† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 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
GroupHattiesburg, MSMississippiUnited States
American15.8%10.0%5.3%
English10.7%10.6%9.5%
Irish9.2%7.4%9.4%
German7.3%5.1%12.5%
Scottish2.7%1.6%1.3%
French2.3%1.7%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.9%1.0%—
Italian1.3%1.7%4.8%
African American†27.7%35.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.9%1.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.4%0.2%0.3%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
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
Hattiesburg, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
35.2
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
12.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hattiesburg, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$60,646
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.1%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.9%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hattiesburg, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hattiesburg, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
3.3%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
43.4%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
40.7%
40.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
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.
Hattiesburg, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+84.5%
1896
+84.9%
1900
+35.0%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+79.6%
1916
+81.3%
1920
+65.4%
1924
+77.5%
1928
+13.4%
1932
+87.3%
1936
+88.2%
1940
+88.6%
1944
+81.2%
1948
+4.3%
1952
−9.5%
1956
+3.2%
1960
−8.8%
1964
−78.5%
1968
−1.3%
1972
−68.2%
1976
−11.1%
1980
−20.7%
1984
−44.5%
1988
−41.6%
1992
−25.3%
1996
−25.5%
2000
−36.7%
2004
−40.3%
2008
−34.4%
2012
−32.1%
2016
−34.8%
2020
−30.3%
2024
−35.7%
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
31.5%Harris19,591
67.2%Trump41,779
0.5%Kennedy307 +6
R+35.7
R+5.4
R+34.2
62,176
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican67.2%41,779
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic31.5%19,591
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%307
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%159
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%119
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%69
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%63
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%60
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%29
R
34.0%Biden22,457
64.3%Trump42,494
1.7%
R+30.3
D+4.5
R+34.8
66,100
R
31.2%Clinton18,126
66.0%Trump38,347
2.8%
R+34.8
R+2.7
R+36.9
58,088
R
33.4%Obama20,293
65.4%Romney39,812
1.2%
R+32.1
D+2.4
R+35.9
60,847
R
32.3%Obama18,314
66.7%McCain37,860
1.0%
R+34.4
D+5.9
R+41.7
56,758
R
29.5%Kerry15,404
69.8%Bush36,475
0.7%
R+40.3
R+3.7
R+37.9
52,240
R
30.7%Gore13,263
67.3%Bush29,102
2.0%
R+36.7
R+11.1
R+37.2
43,212
R
33.7%Clinton12,547
59.2%Dole22,065
7.1%
R+25.5
R+0.2
R+34.1
37,270
R
32.3%Clinton13,031
57.7%Bush23,229
10.0%
R+25.3
D+16.3
R+30.9
40,286
R
28.9%Dukakis10,814
70.5%Bush26,377
0.6%
R+41.6
D+2.9
R+33.9
37,411
R
27.3%Mondale10,165
71.8%Reagan26,746
0.9%
R+44.5
R+23.8
R+26.3
37,250
R
38.8%Carter13,236
59.5%Reagan20,306
1.7%
R+20.7
R+9.6
R+11.0
34,136
R
42.9%Carter12,988
54.0%Ford16,353
3.0%
R+11.1
D+57.1
R+13.2
30,259
R
14.5%McGovern3,872
82.6%Nixon22,129
2.9%
R+68.2
R+66.9
R+45.0
26,776
O
15.1%Humphrey3,747
16.4%Nixon4,067
68.4%
Wallace +52.0
D+77.2
R+0.6
24,752
R
10.8%Johnson1,741
89.2%Goldwater14,438
0.0%
R+78.5
R+69.6
R+101.1
16,179
O
26.3%Kennedy3,233
35.1%Nixon4,322
38.6%
Other +3.5
R+12.0
R+9.0
12,309
D
37.5%Stevenson3,314
34.3%Eisenhower3,032
28.1%
D+3.2
D+12.7
D+18.6
8,831
R
45.2%Stevenson4,978
54.8%Eisenhower6,025
0.0%
R+9.5
R+13.8
D+1.2
11,003
O
7.1%Truman584
2.8%Dewey228
90.1%
Thurmond +83.0
R+76.8
R+0.2
8,226
D
90.6%Roosevelt5,510
9.4%Dewey573
0.0%
D+81.2
R+7.4
D+73.7
6,083
D
94.2%Roosevelt5,051
5.6%Willkie301
0.2%
D+88.6
D+0.4
D+78.6
5,362
D
93.9%Roosevelt5,543
5.8%Landon341
0.3%
D+88.2
D+0.9
D+63.9
5,900
D
93.1%Roosevelt3,624
5.9%Hoover228
1.0%
D+87.3
D+73.9
D+69.5
3,891
D
56.7%Smith2,794
43.3%Hoover2,134
0.0%
D+13.4
R+64.1
D+30.9
4,928
D
85.8%Davis3,004
8.3%Coolidge291
5.9%
D+77.5
D+12.1
D+102.7
3,500
D
81.0%Cox2,089
15.5%Harding401
3.5%
D+65.4
R+15.9
D+91.6
2,580
D
88.1%Wilson2,285
6.7%Hughes175
5.2%
D+81.3
D+1.7
D+78.2
2,594
D
81.5%Wilson1,542
1.9%Taft36
16.6%
D+79.6
—
D+60.1
1,892
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
66.3%Bryan417
31.3%McKinley197
2.4%
D+35.0
R+50.0
D+42.5
629
D
91.5%Bryan419
6.6%McKinley30
2.0%
D+84.9
D+0.5
D+91.0
458
D
84.9%Cleveland202
0.4%Harrison1
14.7%
D+84.5
—
D+82.8
238
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
31.1%19,173
68.9%42,500
61,673
2020
R
37.3%24,583
60.4%39,871
65,984
2018
R
31.4%14,424
65.9%30,229
45,878
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.
