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Long Beach, MS

16,876 Population
10.2 square miles 1,647.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,322 ±$3,150 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $33,050 ±$619
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$71,121 ±$7,756 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $61,266 ±$1,233
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

7.7% ±2.5% (1,303  ±423) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.9% 65,063 (±0.8% / ±3,466)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23 minutes ±1.9 (163,835  ±18,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.7 4,398,625 (±0.6 / ±118,867)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

6,662 ±358 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 164,768 ±1,242
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.1 (16,824  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 411,894 (±0 / ±259)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.7% ±3.2% (190  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.6% † 5,401 (±0.6% / ±617)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

7,614 ±385 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 187,371 ±124
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$205,300 ±$11,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $192,000 ±$3,278
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

14.5% ±4% (2,419  ±658.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 14.6% 60,389 (±0.8% / ±3,197.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

94% ±5.6% (10,618  ±791.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 255,459 (±1.5% / ±4,210.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
32.9% ±3.8% (3,720  ±457.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 24.7% 70,882 (±0.8% / ±2,234.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

4.8% ±1.8% (814  ±301) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.7% 15,610
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

10% ±1.8% (1,266  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.7% 36,712 (±0.5% / ±1,602)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,266 Total veterans ±236 1,070 Male ±205 196 Female ±94

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