Hattiesburg, MS · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Hattiesburg, MS, by party and cycle.
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Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Hattiesburg, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
95,121
2018
98,187
2020
102,188
2022
99,475
2024
103,500
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−5 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +311 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Hattiesburg, MS in Hattiesburg, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,035
2012
+311
2013
+332
2014
−622
2015
−353
2016
−306
2017
−989
2018
+35
2019
−43
2021
+632
2022
+252
2023
+45
2024
−13
2025
−5
Home to the University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University, Hattiesburg's metro tilts more educated and younger than much of the state, producing competitive margins in municipal races even as federal contests trend heavily in one direction.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.6 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 78.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.7 points.
A population of 155,434, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,646 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Laurel, MS and Lynchburg, VA.
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How did Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 35.7 points (R+35.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 62,176 votes cast, 19,591 went Democratic and 41,779 went Republican.
When did Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1956.
How many people live in Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi?
Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi has a population of 155,434 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi is $60,646 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hattiesburg, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
