2024 population: 426,793 ( 14,649 from 2020)
Land area: 2215.9 square miles
Population density: 192.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	281,228	65.89%	0.9%
Black:	92,813	21.75%	2.5%
Indian:	1,645	0.39%	1.1%
Asian:	10,607	2.49%	7.8%
2+ races:	10,089	2.36%	7.9%
Hispanic:	30,411	7.13%	16.0%

Total non-White:	145,565	34.11%	5.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	19,528	11.8
Deaths:	21,440	13.0
Net Migration:	7,016	4.3
Net Immigration:	3,833	2.3

Change in White population:	2,576	0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,961	1.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
416,256
278,652	66.94%
90,529	21.75%
1,663	0.40%
9,836	2.36%
9,350	2.25%
26,226	6.30%
137,604	33.06%

2010
370,702
261,325	70.49%
73,818	19.91%
1,435	0.39%
8,980	2.42%
6,985	1.88%
17,761	4.79%
109,377	29.51%

2000
363,988
271,782	74.67%
69,927	19.21%
1,461	0.40%
7,496	2.06%
4,487	1.23%
8,492	2.33%
92,206	25.33%

1990
312,368
242,872	77.75%
58,720	18.80%
870	0.28%
5,219	1.67%
n/a
4,687	1.50%
69,496	22.25%

1980
300,217
236,885	78.90%
54,113	18.02%
882	0.29%
2,454	0.82%
n/a
5,576	1.86%
63,332	21.10%

1970
239,944
196,767	82.01%
38,927	16.22%
211	0.09%
501	0.21%
n/a
3,287	1.37%
43,177	17.99%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
46,703	12.6
36,220	9.8
13,059	3.5
5,595	1.5

17,327	4.7
28,227	7.6

Number	Rate
2000's
48,450	13.3
30,559	8.4
-27,216	-7.5
1,892	0.5

-10,457	-2.9
17,171	4.7

Number	Rate
1990's
51,539	16.5
29,790	9.5
17,089	5.5
1,707	0.5

28,910	9.3
22,710	7.3

Number	Rate
1980's
53,673	17.9
23,592	7.9
-15,982	-5.3
n/a

5,987	2.0
6,164	2.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
21,864	9.1
n/a

40,118	16.7
20,155	8.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro 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
39.3
94,775	22.2%
332,018	77.8%
69,526	16.3%

160,400
2.54

106,446	66.4%
73,025	68.6%
14,167	13.3%
53,954	33.6%

2010
Number	Percent
36.7
91,951	24.8%
278,751	75.2%
45,978	12.4%

141,061
2.58

97,157	68.9%
65,976	67.9%
13,127	13.5%
43,904	31.1%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
96,337	26.5%
267,651	73.5%
40,620	11.2%

136,263
2.60

96,772	71.0%
71,922	74.3%
11,644	12.0%
39,491	29.0%

1990
Number	Percent
31.4
88,519	28.3%
223,849	71.7%
33,392	10.7%

111,740
2.72

83,963	75.1%
65,765	78.3%
8,856	10.5%
27,777	24.9%

1980
Number	Percent
27.0
96,818	32.2%
203,399	67.8%
23,876	8.0%

97,901
2.95

76,737	78.4%
63,655	83.0%
7,045	9.2%
21,164	21.6%

2022 Housing Data for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,692	6.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,611	5.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	7,754	4.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,126	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,247	4.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,532	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,710	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,240	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,525	4.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,096	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	16,038	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	20,561	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	14,717	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,215	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,415	5.9%
$200,000 or more	7,921	4.9%

Median Household Income	57,786
Per Capita Income	31,256

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,781	6.7%
Public Assistance	4,634	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	22,891	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	155,936	63.7%
Unemployed	13,756	5.6%
In Armed Forces	6,048	2.5%

Total Labor Force	175,740	71.8%
Not in Labor Force	69,100	28.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	60,999	54,054	53.0%
Non-Profit	3,371	6,179	35.3%
Self-Employed	9,855	6,775	59.3%

Local Government	5,479	7,789	41.3%
State Government	3,404	5,591	37.8%
Federal Government	5,812	5,303	52.3%

Total Private + Self	70,854	60,829	53.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	18,066	24,862	42.1%
Total	88,920	85,691	50.9%

Pct. Govt.	19.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	22,969	13.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	36,207	20.7%
Professional, Technical	40,185	23.0%
Service Occupations	34,641	19.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	846	0.5%
All others	41,087	23.5%

White Collar		56.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	26,878	15.4%
Manufacturing	18,372	10.5%
Retail trade	18,032	10.3%
Accommodation and food services	15,727	9.0%
Educational services	14,910	8.5%
Construction	13,443	7.7%
Public administration	11,114	6.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	9,232	5.3%
Other services	8,199	4.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	7,410	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	7,205	4.1%
Finance and insurance	5,894	3.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,752	3.3%
Wholesale trade	3,051	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,929	1.7%
Utilities	2,465	1.4%
Information	2,051	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,499	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	804	0.5%
Management	122	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,694	1.86%
Puerto Rican	5,510	1.33%
Cuban	669	0.16%
Dominican	1,429	0.35%

Total Central American	3,636	0.88%
Costa Rican	171	0.04%
Guatemalan	831	0.20%
Honduran	1,876	0.45%
Nicaraguan	57	0.01%
Panamanian	447	0.11%
Salvadoran	254	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,150	0.28%
Argentinean	31	0.01%
Bolivian	67	0.02%
Chilean	21	0.01%
Colombian	442	0.11%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	283	0.07%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	306	0.07%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,654	0.89%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	3,955	0.96%
Filipino	1,912	0.46%
Indian	678	0.16%
Chinese	509	0.12%
Korean	372	0.09%
Japanese	189	0.05%
Thai	131	0.03%
Cambodian	60	0.01%
Hmong	19	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	365,149	94.0%
Spanish	13,403	3.4%
Vietnamese	2,852	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,806	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,070	0.3%
Tagalog	954	0.2%
German, other Germanic	783	0.2%
Other	692	0.2%
Other Asian	606	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	45,463	11.0%
English	42,664	10.3%
Irish	35,884	8.7%
German	33,585	8.1%
French	23,107	5.6%
Italian	13,707	3.3%
Scottish	7,912	1.9%
European	5,359	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	5,189	1.3%
Polish	4,365	1.1%
French Canadian	3,069	0.7%
Dutch	2,509	0.6%
British	2,504	0.6%
Norwegian	2,154	0.5%
African	1,819	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	406,730	98.5%
Not a citizen	6,059	1.5%

Native	398,298	96.5%
Foreign-born	14,491	3.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
10,293	3.6%	21,110	7.5%	81,173	28.8%	102,066	36.2%	41,776	14.8%	25,892	9.2%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	10,293	3.6%
9-12 Years	21,110	7.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	81,173	28.8%
Some College	102,066	36.2%
Bach. Degree	41,776	14.8%
Grad Degree	25,892	9.2%
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	290,964	270,907	20,057	6.9%
1991	295,036	274,946	20,090	6.8%
1992	306,417	284,390	22,027	7.2%
1993	325,864	307,307	18,557	5.7%
1994	339,330	320,663	18,667	5.5%
1995	335,142	314,328	20,814	6.2%
1996	336,356	319,115	17,241	5.1%
1997	339,890	323,571	16,319	4.8%
1998	347,045	333,812	13,233	3.8%
1999	360,684	347,398	13,286	3.7%

2000	360,552	342,640	17,912	5.0%
2001	355,568	338,691	16,877	4.7%
2002	352,697	332,591	20,106	5.7%
2003	356,964	338,300	18,664	5.2%
2004	360,696	341,606	19,090	5.3%
2005	365,205	327,396	37,809	10.4%
2006	329,557	300,879	28,678	8.7%
2007	340,313	321,930	18,383	5.4%
2008	344,203	324,709	19,494	5.7%
2009	340,836	314,107	26,729	7.8%

2010	360,611	328,719	31,892	8.8%
2011	367,731	333,475	34,256	9.3%
2012	361,188	330,451	30,737	8.5%
2013	346,460	318,719	27,741	8.0%
2014	336,655	312,033	24,622	7.3%
2015	338,729	316,770	21,959	6.5%
2016	341,116	320,339	20,777	6.1%
2017	339,620	321,080	18,540	5.5%
2018	339,256	321,649	17,607	5.2%
2019	343,069	323,552	19,517	5.7%

2020	342,717	310,975	31,742	9.3%
2021	344,903	325,719	19,184	5.6%
2022	343,253	329,577	13,676	4.0%
2023	341,369	330,794	10,575	3.1%
2024	374,408	363,499	10,909	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	184,367
Median Value	$176,293

Occupied	160,400	87.0%
Vacant	23,967	13.0%

Owned	107,607	67.1%
Rented	52,793	32.9%
Median Rent	$999

Single-Family Units	132,152	71.7%
Detached	127,936	69.4%
Attached	4,216	2.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	24,172	13.1%
Mobile Homes	17,351	9.4%

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area

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

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

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

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