page_title: Pascagoula, Mississippi
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Pascagoula, Mississippi / Economy
caption_attribution_description: A view of a section of the en:Ingalls Shipbuilding Company showing various United States Navy ships under construction; (left to right) the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4), the guided missile destroyer en:USS Ramage (DDG-61) and en:USS Benfold (DDG-65)) and the Israeli guided missile corvette Hanit (503). Location: Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
context_page_description: Pascagoula pə-ska-goo-lə is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area, as a part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area. The population was 22,392 at the 2010 census, down from 26,200 at the 2000 census. As of 2019 the estimated population was 21,699. It is the county seat of Jackson County.
  The city is served by three airports: Mobile Regional Airport, 34 miles to the northeast in Alabama; Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, about 40 miles west of Pascagoula; and the Trent Lott International Airport, 9 miles to the north in Jackson County.
  The current mayor of the city is Steve Demetropoulos.
context_section_description: Pascagoula is a major industrial city of Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast. Prior to World War II, the town was a sleepy fishing village of about 5,000. The population skyrocketed with the war-driven shipbuilding industry. Although the city's population seemed to peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s as Cold War defense spending was at its height, Pascagoula experienced some new growth and development in the years before Hurricane Katrina. Today, Pascagoula is home to the state's largest employer, Ingalls Shipbuilding, owned by Huntington Ingalls Industries. Other major industries include the largest Chevron refinery in the world; Signal International, an oil platform builder; and Mississippi Phosphates.
  Naval Station Pascagoula was located on Singing River Island and was homeport to several Navy warships, as well as a large Coast Guard contingent. However, Naval Station Pascagoula was decommissioned as part of the 2005 BRAC recommendations and ceased operations in 2006.
caption: A section of the Ingalls Shipbuilding Company showing various US Navy ships under construction
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