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Biloxi city, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [36] Pop 2010 [37] Pop 2020 [38] % 2000 % ...
The statistical area consists of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 census placed the CSA population at 411,066, and as of 2019, is estimated to be 442,165. [1]
The movement of importing black slaves to Mississippi peaked in the 1830s, when more than 100,000 black slaves may have entered Mississippi. [7] The largest slave market was located at the Forks of the Road in Natchez. [8] As the demographer William H. Frey noted, "In Mississippi, I think it's [identifying as mixed race] changed from within."
The 2010 census placed the Gulfport-Biloxi MSA population at 388,488, though as of 2019, it was estimated to have increased to 417,665. [2] The area was significantly impacted by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and prior to the hurricane, had experienced steady to moderate population growth.
According to the U.S. Census, the Hispanic population in Mississippi increased nearly 30% between 2010 and 2020, when official Census data were collected.
The 27 United States statistical areas and 82 counties of the State of Mississippi [a] Combined statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] Core-based statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] County 2023 population (est.) [3] Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS CSA: 687,257 Jackson, MS MSA: 610,257 Hinds County, Mississippi: 214,870
Jackson's population was about 56% Black and 44% white in 1990, and the city's current population is about 82% Black and 15% white, according to the Census Bureau.
There were a total of 4,711 students enrolled in the Biloxi Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 33.45% African American, 54.43% White, 4.82% Hispanic, 7.07% Asian, and 0.23% Native American.