Pemiscot County, Missouri
[6] To escape such this mistreatment, many African Americans left the county in the Great Migration, moving to big cities to seek employment.The most predominant denominations among residents in Pemiscot County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (69.98%), Methodists (7.56%), and Churches of Christ (4.76%).The 25th Senatorial District consists of Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Shannon, and Stoddard counties.Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau).Pemiscot County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Roy Blunt (R-Strafford).[31] Similarly to other highly rural Southern counties in the 21st century, the Democratic raw vote total has decreased in every election since then as well.As in most rural areas throughout Missouri, voters in Pemiscot County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles, but are more moderate or populist on economic issues, typical of the Dixiecrat philosophy.The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state.In the 2008 presidential primary, voters in Pemiscot County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally.Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,270, than any candidate from either party in Pemiscot County during the 2008 presidential primary.
CountyMissouriNamed forCaruthersvilleTime zoneUTC−6CentralUTC−5BootheelU.S. stateMississippi River2020 censuscounty seatlanguageMeskwakiMurphy Mound Archeological SitemoundsMississippian culturelynchedGreat MigrationBragg CityU.S. Census BureauNew Madrid CountyLake County, TennesseeDyer County, TennesseeMississippi County, ArkansasDunklin CountyUS 61US 412Route 84Route 153Route 164censuspopulation densityAfrican AmericanNative AmericanPacific Islanderother racesHispanicLatinoAmericanEnglishGermanmarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineBible BeltSouthern BaptistsMethodistsChurches of ChristBlack or African AmericanOther/Mixedhigh school diplomabachelor's degreeCooterDeeringWardellPortagevilleSteeleCottonwood PointHayti HeightsHollandHomestownPascolaNorth WardellHaywardAcorn CornerBakervilleBraggadocioConcordCovingtonCunninghamDentonGayosoGibsonGoblerHermondaleIngram RidgeKinfolks RidgeMcCartyMicolaMid CityNetherlandsNew SurveyOak RidgePeach OrchardStubtownVicksburgDemocratic PartyAssessorCircuit ClerkCounty ClerkCollectorCommissionerCoronerProsecuting AttorneyPublic AdministratorRecorderSheriffSurveyorTreasurerMissouri House of RepresentativesDon Rone Jr.RepublicanDemocraticIndependentThird PartiesAndrew McDanielMissouri SenateJason BeanPoplar BluffButlerCarterDunklinMississippiNew MadridShannonStoddardMissouri's 8th Congressional DistrictJason T. SmithU.S. House of RepresentativesU.S. RepresentativeJo Ann EmersonCape GirardeauThird party(ies)Libertarian