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Population (year 2000): 5,376. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,900 (+9.7% change)
Males: 2,689 (50.0%), Females: 2,687 (50.0%)
Okeechobee County
Zip codes:
34972,
34974.
Median resident age: 36.7 years
Median household income: $27,265 (year 2000)
Median house value: $74,600 (year 2000)
Races in Okeechobee:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.3%)
- Hispanic (15.7%)
- Black (10.8%)
- Other race (6.4%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (11.6%), United States
(11.0%), German (10.5%), English (10.1%), Italian (2.5%),
Scotch-Irish (2.3%).
Elevation: 29 feet
Land area: 4.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Okeechobee
- High school or higher: 60.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 5.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Okeechobee city
- Never married: 21.4%
- Now married: 51.6%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 14.7%
7.3% Foreign born (6.6% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +294 (+5.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Okeechobee:
- RAULERSON HOSPITAL (1796 HIGHWAY 441 N)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Okeechobee:
- LAWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 38 miles;
FORT PIERCE, FL)
- SAINT LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER (about 38 miles; PORT
SAINT LUCIE, FL)
- SAVANNAS HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; PORT SAINT LUCIE,
FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Okeechobee:
- VERO BEACH MUNI (about 41 miles; VERO BEACH, FL; ID:
VRB)
- MELBOURNE INTL (about 61 miles; MELBOURNE, FL; ID:
MLB)
- PALM BEACH INTL (about 66 miles; WEST PALM BEACH,
FL; ID: PBI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Okeechobee:
- OKEECHOBEE COUNTY (about 1 miles; OKEECHOBEE, FL;
ID: OBE)
- INDIANTOWN (about 32 miles; INDIANTOWN, FL; ID: X58)
- PALM BEACH CO GLADES (about 34 miles; PAHOKEE, FL;
ID: PHK)
Amtrak station:
OKEECHOBEE (801 N. PARROTT AVE.). Services: public
payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking,
call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Okeechobee:
- INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles; FT
PIERCE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 6,149)
- FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MELBOURNE (about 60
miles; MELBOURNE, FL; FT enrollment: 3,055)
- PALM BEACH ATLANTIC COLLEGE-WEST PALM BEACH (about
65 miles; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 2,109)
- PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; LAKE
WORTH, FL; FT enrollment: 8,390)
- BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE-COCOA CAMPUS (about 78
miles; COCOA, FL; FT enrollment: 7,277)
- FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY-BOCA RATON (about 79
miles; BOCA RATON, FL; FT enrollment: 14,311)
- POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles; WINTER
HAVEN, FL; FT enrollment: 3,028)
Public high school in Okeechobee:
- OKEECHOBEE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,226;
Location: 2800 HIGHWAY 441 N; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Okeechobee:
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 886;
Location: 825 SW 28TH STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 745;
Location: 3000 NW 10TH TERRACE; Grades: KG - 05)
- SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 708;
Location: 2690 NW 42ND AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 687;
Location: 3725 SE 8TH STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 686;
Location: 925 NW 23RD LANE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 626;
Location: 610 SW 5TH AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 575;
Location: 2468 SW 7TH AVENUE; Grades: PK - 06)
- OKEECHOBEE FRESHMAN CAMPUS (Students: 542;
Location: 610 SW 2ND AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 09)
- NEW ENDEAVOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 244;
Location: 575 SW 28TH STREET; Grades: PK - 12)
- OKEECHOBEE BOYS SCHOOL (Students: 142;
Location: 7202 HIGHWAY 441 N; Grades: 06 - 12)
Private primary/middle schools in Okeechobee:
- ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 9;
Location: PO BOX 2118; Grades: 1 - 5)
- VICTORY BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 8;
Location: 500 SW 9TH ST; Grades: 1 - 8)
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