THE BILOXI LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes setting.
Biloxi city has 42.9 square miles of land in Harrison County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Biloxi and Harrison County
Biloxi is associated with Harrison County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Biloxi by land and water
The Census records 24.8 square miles of water within Biloxi, or 36.6% of its total area. It is 5.2 percentage points lower than the 41.7% recorded for Harrison County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Biloxi city has 4.1 times the land area of nearby D'Iberville city (10.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

