MGC By the Numbers: Things You Need To Know

Who We Serve

• 92% of applicants were employed at time of application.
• 85% of primary applicants are between 20 and 49 years old.
• 4% of applicants were unemployed.
• 4% of all applicants are disabled
• 29% live in FEMA trailers that are too small and have a departure deadline quickly approaching.
• At time of application, 34% of applicants live in rented or mobile homes significantly more than the applicants can afford.
• 16% are forced to live in homes and apartments that are not safe.
• An additional 15% are in some form of subsidized housing.

Who Lives In Habitat Homes?

Look at some of the places that Habitat Homeowners work!

RETAIL
Barbers Home Furniture
Cazesta Custom Homes
Choice Supermarket
Cingular Wireless
Crenshaw Supply
CVS
Family Dollar
Hudson’s
Kmart
Sam’s Club
Stride Rite
Wal-Mart

HEALTHCARE
American Nursing
Biloxi Regional Hospital
Boyington Nursing Home
Coastal Family Health Center
Driftwood Nursing
Fresenius Medical Care
Garden Park Hospital
Gulfport Memorial Hospital
Hunter Medical
Lakeview Nursing Center
Magnolia Physical Therapy Plus
Medical Foundation of South Mississippi
Ocean Springs Hospital
Odyssey Healthcare
Plaza Community Living
Riverchase nursiong Home
Tri-County Eye-Clinic
Trinity Hospice
We Care Hospice

NON-PROFIT
Boys & Girls Club
Goodwill
Gulf Coast Community Action Center
Salvation Army
Senior Corps

GAMING
Beau Rivage Casino
Boomtown Casino
Grand Casino
IP Casino
Isle of Capri Casino
Silver Slipper Casino

CORPORATE
Guice Agency
SBM Associates
Seapac, Inc.
SSA Gulf Inc.
Northrop Grumman

GOVERNMENT
City of Biloxi
City of Biloxi Police Department
City of Gulfport
D’Iberville Division of Safety
FEMA
Harrison County
Harrison County Sheriff’s Department

BANKING
Gulf Coast Community FCU
Hancock Bank
Keesler FCU


MILITARY
Keesler AFB
Signal Shipyard
Keesler CDC

EDUCATION
Biloxi Public School district
Central Gulfport School
Divine Preschool Academy
Gulfport School District
Harrison County School District
Pascagoula School District
Thomas Reeves Elementary School
University of Southern Mississippi


SERVICE
Aspen AC/Electric
Barlow Woods
Checkers
Chrisman Manufacturing
Coastal Cargo
Cost Cutters
Crystal Inn
Fantastic Sam’s
GC Cold Stroage
High Cotton Grill
Logan’s Roadhouse
Mason’s Plumbing
Mastercuts
McDonald’s
Oreck Co.
Sunbelt Masonry
Swissport Airlines
Taber Extrusions
Tax Pro
Thrillz Hair Salon
Utility Partners
Watch Me Grow
WD Yates & Son Construction