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Pascagoula (/ p æ s k ə ɡ u l ə / PASS-kuh-GOOL-uh) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. [3] 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.
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,252, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula. [2] The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States. [3]
Map of Mississippi highlighting the Pascagoula metropolitan area. The Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area was a metropolitan area in the southeastern corner of Mississippi that covered two counties - Jackson and George. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 150,564. The area was significantly impacted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The statistical area consists of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 census placed the CSA population at 411,066, and as of 2019, is estimated to be 442,165. [ 1 ]
Hurley is located in northeastern Jackson County at (30.663293, -88.499558 Mississippi Highway 613 passes through the center of town, leading north 23 miles (37 km) to Lucedale and south 24 miles (39 km) to Pascagoula, the Jackson county seat.
Mississippi Highway 613 passes through the community, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to Hurley and southwest 9 miles (14 km) to Escatawpa. Pascagoula, the county seat, is 18 miles (29 km) south of Big Point. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.6 km 2), all land. [5]