Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport population, 2020 to 2024

Gulfport added 1,741 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1,526. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Gulfport is 5.9 times that size.

Gulfport covers 55.62 square miles of land and 8.39 of water, for 1,342 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Gulfport is denser than the typical town.

What county Gulfport is in

All of Gulfport's residents live in Harrison County, which had 213,730 residents in 2024. Gulfport holds 34.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gulfport

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gulfport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39501, 39503, 39507. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Gulfport is

The Census internal point of Gulfport is at 30.419500, -89.069000. Jackson, the capital, is 145.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Orleans, LA (362,701 people), 57.5 miles away.

Daylight in Gulfport

At 30.42° N, Gulfport gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gulfport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Long Beach, 7.2 miles away, with 17,217 people.