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Hattiesburg is the premier medical center for southeast Mississippi, serving over a quarter million people. Residents have access to the state’s largest multi-specialty clinic, Hattiesburg Clinic, offering services from over 200 physicians. From family medicine to medical specialists, Hattiesburg Clinic has become the healthcare provider of choice for over 45 years. Click here to visit the Hattiesburg Clinic website.
Hattiesburg is home to Forrest General Hospital, a level 2 regional trauma center hospital system consisting of 512 in-patient beds with a 400 bed general-medical and surgical facility and a newly expanded and redesigned family birth place. Click here to visit the Forrest General Hospital website.
Wesley Medical center is also located right here in Hattiesburg, state of the art facility offering medical care for everything from a broken bone to cardiac cath. To visit the Wesley Medical Center website, click here.
Hattiesburg...where you can stay healthy and safe.
Hattiesburg residents receive instruction from the Hattiesburg Public School District. The Hattiesburg Public School District offers over 150 academic and vocational courses, including technology preparation, foreign languages, lab sciences, and a full athletic program. Gifted education is offered through grade 9. Fourteen advanced placement classes are available at Hattiesburg High School, home of the “Tigers”.
For more information on Hattiesburg High School, click here.
Hattiesburg is home to the University of Southern Mississippi, with one of the top 10 Communication Schools in the nation and a nationally recognized Center of Excellence for Polymer Research. For more information on USM, click here.
William Carey University is also located in Hattiesburg and includes nationally accredited music and nursing schools. William Carey University is home to one of only 26 of the nation’s Osteopathic Medical Schools. For more information on WCU, click here.
Hattiesburg benefits from Mississippi’s low taxes, strategic locations, and skilled work force. The area’s diverse economic base includes health care, education, military, and manufacturing and distribution companies. Hattiesburg is home to 2 major hospitals: Forrest General Hospital and Wesley Medical Center.
Top manufacturing companies include Kosh Cellulose, Hattiesburg Paper Company, and Kohler Company. A major economic drive for Hattiesburg is the I-59 technology corridor, a network of high-tech industries supported by over 400 companies and 11,000 employees.
Camp Shelby is the largest National Guard training base east of the Mississippi River and is also based in Hattiesburg. Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the largest state owned training site in the nation has a long history of serving the country and is considered by many as “a national treasure.” Through the years, Forrest County has developed an enviable reputation for supporting the military. A marble obelisk, akin to a miniature Washington Monument, stands at attention in downtown Hattiesburg’s Veteran’s Park. It salutes the 168 servicemen who gave their lives serving our nation since the Spanish-American War.
Over the years, Camp Shelby has become an integral part of the Hattiesburg Community. With over 1,000 full-time positions and 30 seasonal positions, the camp's economic impact is substantial as well contributing more than $60 million annually through payroll and in state purchases.
www.ngms.state.ms.us/campshelby
With unemployment rate below the national average and future job growth projected at 14% greater than the national average, it is time to move your business to Hattiesburg.
