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Top 10 national ranking boosts confidence of Gulf Coast recovery.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-FEB-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Gulfport-Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) recent ranking in the Forbes Top 10 list of fastest-growing small metro areas in the country is one of the nicest presents a region still recovering from Hurricane Katrina could have. It also doesn't hurt that the Mobile MSA ranked number one on the list, boding well for the economic future of the entire region.

The Gulfport-Biloxi MSA, which includes the counties of Harrison, Hancock and Stone, is expected to grow in gross metropolitan product by 23.12% between 2007 and 2001, with population expected to increase by 17%.

"It's no secret that the Southeast and Western United States are booming," said the January 30 article in Forbes "America's Fastest-Growing Metros."

Sitting pretty

While Jackson County wasn't on the Forbes list, it is sitting pretty positioned between Mobile and Biloxi.

"Technically, Jackson County wasn't included in that designation because we are part of the Jackson-George County MSA," said George L. Freeland Jr., executive director of the...

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