Gulfport, MS

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2829700, place: Gulfport city, Mississippi)

Total Population: 71,127
Male: 35,244 (49.55%)
Female: 35,883 (50.45%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 5,084 (7.15%)
5 to 9 years: 5,181 (7.28%)
10 to 14 years: 5,078 (7.14%)
15 to 19 years: 5,406 (7.6%)
20 to 24 years: 5,652 (7.95%)
25 to 34 years: 10,533 (14.81%)
35 to 44 years: 11,108 (15.62%)
45 to 54 years: 9,055 (12.73%)
55 to 59 years: 3,227 (4.54%)
60 to 64 years: 2,696 (3.79%)
65 to 74 years: 4,605 (6.47%)
75 to 84 years: 2,763 (3.88%)
85 years and over: 739 (1.04%)

Median age: 33.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 52,618 (73.98%)
21 years and over: 49,176 (69.14%)
62 years and over: 9,647 (13.56%)
65 years and over: 8,107 (11.4%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 52,618 (73.98%)
--Male: 25,790 (36.26%)
--Female: 26,828 (37.72%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 8,107 (11.4%)
--Male: 3,408 (4.79%)
--Female: 4,699 (6.61%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 69,960 (98.36%)
--White: 43,337 (60.93%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,814 (2.55%)
--Black or African American: 23,848 (33.53%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 305 (0.43%)
--Asian: 891 (1.25%)
----Asian Indian: 47 (0.07%)
----Chinese: 71 (0.1%)
----Filipino: 373 (0.52%)
----Japanese: 48 (0.07%)
----Korean: 39 (0.05%)
----Vietnamese: 258 (0.36%)
----Other Asian: 55 (0.08%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 65 (0.09%)
----Native Hawaiian: 11 (0.02%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 33 (0.05%)
----Samoan: 11 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 10 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 622 (0.87%)
Two or more Races: 1,167 (1.64%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,814 (2.55%)
--Mexican: 762 (1.07%)
--Puerto Rican: 312 (0.44%)
--Cuban: 75 (0.11%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 665 (0.93%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 69,313 (97.45%)
--White Alone: 43,337 (60.93%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 67,703 (95.19%)
--Householder: 26,943 (37.88%)
--Spouse: 11,472 (16.13%)
--Child: 20,533 (28.87%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 15,499 (21.79%)
--Other relatives: 4,588 (6.45%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 2,358 (3.32%)
--Nonrelatives: 4,167 (5.86%)
----Unmarried partner: 1,800 (2.53%)
Living in group quarters: 3,424 (4.81%)
--Institutionalized Population: 1,512 (2.13%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 1,912 (2.69%)
Total households: 26,943
Family households (families): 17,653 (65.52%)
----With own children under 18 years: 8,649 (32.1%)
--Married-couple families: 11,472 (42.58%)
----With own children under 18 years: 5,018 (18.62%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 4,906 (18.21%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,961 (10.99%)
Nonfamily households: 9,290 (34.48%)
--Householder living alone: 7,464 (27.7%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 2,287 (8.49%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 9,987 (37.07%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 5,850 (21.71%)
Average household size: 2.51 people
Average family size: 3.07 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 29,559
Occupied housing units: 26,943 (91.15%)
Vacant housing units: 2,616 (8.85%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 317 (1.07%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10.3%
Occupied housing units: 26,943 (91.15%)
Owner occupied housing units: 15,827 (53.54%)
Renter occupied housing units: 11,116 (37.61%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.57 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.43 people

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