People QuickFacts Pascagoula Mississippi Population, 2011 estimate 22,429 2,978,512 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 22,392 2,967,297 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.2% 0.4% Population, 2010 22,392 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.9% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.0% 12.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.1% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 58.8% 59.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 32.7% 37.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.0% 0.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.7% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 11.0% 2.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 54.5% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 73.9% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 6.0% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 11.3% 3.8% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 84.0% 79.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 17.8% 19.5% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 17.1 23.9  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 54.8% 70.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 29.0% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $114,900 $96,500 Households, 2006-2010 8,598 1,081,052 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.56 2.64 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $21,288 $19,977 Median household income 2006-2010 $38,245 $37,881 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 22.1% 21.2%     Business QuickFacts Pascagoula Mississippi Total number of firms, 2007 1,710 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 18.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.1% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 92,976 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 540,029 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $22,892 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 39,122 7,045,097     Geography QuickFacts Pascagoula Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 15.38 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,455.9 63.2 FIPS Code 55360 28 Counties Jackson County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts