† 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
2 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
GroupLaurel, MSMississippiUnited States
American17.2%10.0%5.3%
English9.9%10.6%9.5%
Irish6.0%7.4%9.4%
German4.0%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.6%1.6%1.3%
French1.2%1.7%1.6%
Italian1.1%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.0%—
African American†31.9%35.3%9.9%
African0.8%0.8%0.5%
Mexican3.6%1.9%11.3%
Guatemalan0.9%0.2%0.5%
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
Laurel, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median age
38.7
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Laurel, MS
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$51,524
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.8%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.0%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Laurel, MS
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.4%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
3.8%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Laurel, MS
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
2.4%
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
52.7%
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
30.4%
40.7%
51.5%
Black Protestant
8.0%
8.6%
2.2%
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.
Laurel, MS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+84.7%
1896
+92.1%
1900
+68.4%
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+78.9%
1916
+77.3%
1920
+46.4%
1924
+72.7%
1928
+14.7%
1932
+89.2%
1936
+93.1%
1940
+91.5%
1944
+88.8%
1948
+5.9%
1952
+24.5%
1956
+40.6%
1960
+22.6%
1964
−74.4%
1968
−0.7%
1972
−67.4%
1976
−0.8%
1980
−2.4%
1984
−34.3%
1988
−31.0%
1992
−17.9%
1996
−18.2%
2000
−28.6%
2004
−33.1%
2008
−27.1%
2012
−26.8%
2016
−32.6%
2020
−32.6%
2024
−37.6%
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
30.8%Harris10,994
68.4%Trump24,383
0.3%Kennedy124 +6
R+37.6
R+4.9
R+36.1
35,645
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.4%24,383
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic30.8%10,994
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.3%124
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%57
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%27
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%24
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%16
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%10
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%10
R
33.1%Biden12,858
65.7%Trump25,528
1.1%
R+32.6
±0.0
R+37.1
38,827
R
33.0%Clinton12,159
65.6%Trump24,171
1.3%
R+32.6
R+5.9
R+34.7
36,827
R
36.2%Obama14,308
63.0%Romney24,880
0.8%
R+26.8
D+0.3
R+30.6
39,499
R
36.0%Obama13,871
63.1%McCain24,292
0.8%
R+27.1
D+6.0
R+34.4
38,483
R
33.2%Kerry11,515
66.3%Bush22,980
0.5%
R+33.1
R+4.4
R+30.6
34,675
R
35.1%Gore10,817
63.8%Bush19,635
1.1%
R+28.6
R+10.4
R+29.2
30,787
R
37.6%Clinton10,530
55.9%Dole15,635
6.5%
R+18.2
R+0.4
R+26.8
27,990
R
36.0%Clinton11,094
53.8%Bush16,613
10.2%
R+17.9
D+13.1
R+23.4
30,858
R
34.3%Dukakis10,567
65.3%Bush20,132
0.5%
R+31.0
D+3.2
R+23.3
30,844
R
32.7%Mondale10,402
66.9%Reagan21,313
0.4%
R+34.3
R+31.8
R+16.0
31,856
R
48.2%Carter14,930
50.6%Reagan15,681
1.1%
R+2.4
R+1.7
D+7.3
30,962
R
48.9%Carter13,248
49.7%Ford13,454
1.3%
R+0.8
D+66.7
R+2.8
27,065
R
15.4%McGovern3,725
82.8%Nixon20,086
1.9%
R+67.4
R+66.8
R+44.3
24,263
O
15.4%Humphrey3,463
16.1%Nixon3,615
68.5%
Wallace +52.4
D+73.7
±0.0
22,454
R
12.8%Johnson2,217
87.2%Goldwater15,117
0.0%
R+74.4
R+97.0
R+97.0
17,334
D
46.4%Kennedy6,018
23.8%Nixon3,091
29.7%
D+22.6
R+18.0
D+22.4
12,963
D
66.3%Stevenson7,095
25.7%Eisenhower2,750
8.1%
D+40.6
D+16.1
D+56.0
10,708
D
62.2%Stevenson7,756
37.8%Eisenhower4,707
0.0%
D+24.5
D+18.5
D+35.2
12,463
O
8.5%Truman720
2.6%Dewey219
88.9%
Thurmond +80.4
R+82.8
D+1.4
8,470
D
94.4%Roosevelt6,449
5.6%Dewey384
0.0%
D+88.8
R+2.7
D+81.3
6,833
D
95.7%Roosevelt6,230
4.3%Willkie277
0.0%
D+91.5
R+1.6
D+81.5
6,507
D
96.2%Roosevelt6,465
3.1%Landon206
0.8%
D+93.1
D+3.9
D+68.9
6,722
D
92.9%Roosevelt5,342
3.7%Hoover211
3.4%
D+89.2
D+74.6
D+71.4
5,751
D
57.3%Smith3,263
42.7%Hoover2,429
0.0%
D+14.7
R+58.0
D+32.1
5,692
D
81.1%Davis3,630
8.5%Coolidge379
10.4%
D+72.7
D+26.3
D+97.8
4,474
D
67.9%Cox1,633
21.5%Harding517
10.6%
D+46.4
R+30.9
D+72.6
2,405
D
84.6%Wilson2,704
7.3%Hughes234
8.0%
D+77.3
R+1.5
D+74.2
3,195
D
80.8%Wilson1,918
1.9%Taft46
17.3%
D+78.9
—
D+59.3
2,374
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
D
81.9%Bryan1,371
13.6%McKinley227
4.5%
D+68.4
R+23.7
D+75.9
1,673
D
95.0%Bryan1,805
2.9%McKinley55
2.1%
D+92.1
D+7.4
D+98.2
1,900
D
85.5%Cleveland1,065
0.9%Harrison11
13.6%
D+84.7
—
D+83.0
1,245
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
30.8%10,892
69.2%24,496
35,388
2020
R
36.1%13,978
62.0%24,019
38,730
2018
R
33.2%9,292
63.8%17,840
27,954
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Laurel, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
55,958
2018
55,018
2020
57,476
2022
56,454
2024
57,642
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+238 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,471 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Laurel, MS in Laurel, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−393
2012
−95
2013
+130
2014
−757
2015
+48
2016
−392
2017
−313
2018
−419
2019
−221
2021
−458
2022
−233
2023
−250
2024
−356
2025
+238
The Laurel metro, anchored by Jones County, has posted some of Mississippi's wider Republican margins in recent cycles, reflecting a working-class white majority in a historically timber-and-oil economy along the Piney Woods corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 74.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 82,531, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,524 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Thomasville, GA and Tifton, GA.
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In 2024, Laurel, MS, Mississippi voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+37.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,645 votes cast, 10,994 went Democratic and 24,383 went Republican.
When did Laurel, MS, Mississippi last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Laurel, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Laurel, MS, Mississippi?
Laurel, MS, Mississippi has a population of 82,531 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Laurel, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Laurel, MS, Mississippi is $51,524 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Laurel, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Laurel, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
