City profile · Small City
Gulfport, Mississippi
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Gulfport, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Hugh D. Keating
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 71,127
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcegulfport-ms.gov/government/office_of_the_mayor/index.php ↗
- Official leadership pagegulfport-ms.gov/government/office_of_the_mayor/index.php ↗
- City websitegulfport-ms.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Hugh D. Keating CurrentMayor · added Jul 3, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
- Billy Hewes FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 71,127
- Median household income
- $43,499
- Median age
- 36.1
- Land area
- 55.62 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,278.8 per sq mi
- County
- Harrison County
- Metro area
- Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$249M
- City hall phone
- (228) 868-5700
- Official website
- gulfport-ms.gov ↗
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