Pascagoula, Mississippi | |
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Nickname: Mississippi's Flagship City | |
Motto(s): "A Great Place to Live, Work & Play" | |
Coordinates: 30°21′49″N 88°32′31″W / 30.36361°N 88.54194°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Jackson |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jay Willis (R) |
Area | |
• City | 24.51 sq mi (63.48 km2) |
• Land | 15.38 sq mi (39.82 km2) |
• Water | 9.13 sq mi (23.66 km2) |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 22,010 |
• Density | 1,431.45/sq mi (552.68/km2) |
• Urban | 50,428 (US: 497th) |
• Metro | 382,516 (US: 137th) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 39567-39581 |
Area code | 228 |
FIPS code | 28-55360 |
GNIS feature ID | 0675480 |
Website | cityofpascagoula |
Pascagoula (/pæskəɡulə/ PASS-kuh-GOOL-uh) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.[2] It is the principal city of the Pascagoula metropolitan area, and is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area and the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The population was 22,392 at the 2010 census,[3] down from 26,200 at the 2000 census. In 2019 the population was 21,699.[4]
The city is served by three airports: Mobile Regional Airport, 34 miles (55 km) to the northeast in Alabama; Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Pascagoula; and the Trent Lott International Airport, 9 miles (14 km) to the north in Jackson County.