† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupPearlMississippiUnited States
English11.6%10.6%9.5%
Irish9.1%7.4%9.4%
American7.3%10.0%5.3%
German5.6%5.1%12.5%
Scottish1.8%1.6%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.3%1.0%—
French1.2%1.7%1.6%
Italian1.1%1.7%4.8%
African American†28.5%35.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Mexican3.3%1.9%11.3%
Honduran0.6%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Asian Indian1.1%0.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.1%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.1%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
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
Pearl
Mississippi
United States
Median age
36.4
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pearl
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$61,695
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.1%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pearl
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.4%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
5.2%
2.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
0.3%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pearl
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
—
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
40.7%
51.5%
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.
Pearl, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−54.6%
2008
−49.0%
2012
−44.2%
2016
−48.4%
2020
−37.5%
2024
−35.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.7%Harris2,780
67.3%Trump5,906
1.0%
R+35.6
D+1.9
R+34.1
8,778
R
30.6%Biden3,040
68.1%Trump6,769
1.4%
R+37.5
D+10.9
R+41.9
9,945
R
24.5%Clinton2,185
72.9%Trump6,494
2.6%
R+48.4
R+4.1
R+50.5
8,907
R
27.3%Obama2,681
71.6%Romney7,020
1.1%
R+44.2
D+4.8
R+48.1
9,810
R
24.9%Obama2,453
73.9%McCain7,294
1.3%
R+49.0
D+5.6
R+56.3
9,871
R
22.0%Kerry1,871
76.6%Bush6,517
1.4%
R+54.6
—
R+52.2
8,506
Pearl City sits in Rankin County, one of Mississippi's fastest-growing suburban corridors east of Jackson, where demographic expansion has made it a reliable bellwether for tracking shifts in the broader metro's voting behavior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 54.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.6 points.
A population of 27,737, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,695 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prattville and Tillmans Corner.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Pearl, Mississippi voted Republican by 35.6 points (R+35.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,778 votes cast, 2,780 went Democratic and 5,906 went Republican.
How many people live in Pearl, Mississippi?
Pearl, Mississippi has a population of 27,737 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pearl, Mississippi?
Median household income in Pearl, Mississippi is $61,695 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Pearl, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pearl, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
