† 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
GroupGautierMississippiUnited States
English12.4%10.6%9.5%
American8.5%10.0%5.3%
German7.7%5.1%12.5%
Irish7.5%7.4%9.4%
French2.8%1.7%1.6%
Scottish2.3%1.6%1.3%
Italian2.1%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.0%—
African American†26.7%35.3%9.9%
African2.2%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Puerto Rican3.7%0.3%1.8%
Mexican2.8%1.9%11.3%
Dominican0.8%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.2%0.5%
Spanish0.5%——
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Venezuelan0.3%——
Vietnamese0.6%0.2%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.1%0.9%
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
Gautier
Mississippi
United States
Median age
37.9
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
5.9%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gautier
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$61,926
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.5%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.0%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gautier
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
7.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gautier
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.
Gautier, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−30.4%
2008
−25.2%
2012
−22.9%
2016
−26.8%
2020
−21.6%
2024
−24.4%
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
37.1%Harris2,247
61.6%Trump3,724
1.3%
R+24.4
R+2.8
R+22.9
6,049
R
38.4%Biden2,582
60.1%Trump4,034
1.5%
R+21.6
D+5.2
R+26.1
6,717
R
35.4%Clinton2,030
62.2%Trump3,569
2.4%
R+26.8
R+3.9
R+28.9
5,738
R
38.0%Obama2,660
60.9%Romney4,262
1.1%
R+22.9
D+2.3
R+26.7
7,001
R
36.8%Obama2,512
61.9%McCain4,231
1.3%
R+25.2
D+5.2
R+32.4
6,832
R
34.5%Kerry2,196
64.9%Bush4,129
0.7%
R+30.4
—
R+27.9
6,367
Gautier sits along the Pascagoula River estuary in Jackson County, a reliably Republican stretch of the Mississippi Gulf Coast where defense-sector employment at nearby Ingalls Shipbuilding anchors a working-class homeowner base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 30.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.4 points.
A population of 19,046, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,926 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pascagoula and D'Iberville.
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, Gautier, Mississippi voted Republican by 24.4 points (R+24.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,049 votes cast, 2,247 went Democratic and 3,724 went Republican.
How many people live in Gautier, Mississippi?
Gautier, Mississippi has a population of 19,046 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gautier, Mississippi?
Median household income in Gautier, Mississippi is $61,926 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Gautier, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gautier, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
