Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gulfport city GEOCODE:28-0515 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 39,676 100.0% 40,775 100.0% 1,099 2.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 33,190 83.7% 32,630 80.0% -560 -1.7 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,491 3.8% 2,083 5.1% 592 39.7 1.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,277 73.8% 28,585 70.1% -692 -2.4 -3.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9,962 25.1% 11,693 28.7% 1,731 17.4 3.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 237 0.6% 350 0.9% 113 47.7 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 153 0.4% 60 0.1% -93 -60.8 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 686 1.7% 680 1.7% -6 -0.9 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,888 7.3% 3,008 7.4% 120 4.2 0.1 5-17.................. 7,885 19.9% 7,288 17.9% -597 -7.6 -2.0 18-24.................. 5,353 13.5% 4,401 10.8% -952 -17.8 -2.7 25-44.................. 10,124 25.5% 12,352 30.3% 2,228 22.0 4.8 45-64.................. 8,710 22.0% 7,808 19.1% -902 -10.4 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 4,716 11.9% 5,918 14.5% 1,202 25.5 2.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 10,773 27.2% 10,296 25.3% -477 -4.4 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 15,401 38.8% 16,111 39.5% 711 4.6 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 33.1 2.8 9.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,717 $21,174 -543 -2.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,583 $25,387 -1,196 -4.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,027 $11,451 424 3.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,555 17.1% 7,877 20.3% 1,322 20.2 3.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,700 100.0% 15,839 100.0% 1,139 7.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,264 69.8% 10,535 66.5% 271 2.6 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,990 33.9% 5,243 33.1% 253 5.1 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,948 54.1% 7,552 47.7% -396 -5.0 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,675 25.0% 3,324 21.0% -351 -9.6 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,894 12.9% 2,459 15.5% 565 29.8 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,263 8.6% 1,462 9.2% 199 15.8 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,944 26.8% 4,639 29.3% 695 17.6 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,550 100.0% 26,078 100.0% 2,528 10.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,686 32.6% 7,313 28.0% -373 -4.9 -4.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,847 16.3% 4,769 18.3% 922 24.0 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,533 100.0% 17,308 100.0% 775 4.7 FEMALE................ 7,351 44.5% 8,298 47.9% 947 12.9 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 15,498 93.7% 15,870 91.7% 372 2.4 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,693 22.3% 4,253 24.6% 560 15.2 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,564 15.5% 2,694 15.6% 130 5.1 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,049 100.0% 18,236 100.0% 2,187 13.6 OCCUPIED.............. 14,711 91.7% 15,797 86.6% 1,086 7.4 -5.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,715 59.2% 8,957 56.7% 242 2.8 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,976 $65,424 447 0.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,996 40.8% 6,840 43.3% 844 14.1 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $320 $343 23 7.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,231 70.0% 11,718 64.3% 487 4.3 -5.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 551 3.4% 954 5.2% 403 73.1 1.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.6 1965.0 5.4 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