From sales tax to casino revenue, it was a historic year for the City of Biloxi.

“We had a record year in the middle of the pandemic,” Mayor Andrew “Fofo” Gilich told WLOX.

New numbers out Wednesday show a record-breaking $13.8 million collected in sales tax from January to December.

That’s nearly 24% higher than reported in 2020.

“This transformation took place,” Gilich said. “Biloxi is a hybrid market. It’s sort of a convenient regional market with top-notch, world-class amenities.”

Its major amenity, gaming, also reached new heights.

Biloxi casinos posted a record-breaking year, bringing in $1.02 billion into its local economy.

That is now the highest total since the local industry was legalized in 1992.