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It's mouth is at the Gulf of Mexico (New Orleans, LA)
The Mississippi River reaches the Gulf of Mexico about 160km, or 100 miles, downstream from the city of New Orleans. The region is called the Plaquemines-Balize delta.
The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
Mississippi River
It is New Orleans, Louisiana, that is located near the mouth of the Mississippi River where that river system dumps water into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River starts in Lake Itasca, located in northern Minnesota. It flows almost the entire length of the United States, from north to south, until it empties into the Gulf of Mexico at its delta, southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Mississippi river starts in northern Minnesota, at lake Itasca. Then it flows south and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. (It is debated if the Mississippi runs into the Missouri river or if the Missouri runs into the Mississippi river.)
The Red river
Louisiana and New Orleans is located on the Gulf of Mexico where the Mississippi River meets the gulf.
New Orleans
The Mississippi River. It is about 2,320 miles (3,730 km) long, and runs from Lake Itasca, MN to about 100 miles south of New Orleans, LA into the Gulf of Mexico.
There is more than one river near New Orleans, but the largest one is the Mississippi River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.