Mississippi Gulf Coast | |
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Region | |
 Clockwise from top: Ingalls Shipbuilding, the Biloxi Beach, the Dantzler House, Beauvoir, the Beau Rivage Casino, the Bay Saint Louis Bridge, the USM Gulf Park, the Hard Rock Casino Biloxi, and Saint John's Epispocal Church | |
| Nickname: The Coast | |
 Map of Mississippi with the Gulf Coast region highlighted. The counties in red correspond to the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula MSA. Pearl River County (blue), a part of Greater New Orleans, is included in the geographical definition which includes all of Mississippi south of 31° N. | |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,764,358 acres (1,118,696 ha) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 80 mi (130 km) |
| • Width | 55 mi (89 km) |
| Population | |
• Total | 370,702 |
• Estimate (2018) | 397,261 |
| • Density | 86/sq mi (33/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 228 |
| Website | www |
The Mississippi Gulf Coast, also known as Mississippi Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast region, Coastal Mississippi, and The Coast, is the area of Mississippi along the Mississippi Sound at the northern extreme of the Gulf of Mexico.
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