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Population (year 2000): 1,952. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,780 (-8.8% change)
Males: 891 (45.6%), Females: 1,061 (54.4%)
Choctaw County
Zip code:
36904
Median resident age: 41.5 years
Median household income: $35,302 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,200 (year 2000)
Races in Butler:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.0%)
- Black (17.9%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (21.7%), English
(8.8%), Irish (7.9%), German (5.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), French
(1.5%).
Elevation: 172 feet
Land area: 5.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Butler
- High school or higher: 75.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 5.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Butler city
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 57.8%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 10.6%
- Divorced: 10.0%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -68 (-3.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Butler:
- HILL HOSPITAL OF SUMTER COUNTY (about 28 miles;
YORK, AL)
- H C WATKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles;
QUITMAN, MS)
- THOMASVILLE INFIRMARY (about 33 miles; THOMASVILLE,
AL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Butler:
- KEY FIELD (about 40 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 89 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 89 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL;
ID: TCL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Butler:
- BUTLER-CHOCTAW COUNTY (about 8 miles; BUTLER, AL;
ID: 09A)
- MALLARD (about 28 miles; YORK, AL; ID: 23A)
- DEMOPOLIS MUNI (about 31 miles; DEMOPOLIS, AL; ID:
7A2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Butler:
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,455)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 77 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 88 miles;
TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
- JAMES H FAULKNER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 90
miles; BAY MINETTE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,050)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 95 miles; TUSCALOOSA,
AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA (about 96 miles; MOBILE,
AL; FT enrollment: 9,082)
- BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 98 miles;
MOBILE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,758)
Public high schools in Butler:
- CHOCTAW COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 406;
Location: 201 ROGERS AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- TOM ORR CAREER TECHNICAL CENTER (Location:
105 TOM ORR DR; Grades: 10 - 12)
Private high school in Butler:
- PATRICIAN ACADEMY (Students: 392; Location:
911A SO MULBERRY; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Butler:
- BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 421;
Location: 221 E PUSHMATAHA ST; Grades: KG - 08)
- EAST CHOCTAW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
329; Location: 25225 HIGHWAY 10; Grades: KG - 08)
- CHOCTAW COUNTY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL (Location:
107 TOM ORR DR; Grades: 05 - 12)
Library in Butler:
- CHOCTAW COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $87,978; Location: 124 NORTH ACADEMY AVENUE;
62,656 books; 1,411 audio materials; 5,087 video
materials; 40 serial subscriptions)
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