Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area: Difference between revisions

[[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 threefour [[county (United States)|counties]] -– [[Hancock County, Mississippi|Hancock]], [[Harrison County, Mississippi|Harrison]], and [[StoneJackson County, Mississippi|StoneJackson]]., As of theand [[UnitedStone States CensusCounty, 2000Mississippi|2000 censusStone]],. At the MSA2023 hadestimate, aits [[population]] of 246,190. The area was significantly impacted by [[Hurricane Katrina]] in [[2005]]. A [[July 1]], [[2006]] estimate placed the population at 227421,904916.<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web | url = httphttps://www.census.gov/populationdata/wwwtables/estimatestime-series/metro_generaldemo/2006popest/CBSA2020s-EST2006total-01metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.csvhtml#v2023 | title = Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: AprilPopulation 1,Totals: 2000 to July 1, 2006 (CBSA2020-EST2006-01)2023 | format = [[comma-separated values|CSV]] | work = 2006 Population Estimates | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division | date =March [[2007-04-05]]14, 2024 |access-date=March accessdate15, =2024 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]].