed between 6,280 and 6,525, above the Census estimate every time. Humphreys ranked first in the state's own comparison in 57 of the 58. In the other, July 2023, the report used a population figure of 6,499 for the county. Against the same Census estimates, six other Mississippi counties list more active voters than voting age citizens after allowing for the margin of error, but none above 104 per 100.

These counts leave out inactive voters. Federal law lets a voter who may have moved stay on the rolls until two federal general elections pass without a reply or a vote, and Mississippi, like most states, keeps those voters on a separate inactive list. In its report to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission for the 2024 election, Humphreys County listed 122 inactive voters, 1.9 percent of its rolls, against 7.8 percent statewide. Between the 2022 and 2024 federal elections it reported sending 482 confirmation notices, the mailing that starts that process, and removing 404 registrations.

A long voter list is not evidence that anyone voted who should not have. In the November 2024 general election, 3,468 people voted in Humphreys County, according to the federal survey, about 63 for every 100 voting age citizens. Lists can run ahead of population when people who move away or die are not removed. Some people may also lawfully keep a registration at a family address while the Census counts them elsewhere, such as college students and service members. And population estimates can run low: the Census Bureau estimates its 2020 count came up 4.11 percent short in Mississippi. A shortfall that size in Humphreys would mean about 240 more voting age citizens, not 883. The state's report does not say which of these explains the county's count.

Source: Mississippi Secretary of State, active voter count reports, January 2022 to October 2026 (https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/active-voter-count-reports); U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting age population by county, 2020 to 2024 (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/voting-rights/cvap.html); U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey (https://www.eac.gov/research-and-data/datasets-codebooks-and-surveys). All retrieved November 11, 2026. Liberty Tribune analysis.

Free to cite or republish with attribution and a link. The chart is ours and may be reused on the same terms.

More from November 2026

• Pennsylvania Democrats' registration lead grew in 2026 after seven years of shrinking