2022 population: 399,894 ( 32,757 from 2010 , 5,330 from 2020)
Land area: 2220.6 square miles
Population density: 180.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	264,589	66.16%	2.9%
Black:	90,150	22.54%	18.7%
Indian:	1,494	0.37%	7.2%
Asian:	9,944	2.49%	14.9%
2+ races:	9,278	2.32%	42.3%
Hispanic:	24,439	6.11%	43.7%

Total non-White:	135,305	33.84%	23.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	10,015	12.7
Deaths:	10,591	13.4
Net Migration:	5,119	6.5
Net Immigration:	606	0.8

Change in White population:	7,349	2.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	25,408	6.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
367,137
257,240	70.07%
75,959	20.69%
1,394	0.38%
8,653	2.36%
6,519	1.78%
17,007	4.63%
109,897	29.93%

2000
353,787
261,302	73.86%
71,274	20.15%
1,288	0.36%
7,161	2.02%
4,227	1.19%
8,194	2.32%
92,485	26.14%

1990
308,031
238,167	77.32%
59,692	19.38%
870	0.28%
5,076	1.65%
n/a
4,226	1.37%
69,864	22.68%

1980
300,693
236,453	78.64%
55,317	18.40%
898	0.30%
2,436	0.81%
n/a
5,282	1.76%
64,240	21.36%

1970
243,117
199,191	81.93%
39,785	16.36%
215	0.09%
489	0.20%
n/a
3,182	1.31%
43,926	18.07%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
48,936	13.8
30,135	8.5
-19,490	-5.5
1,902	0.5

-4,062	-1.1
17,412	4.9

Number	Rate
1990's
52,087	16.9
29,122	9.5
12,163	3.9
1,609	0.5

23,135	7.5
22,621	7.3

Number	Rate
1980's
53,760	17.9
23,524	7.8
-21,040	-7.0
n/a

1,714	0.6
5,624	1.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
17,855	7.3
n/a

37,262	15.3
20,314	8.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.3
92,987	23.3%
306,907	76.7%
63,762	15.9%

151,059
2.57

101,308	67.1%
69,423	68.5%
13,346	13.2%
49,751	32.9%

2010
Number	Percent
36.1
91,844	25.0%
275,293	75.0%
44,316	12.1%

137,828
2.60

95,946	69.6%
65,553	68.3%
12,824	13.4%
41,882	30.4%

2000
Number	Percent
34.2
94,729	26.8%
259,058	73.2%
38,275	10.8%

130,871
2.62

93,870	71.7%
69,956	74.5%
11,273	12.0%
37,001	28.3%

1990
Number	Percent
31.1
87,837	28.5%
220,194	71.5%
32,046	10.4%

109,600
2.73

82,857	75.6%
65,100	78.6%
8,794	10.6%
26,743	24.4%

1980
Number	Percent
26.8
97,199	32.3%
203,494	67.7%
23,692	7.9%

97,526
2.97

76,760	78.7%
63,805	83.1%
6,969	9.1%
20,766	21.3%

2022 Housing Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,199	6.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,051	5.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,819	5.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,409	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,234	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,428	4.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,611	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,333	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,305	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	11,752	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	14,581	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	19,749	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	13,772	9.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	8,151	5.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,517	5.6%
$200,000 or more	7,148	4.7%

Median Household Income	56,782
Per Capita Income	30,122

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,922	6.6%
Public Assistance	4,329	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	21,866	14.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	146,311	62.3%
Unemployed	13,804	5.9%
In Armed Forces	5,877	2.5%

Total Labor Force	165,992	70.6%
Not in Labor Force	69,035	29.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	58,392	50,108	53.8%
Non-Profit	3,126	5,674	35.5%
Self-Employed	9,019	6,196	59.3%

Local Government	4,801	7,676	38.5%
State Government	2,815	5,429	34.1%
Federal Government	5,619	4,939	53.2%

Total Private + Self	67,411	56,304	54.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,361	23,718	40.8%
Total	83,772	80,022	51.1%

Pct. Govt.	19.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	20,314	12.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	33,147	20.2%
Professional, Technical	38,223	23.3%
Service Occupations	33,491	20.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	785	0.5%
All others	39,034	23.8%

White Collar		55.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	25,999	382.2%
Retail trade	17,403	255.9%
Manufacturing	17,052	250.7%
Accommodation and food services	15,281	224.7%
Educational services	13,910	204.5%
Construction	12,790	188.0%
Public administration	10,256	150.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,701	127.9%
Other services	7,928	116.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,658	97.9%
Transportation and warehousing	6,453	94.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,386	79.2%
Finance and insurance	5,100	75.0%
Wholesale trade	2,945	43.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,523	37.1%
Utilities	1,959	28.8%
Information	1,850	27.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,249	18.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	644	9.5%
Management	122	1.8%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,297	1.85%
Puerto Rican	5,634	1.42%
Cuban	737	0.19%
Dominican	1,348	0.34%

Total Central American	3,811	0.96%
Costa Rican	140	0.04%
Guatemalan	978	0.25%
Honduran	1,972	0.50%
Nicaraguan	31	0.01%
Panamanian	452	0.11%
Salvadoran	238	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,155	0.29%
Argentinean	31	0.01%
Bolivian	67	0.02%
Chilean	9	0.00%
Colombian	448	0.11%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	294	0.07%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	306	0.08%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,106	0.79%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	3,933	0.99%
Filipino	2,017	0.51%
Indian	590	0.15%
Chinese	503	0.13%
Korean	372	0.09%
Japanese	188	0.05%
Thai	127	0.03%
Cambodian	51	0.01%
Hmong	19	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	348,632	93.9%
Spanish	13,133	3.5%
Vietnamese	2,776	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,736	0.5%
Tagalog	1,050	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,024	0.3%
Other	644	0.2%
German, other Germanic	636	0.2%
Other Asian	542	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	43,386	11.0%
American	36,834	9.3%
Irish	34,375	8.7%
German	31,039	7.9%
French	18,790	4.8%
Italian	12,318	3.1%
Scottish	7,870	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	5,293	1.3%
European	5,102	1.3%
Polish	3,912	1.0%
French Canadian	2,664	0.7%
Dutch	2,406	0.6%
British	2,261	0.6%
Norwegian	1,944	0.5%
African	1,785	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	389,407	98.5%
Not a citizen	5,969	1.5%

Native	381,486	96.5%
Foreign-born	13,890	3.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,859	3.7%	20,507	7.7%	77,391	29.0%	96,789	36.3%	39,480	14.8%	22,854	8.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,859	3.7%
9-12 Years	20,507	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	77,391	29.0%
Some College	96,789	36.3%
Bach. Degree	39,480	14.8%
Grad Degree	22,854	8.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	139,006	129,134	9,872	7.1%
1991	141,048	131,020	10,028	7.1%
1992	146,576	135,470	11,106	7.6%
1993	155,067	145,699	9,368	6.0%
1994	160,953	151,629	9,324	5.8%
1995	159,131	148,960	10,171	6.4%
1996	159,812	151,284	8,528	5.3%
1997	161,196	153,065	8,131	5.0%
1998	164,023	157,395	6,628	4.0%
1999	170,083	163,542	6,541	3.8%

2000	168,801	160,106	8,695	5.2%
2001	166,007	157,728	8,279	5.0%
2002	164,412	154,665	9,747	5.9%
2003	166,274	157,095	9,179	5.5%
2004	168,118	158,845	9,273	5.5%
2005	170,170	152,695	17,475	10.3%
2006	155,737	142,203	13,534	8.7%
2007	161,520	152,600	8,920	5.5%
2008	164,001	154,555	9,446	5.8%
2009	162,445	149,556	12,889	7.9%

2010	169,143	153,905	15,238	9.0%
2011	172,644	156,229	16,415	9.5%
2012	169,495	154,785	14,710	8.7%
2013	162,669	149,395	13,274	8.2%
2014	158,609	146,825	11,784	7.4%
2015	159,406	148,921	10,485	6.6%
2016	160,426	150,500	9,926	6.2%
2017	159,842	150,948	8,894	5.6%
2018	159,731	151,270	8,461	5.3%
2019	161,652	152,273	9,379	5.8%

2020	161,870	146,694	15,176	9.4%
2021	162,324	153,194	9,130	5.6%
2022	161,546	155,022	6,524	4.0%
2023	160,782	155,744	5,038	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	172,574
Median Value	$174,014

Occupied	151,059	87.5%
Vacant	21,515	12.5%

Owned	99,650	66.0%
Rented	51,409	34.0%
Median Rent	$996

Single-Family Units	122,866	71.2%
Detached	118,857	68.9%
Attached	4,009	2.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	22,998	13.3%
Mobile Homes	16,547	9.6%

Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Biloxi-Gulfport, MS Market Area