Gulfport Wedding

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi. It is the larger (population wise) of two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city of Gulport had a total population of 71,127. Gulfport is co-county seat with Biloxi of Harrison County, Mississippi. Gulfport is the east coast home to the US Navy Seabees.

On August 29, 2005, Gulfport was hit by the strong east side of Hurricane Katrina, and much of Gulfport was flooded or destroyed (see details below). Much of Gulfport was also severely damaged by Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969.

Gulfport is located at 3024'6" North, 894'34" West (30.401641, -89.076169)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 166.4 km (64.2 mi). 147.4 km (56.9 mi) of it is land and 19.0 km (7.3 mi) of it is water. The total area was 11.40% water. It is unknown at this time what effect Hurricane Katrina has had on these figures.