Mississippi's 1st congressional district

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Trent Kelly R–Saltillo
Area	11,412 sq mi (29,560 km2)
Distribution	61.64% rural 38.36% urban
Population (2023)	745,641[1]
Median household income	$61,172[2]
Ethnicity	64.7% White 27.2% Black 3.8% Hispanic 2.9% Two or more races 0.9% Asian 0.4% other
Occupation	56.6% White-collar 30.4% Blue-collar 13% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	R+18[3]

Mississippi's 1st congressional district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, Tupelo, Olive Branch, and West Point. The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is in the district.

The district includes Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and a portion of Oktibbeha County.

From statehood to the election of 1846, Mississippi elected representatives at-large statewide on a general ticket.

The congressional seat has been held by Republican Trent Kelly who won a June, 2015 special election to fill the vacant seat previously held by Republican Alan Nunnelee who died February 6, 2015. In the November 2010 election, Nunnelee had defeated Democratic incumbent Travis Childers, Constitutionalist Gail Giaramita, Independent Conservative Party candidate Wally Pang of Batesville, Libertarian Harold Taylor, and Reformist Barbara Dale Washer.