There are no centralized databases of economic development subsidies, but Good Jobs First found 13 deals worth a total of about $27.1 million in Mississippi. They include the following:

Biloxi, MS : $350,000
Brookhaven, MS : more than $1.5 million
D'Iberville, MS : $2.3 million
Fulton, MS : $900,000
Greenville, MS : $1.2 million
Hattiesburg, MS : $900,000
New Albany, MS : about $11.5 million
Ocean Springs, MS : not available
Olive Branch, MS : $1.7 million
Pascagoula, MS : $5 million
Petal, MS : $877,000
Richland, MS : $363,000
Waveland, MS : $500,000

Many Wal-Mart workers are ineligible for health coverage from their employer or choose not to purchase what is available, because it is too expensive or too limited in scope. These workers often turn to taxpayer-funded health programs such as Medicaid. Mississippi is among those states that have not disclosed data on the employers with the most workers or their dependents enrolled in such programs.

For an estimate of how much Wal-Mart is costing the state of MS for taxpayer-funded healthcare, see http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/healthcrisis/map.html#MS

In the course of researching our report Rolling Back Property Tax Payments , Good Jobs First learned of property tax assessment appeals at the following Wal-Mart locations in Mississippi:

Ridgeland, MS

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