2010 censusĪccording to the census of 2010, there were 67,793 people living in the city. Climate data for Gulfport, Mississippi (Gulfport-Biloxi Int'l), 1981–2010 normalsĢ020 census Gulfport racial composition RaceĪs of the 2020 United States census, there were 72,926 people, 25,559 households, and 15,584 families residing in the city. Gulfport is subject to extreme weather, most notably tropical storm activity through the Gulf of Mexico. Summers are generally long, hot and humid, though the city's proximity to the Gulf prevents extreme summer highs, as seen farther inland. Snow flurries are rare in the city, with no notable accumulation occurring most years.

Winters are short and generally warm, cold spells do occur, but seldom last long. Gulfport has a humid subtropical climate, which is strongly moderated by the Gulf of Mexico. Gulfport, Mississippi (map center) is east of Long Beach, west of Biloxi, along the Gulf of Mexico. In December 1993, the City annexed 33 square miles (85 km 2) north of Gulfport making it the second largest city in Mississippi. The storm directly killed 143 people along Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. This made Camille the second-most expensive hurricane in the United States, up to that point (behind Hurricane Betsy). The total estimated cost of damage was $1.42 billion (1969 USD, $9 billion 2012 USD). The area of total destruction in Harrison County, Mississippi was 68 square miles (180 km2). land falling hurricane in recorded history. By central pressure, Camille was the second strongest U.S. On AugGulfport and the Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Camille. Foote announced that the Andrew Carnegie Corporation was going to place a Carnegie Library in Gulfport. The Gulfport Post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In 1902, the harbor was completed and the Port of Gulfport became a working seaport that now accounts for millions of dollars in annual sales and tax revenue for the state of Mississippi. Jones who later took over the G&SIRR, dredged the harbor in Gulfport, and opened the shipping channel to the sea. Hardy who was president of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SIRR) that connected inland lumber mills to the coast, and later on, joined by Joseph T. Gulfport was incorporated on July 28, 1898. Mississippi City was the county seat of Harrison County from 1841 to 1902, but is now a suburb in east Gulfport. President Gerald Ford visited Gulfport during his 1976 reelection campaignĪn early settlement near this location, known as Mississippi City, appeared on a map of Mississippi from 1855.

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