Harrison County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

49 precincts · 75,923 votes cast

Trump · R+29

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−28.9%	26,555	48,497	75,923
2020	R	−25.2%	27,728	46,822	75,885
2016	R	−30.3%	21,169	40,354	63,313
2012	R	−25.8%	23,119	39,470	63,328
2008	R	−26.0%	22,673	38,757	61,957
2004	R	−26.3%	23,076	39,703	63,288
2000	R	−24.9%	19,142	32,256	52,616
1996	R	−13.9%	18,775	25,486	48,235
1992	R	−20.6%	15,268	25,049	47,407
1988	R	−38.6%	14,439	32,892	47,754
1984	R	−46.1%	12,495	33,995	46,677
1980	R	−20.7%	16,318	25,175	42,888
1976	R	−7.1%	16,569	19,207	37,139
1972	R	−70.2%	4,761	28,962	34,470
1968	R	−6.8%	4,549	6,542	29,248
1964	R	−50.3%	5,393	16,301	21,694
1960	D	+22.6%	8,961	5,177	16,759
1956	D	+6.2%	6,549	5,742	13,001
1952	D	+9.3%	7,181	5,960	13,141
1948	D	+3.7%	692	415	7,458
1944	D	+81.1%	5,976	622	6,598
1940	D	+79.6%	5,577	633	6,214
1936	D	+78.3%	4,208	495	4,740
1932	D	+79.6%	4,124	449	4,619
1928	D	+42.9%	3,712	1,485	5,197
1924	D	+67.4%	3,044	523	3,739
1920	D	+58.7%	1,270	314	1,628
1916	D	+72.7%	1,395	197	1,647
1912	D	+78.1%	1,292	45	1,596
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+60.2%	611	150	766
1896	D	+81.5%	237	17	270
1892	D	+82.7%	360	10	423
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

18.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.8%

2.0%

75–84

2.8%

4.8%

65–74

5.4%

6.2%

55–64

6.7%

5.6%

45–54

6.1%

6.2%

35–44

6.8%

6.4%

25–34

7.0%

4.7%

18–24

4.0%

9.0%

5–17

8.6%

3.1%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,479

Harrison County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Harrison County$59,479

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

13.7%

Baptist

12.7%

Other Christian

7.5%

Methodist

5.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Biloxi's casino corridor and Keesler Air Force Base, Harrison County blends tourism and defense employment into one of Mississippi's most populous and economically active coastal communities, voting Republican by roughly 29 points in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Harrison County, by a fifty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Harrison County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,479, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Jackson County.

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Harrison County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.