D'Iberville | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rusty Quave |
Established Title: | Born |
Established Date: | July 9, 1661 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | February 23, 1988 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 28.12 |
Area Land Km2: | 27.36 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.77 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.86 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 10.56 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Est: | 13309 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 12721 |
Population Density Km2: | 465.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1204.30 |
Population Metro: | 420782 (US: 129th) |
Population Urban: | 236344 (US: 167th) |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 4 |
Elevation Ft: | 13 |
Coordinates: | 30.4369°N -88.8975°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 39540 |
Area Code: | 228 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 28-19180 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0669069 |
D'Iberville is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States, immediately north of Biloxi, across the Back Bay. The population was 12,721 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Gulfport—Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is named after Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who arrived at the area in 1699. Almost 300 years later, D'Iberville officially became a city in 1988.[3]
D'Iberville was one of the Gulf Coast cities hit and extensively damaged by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The following month, Mexican marines, the U.S. Navy, and Dutch navy sailors were sent to the city to clean up hurricane debris and distribute aid supplies.[4] [5] [6] [7]
As a result of an initiative by the Congress for the New Urbanism under the sponsorship of Governor Haley Barbour and the State of Mississippi, the City of D'Iberville received town design consulting services from some of the most prestigious urban designers in the country.[8] Since then, the City of D'Iberville has been working with Jaime Correa and Associates on the implementation of its master plan, on a full-fledged New Urbanism SmartCode for its downtown area, and on the implementation of mixed-use neighborhoods and main street.[9]
D'Iberville is located at 30.437°N -88.8976°W.[10]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19km2, of which 18.3sqkm is land and 0.7sqkm, or 3.84%, is water.[11]
The city of D'Iberville is served by the Harrison County School District.
White (non-Hispanic) | 6,943 | 54.58% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 2,620 | 20.6% | |
Native American | 34 | 0.27% | |
Asian | 1,327 | 10.43% | |
Pacific Islander | 17 | 0.13% | |
Other/Mixed | 787 | 6.19% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 993 | 7.81% |
As of the census of 2020, there were 12,721 people, 4,979 households, and 3,137 families residing in the city.