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Population (year 2000): 5,912
Males: 2,863 (48.4%), Females: 3,049 (51.6%)
Hancock County
Zip code:
39525
Median resident age: 48.4 years
Median household income: $51,361 (year 2000)
Median house value: $135,000 (year 2000)
Races in Diamondhead:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.1%)
- Hispanic (2.9%)
- Black (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (21.7%), French (16.1%),
English (16.0%), Irish (12.9%), United States (9.6%), Italian
(9.1%).
Elevation: 50 feet
Land area: 11.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Diamondhead
- High school or higher: 92.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.7%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 35.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Diamondhead CDP
- Never married: 11.9%
- Now married: 69.4%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 9.6%
2.5% Foreign born (0.9% Latin America, 0.6%
Europe, 0.3% North America, 0.3% Oceania).
Hospitals/medical centers near Diamondhead:
- HANCOCK GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; BAY SAINT
LOUIS, MS)
- COLUMBIA GARDEN PARK HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
GULFPORT, MS)
- BILOXI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles;
BILOXI, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Diamondhead:
- STENNIS INTL (about 6 miles; BAY ST LOUIS, MS; ID:
HSA)
- GULFPORT-BILOXI INTL (about 22 miles; GULFPORT, MS;
ID: GPT)
- KEESLER AFB (about 32 miles; BILOXI, MS; ID: BIX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Diamondhead:
- DIAMONDHEAD (about 3 miles; DIAMONDHEAD, MS; ID:
66Y)
- VORTEX (about 16 miles; LONG BEACH, MS; ID: 35M)
- PICAYUNE MUNI (about 21 miles; PICAYUNE, MS; ID: MJD)
Amtrak stations near Diamondhead:
- 6 miles: BAY ST. LOUIS (303 S. RAILROAD AVE.).
Services: public payphones, call for taxi service.
- 20 miles: GULFPORT (1419 27TH AVE.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Diamondhead:
- MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30
miles; PERKINSTON, MS; Full-time enrollment: 6,329)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS (about 52 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,217)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (about 54 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 12,442)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 55 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 8,193)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
(about 57 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 2,496)
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