Long Beach is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 17,745 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Long Beach is the 22nd largest community in Mississippi.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Long Beach is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Long Beach is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Long Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.10%), sales jobs (12.07%), and management occupations (8.21%).

Also of interest is that Long Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Long Beach are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Long Beach is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 97.1% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Long Beach.

Long Beach is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Long Beach Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Long Beach citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 24.31% of adults in Long Beach have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Long Beach in 2000 was $19,305, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,220 for a family of four.

Long Beach is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Long Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Long Beach is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Long Beach include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Long Beach is English.