 It is also part of the larger Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area.At the 2000 census there were 150,564 people, 54,418 households, and 41,014 families in the MSA.The racial makeup was 77.13% White, 19.34% African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races.