Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Gulfport, MS

72,824 Population
55.6 square miles 1,309.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3

Economics

$30,378 ±$4,542 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $35,938 ±$1,879
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
$47,564 ±$4,898 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $60,114 ±$2,622
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260

21.6% ±4.8% (15,303  ±3,405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 14.2% † 58,980 (±1.5% / ±6,264)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)

21.8 minutes ±1.1 (621,425  ±40,798) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.7 4,398,625 (±0.6 / ±118,867)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

31,011 ±1,859 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 174,612 ±2,506
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
2.3 ±0.1 (70,925  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.4 414,998 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770

5.3% ±2.6% (887  ±446) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 6.6% † 6,455 (±1.3% / ±1,317)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)

Housing

35,408 ±1,820 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 193,938 ±987
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165

$175,600 ±$18,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $204,700 ±$6,838
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842

15.8% ±5% (11,407  ±3,619) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.7% † 48,663 (±1.6% / ±6,622.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)

Social

88.9% ±5.5% (43,343  ±3,169.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 90.4% 266,281 (±2.5% / ±7,650.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
20.6% ±2.9% (10,021  ±1,489.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 78,677 (±1.4% / ±4,263.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)

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

4.2% ±1.5% (3,043  ±1,115) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 4.4% 18,547
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165

9.3% ±2.2% (5,037  ±1,228) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11% 35,263 (±0.8% / ±2,637)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
5,037 Total veterans ±1,228 3,783 Male ±1,012 1,254 Female ±581

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.