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Gulfport, MS

74,632 Population
55.6 square miles 1,341.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,678 ±$5,902 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $35,892 ±$1,720
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,946 ±$4,318 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $65,256 ±$3,386
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.8% ±4.8% (17,919  ±3,492) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.2% † 63,712 (±1.8% / ±7,312)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.9 minutes ±1.2 (628,810  ±43,523) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,985 ±1,709 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 172,913 ±3,125
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (72,451  ±183) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.4 419,769 (±0 / ±205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±2.3% (726  ±393) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.8% † 5,684 (±1.6% / ±1,552)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

37,448 ±1,787 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 195,608 ±837
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$185,200 ±$12,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $227,600 ±$6,263
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.6% ±4.1% (12,314  ±2,995.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.7% † 49,313 (±1.3% / ±5,502.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.5% ±5.8% (44,450  ±3,504) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89.6% 266,018 (±2.7% / ±8,058.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27% ±3.9% (13,865  ±2,065.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 29.5% 87,540 (±1.7% / ±5,010.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.6% ±1.9% (4,163  ±1,437) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 4.5% 19,077
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

13% ±2.5% (7,276  ±1,444) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.9% 38,350 (±1% / ±3,123)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,276 Total veterans ±1,444 5,966 Male ±1,157 1,310 Female ±736

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