THE PEARL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Plains setting.
Pearl city has 25.5 square miles of land in Rankin County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Plains, within Mississippi Valley Loess Plains.
Windblown loess blankets irregular plains and rolling hills, with steeper bluffs near the Mississippi River. Flatter eastern areas contrast with the more deeply cut bluff country.
Regional context: Mississippi Valley Loess Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Pearl and Rankin County
Pearl is associated with Rankin 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.
Pearl by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Pearl, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 3.3 percentage points lower than the 3.8% recorded for Rankin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pearl city has 88.5% of the land area of nearby Flowood city (28.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

