What is Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area?
[[Image:Gulfport-Biloxi MSA 2023.png|thumb|right|200px|Map of [[Mississippi]] highlighting the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area]] The '''Gulfport-Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area''' is a [[metropolitan area]] in the [[Mississippi]] [[Gulf Coast|Gulf Coast region]] that covers four [[county (United States)|counties]] – [[Hancock County, Mississippi|Hancock]], [[Harrison County, Mississippi|Harrison]], [[Jackson County, Mississippi|Jackson]], and [[Stone County, Mississippi|Stone]]. At the 2023 estimate, its [[population]] was 421,916.<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html#v2023 |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2023 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024 }}</ref> At the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], the MSA had a population of 246,190. The area was significantly impacted by [[Hurricane Katrina]] in [[2005]]. A [[July 1]], [[2006]], estimate placed the population at 227,904.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 5, 2007|title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (CBSA-EST2006-01)|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/CBSA-EST2006-01.csv|work=2006 Population Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau, Population Division|format=CSV|accessdate=2007-10-25}}</ref> Prior to the hurricane, the area had experienced steady to moderate population growth. It is also part of the larger [[Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Mississippi]] [[Category:Metropolitan areas of the United States]]