Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Biloxi city GEOCODE:28-0110 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 49,311 100.0% 46,319 100.0% -2,992 -6.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 37,716 76.5% 35,593 76.8% -2,123 -5.6 0.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 6,378 12.9% 4,727 10.2% -1,651 -25.9 -2.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 38,830 78.7% 34,589 74.7% -4,241 -10.9 -4.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,823 17.9% 8,650 18.7% -173 -2.0 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 945 1.9% 2,673 5.8% 1,728 182.9 3.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 200 0.4% 157 0.3% -43 -21.5 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,751 3.6% 1,223 2.6% -528 -30.2 -0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,190 8.5% 3,969 8.6% -221 -5.3 0.1 5-17.................. 8,945 18.1% 7,826 16.9% -1,119 -12.5 -1.2 18-24.................. 11,787 23.9% 7,838 16.9% -3,949 -33.5 -7.0 25-44.................. 12,331 25.0% 14,411 31.1% 2,080 16.9 6.1 45-64.................. 7,856 15.9% 6,950 15.0% -906 -11.5 -0.9 65 AND OVER............ 4,202 8.5% 5,325 11.5% 1,123 26.7 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,135 26.6% 11,795 25.5% -1,340 -10.2 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 14,224 28.8% 14,522 31.4% 299 2.1 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.8 28.4 3.6 14.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,882 $19,824 -1,058 -5.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,595 $23,052 -1,543 -6.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,713 $10,036 323 3.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,891 16.1% 8,920 21.4% 2,029 29.4 5.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 16,051 100.0% 16,697 100.0% 646 4.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,517 71.8% 11,434 68.5% -83 -0.7 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,977 37.2% 5,901 35.3% -76 -1.3 -1.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,504 59.2% 8,986 53.8% -518 -5.5 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,127 31.9% 4,467 26.8% -660 -12.9 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,634 10.2% 1,961 11.7% 327 20.0 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,056 6.6% 1,298 7.8% 242 22.9 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,003 24.9% 4,664 27.9% 661 16.5 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 24,389 100.0% 26,686 100.0% 2,297 9.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,989 36.9% 6,838 25.6% -2,151 -23.9 -11.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,481 14.3% 4,792 18.0% 1,311 37.7 3.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,268 100.0% 16,214 100.0% 946 6.2 FEMALE................ 7,126 46.7% 8,067 49.8% 941 13.2 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 13,875 90.9% 14,916 92.0% 1,041 7.5 1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,078 20.2% 4,252 26.2% 1,174 38.1 6.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,830 18.5% 2,814 17.4% -16 -0.6 -1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 17,885 100.0% 18,864 100.0% 979 5.5 OCCUPIED.............. 16,096 90.0% 16,644 88.2% 548 3.4 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,273 45.2% 7,279 43.7% 6 0.1 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,284 $64,032 -1,252 -1.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,823 54.8% 9,365 56.3% 542 6.1 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $330 $331 1 0.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,605 59.3% 10,971 58.2% 366 3.5 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,104 6.2% 953 5.1% -151 -13.7 -1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.4 1966.0 5.6 0.3 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis