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Population (year 2000): 3,668. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,822 (+4.2% change)
Males: 1,665 (45.4%), Females: 2,003 (54.6%)
Sussex County
Zip code:
19956
Median resident age: 29.7 years
Median household income: $28,321 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,900 (year 2000)
Races in Laurel:
- White Non-Hispanic (54.9%)
- Black (39.4%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: English (14.5%), United States
(12.3%), Irish (12.2%), German (8.0%), Italian (2.5%), West
Indian (1.9%).
Elevation: 29 feet
Land area: 1.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Laurel
- High school or higher: 58.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 7.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Laurel town
- Never married: 37.1%
- Now married: 40.2%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 9.9%
- Divorced: 9.6%
5.0% Foreign born (4.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +237 (+6.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Laurel:
- NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 7 miles;
SEAFORD, DE)
- DEER'S HEAD CENTER (about 13 miles; SALISBURY, MD)
- HEALTHSOUTH CHESAPEAKE REHAB HOSPITAL (about 14
miles; SALISBURY, MD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Laurel:
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 17
miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
- DOVER AFB (about 40 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 77 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Laurel:
- LAUREL (about 2 miles; LAUREL, DE; ID: N06)
- BENNETT (about 11 miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: 1N5)
- SUSSEX COUNTY (about 18 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; ID:
GED)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Laurel:
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles;
SALISBURY, MD; Full-time enrollment: 5,645)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 15 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 26
miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; FT enrollment: 2,940)
- DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; Dover,
DE; FT enrollment: 2,641)
- UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (about 69 miles;
ANNAPOLIS, MD; FT enrollment: 4,172)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 70 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
ARNOLD, MD; FT enrollment: 6,467)
Public high schools in Laurel:
- LAUREL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 497;
Location: 1133 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: 08 - 12)
- WESTERN SUSSEX ACADEMY (Students: 15;
Location: 815 CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Laurel:
- EPWORTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 327;
Location: ROUTE 1 BOX 65 1/2; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Laurel:
- NORTH LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
506; Location: 300 WILSON STREET; Grades: 02 - 04)
- LAUREL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students: 350;
Location: 801 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: 05 - 06)
- LAUREL MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 323;
Location: 801 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 317; Location: 499 WEST SIXTH STREET; Grades:
PK - 01)
Library in Laurel:
- LAUREL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$305,180; Location: 101 EAST FOURTH STREET; 38,284
books; 439 audio materials; 1,791 video materials; 86
serial subscriptions)
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