Editing Greene County, Mississippi (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
The [[Mississippi Department of Corrections]] [[South Mississippi Correctional Institution]] is located in an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] area of Greene County;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st28_ms/county/c28041_greene/DC20BLK_C28041.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Greene County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-12|page=4 (PDF p. 5/9)|quote=South Mississippi Correctional Instn}}</ref> it has a Leakesville postal address.<ref name="Stateprisons">"[http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/division_of_institutions%20State%20Prisons.htm State Prisons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021206092421/http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/division_of_institutions%20State%20Prisons.htm |date=2002-12-06 }}." [[Mississippi Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/mdoc%20quick%20reference.htm MDOC QUICK REFERENCE]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20050324032025/http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/mdoc%20quick%20reference.htm Archive]). [[Mississippi Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.</ref> It opened in 1990. In the early 21st century, it has an inmate population of more than 3,000 men, which has added markedly to the total population of the county. Its inmates constitute approximately 21 percent of the state's total prisoners. Numerous residents of the rural county are employed at the prison.

Greene County has, since the 1970s, been a solid Republican stronghold. The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the county was [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976.

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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,406|1,664|566|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,837|1,637|496|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,744|1,297|21|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,772|1,740|29|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,538|2,127|105|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,884|513|56|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|132|449|2,744|Mississippi}}
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{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|46|830|3|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|29|818|1|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|342|593|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|31|456|0|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|24|337|3|Mississippi}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|32|399|4|Mississippi}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|13|268|30|Mississippi}}