The Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region that includes four counties – Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone.

The 2010 census placed the Gulfport-Biloxi MSA population at 388,488, though as of 2019, it was estimated to have increased to 417,665.

However, growth has since rebounded,[3] with the population steadily increasing every year throughout the 2010s.

[4] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 246,190 people, 93,182 households, and 64,027 families residing within the MSA.

25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.