† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGulfport-Biloxi, MSMississippiUnited States
English13.3%10.6%9.5%
American9.9%10.0%5.3%
Irish9.0%7.4%9.4%
German8.7%5.1%12.5%
French4.9%1.7%1.6%
Italian3.3%1.7%4.8%
Scottish2.1%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.0%—
African American†18.5%35.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican2.2%1.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.7%0.2%0.3%
Spanish0.5%——
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Vietnamese0.9%0.2%0.6%
Filipino0.4%0.1%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.1%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
40
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$62,786
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.6%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.7%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.5%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.0%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
10.3%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.5%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.2%
40.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.5%
6.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+85.2%
1896
+63.7%
1900
+54.8%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+78.3%
1916
+76.2%
1920
+60.6%
1924
+65.8%
1928
+37.8%
1932
+81.9%
1936
+80.9%
1940
+81.4%
1944
+83.4%
1948
+6.6%
1952
+16.0%
1956
+9.4%
1960
+26.0%
1964
−54.4%
1968
−4.8%
1972
−73.9%
1976
−9.0%
1980
−22.6%
1984
−49.2%
1988
−41.7%
1992
−22.5%
1996
−19.2%
2000
−30.2%
2004
−33.5%
2008
−33.2%
2012
−33.4%
2016
−38.1%
2020
−33.8%
2024
−38.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
30.4%Harris47,906
68.5%Trump107,771
0.4%Kennedy668 +6
R+38.0
R+4.2
R+36.6
157,427
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.5%107,771
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic30.4%47,906
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.4%668
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%430
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%277
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%115
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%105
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%98
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%57
R
32.3%Biden51,409
66.1%Trump105,213
1.7%
R+33.8
D+4.3
R+38.2
159,263
R
29.6%Clinton40,743
67.7%Trump93,100
2.7%
R+38.1
R+4.7
R+40.2
137,562
R
32.7%Obama46,338
66.1%Romney93,601
1.2%
R+33.4
R+0.1
R+37.2
141,682
R
32.9%Obama46,218
66.1%McCain92,919
1.0%
R+33.2
D+0.3
R+40.5
140,555
R
32.8%Kerry45,283
66.4%Bush91,564
0.8%
R+33.5
R+3.4
R+31.1
137,967
R
33.8%Gore39,813
64.0%Bush75,352
2.2%
R+30.2
R+10.9
R+30.7
117,794
R
36.2%Clinton38,227
55.5%Dole58,512
8.3%
R+19.2
D+3.2
R+27.7
105,518
R
31.3%Clinton34,383
53.7%Bush59,087
15.0%
R+22.5
D+19.3
R+28.0
109,986
R
28.7%Dukakis29,979
70.5%Bush73,492
0.8%
R+41.7
D+7.5
R+34.0
104,304
R
25.2%Mondale25,131
74.4%Reagan74,222
0.4%
R+49.2
R+26.6
R+31.0
99,743
R
37.0%Carter33,909
59.7%Reagan54,649
3.3%
R+22.6
R+13.7
R+12.9
91,598
R
43.6%Carter34,605
52.6%Ford41,724
3.8%
R+9.0
D+64.9
R+11.0
79,341
R
12.2%McGovern8,333
86.1%Nixon58,766
1.7%
R+73.9
R+69.1
R+50.7
68,245
O
13.7%Humphrey8,003
18.5%Nixon10,807
67.8%
Wallace +49.3
D+49.6
R+4.1
58,440
R
22.8%Johnson9,444
77.2%Goldwater31,984
0.0%
R+54.4
R+80.4
R+77.0
41,428
D
53.5%Kennedy16,436
27.5%Nixon8,437
19.0%
D+26.0
D+16.7
D+25.9
30,722
D
52.1%Stevenson12,371
42.7%Eisenhower10,148
5.2%
D+9.4
R+6.6
D+24.8
23,749
D
58.0%Stevenson13,870
42.0%Eisenhower10,046
0.0%
D+16.0
D+9.4
D+26.7
23,916
O
12.4%Truman1,747
5.8%Dewey821
81.7%
Thurmond +69.3
R+76.9
D+2.1
14,069
D
91.7%Roosevelt11,243
8.3%Dewey1,015
0.0%
D+83.4
D+2.1
D+75.9
12,258
D
90.6%Roosevelt10,053
9.3%Willkie1,029
0.1%
D+81.4
D+0.4
D+71.4
11,092
D
90.1%Roosevelt7,871
9.2%Landon802
0.7%
D+80.9
R+1.0
D+56.7
8,735
D
90.5%Roosevelt7,531
8.6%Hoover716
0.9%
D+81.9
D+44.2
D+64.1
8,319
D
68.9%Smith6,515
31.1%Hoover2,944
0.0%
D+37.8
R+28.0
D+55.2
9,459
D
81.1%Davis4,933
15.3%Coolidge929
3.7%
D+65.8
D+5.2
D+91.0
6,086
D
79.4%Cox2,451
18.8%Harding581
1.8%
D+60.6
R+15.6
D+86.7
3,088
D
86.9%Wilson3,101
10.7%Hughes383
2.4%
D+76.2
R+2.1
D+73.0
3,568
D
81.6%Wilson2,171
3.3%Taft87
15.1%
D+78.3
—
D+58.8
2,661
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
76.9%Bryan1,346
22.1%McKinley387
1.0%
D+54.8
R+8.9
D+62.3
1,750
D
78.4%Bryan1,308
14.7%McKinley246
6.8%
D+63.7
R+21.5
D+69.7
1,668
D
88.3%Cleveland1,069
3.1%Harrison37
8.7%
D+85.2
—
D+83.6
1,211
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
29.4%45,835
70.6%110,001
155,836
2020
R
36.2%57,403
61.1%96,934
158,585
2018
R
32.1%35,404
66.1%72,999
110,438
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
263,396
2018
276,760
2020
289,081
2022
289,218
2024
309,456
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,720 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +23,509 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,288
2012
+619
2013
+1,441
2014
+1,819
2015
+714
2016
+827
2017
+2,354
2018
+729
2019
+2,046
2021
+2,519
2022
+2,176
2023
+629
2024
+2,628
2025
+2,720
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.2 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 73.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.0 points.
A population of 421,201, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,786 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL and Picayune, MS.
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How did Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 38.0 points (R+38.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 157,427 votes cast, 47,906 went Democratic and 107,771 went Republican.
When did Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi?
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi has a population of 421,201 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi is $62,786 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
