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Population (year 2000): 509. Estimated
population in July 2005: 533 (+4.7% change)
Males: 230 (45.2%), Females: 279 (54.8%)
Laurens County
Zip code:
31019
Median resident age: 40.3 years
Median household income: $33,036 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,500 (year 2000)
Races in Dexter:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.2%)
- Black (22.6%)
Ancestries: United States (21.2%), English
(3.7%), Irish (2.2%), German (1.6%), Scottish (1.6%).
Elevation: 270 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dexter
- High school or higher: 73.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dexter town
- Never married: 13.2%
- Now married: 59.0%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 15.5%
- Divorced: 10.9%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +38 (+8.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Dexter:
- FAIRVIEW PARK HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; DUBLIN, GA)
- DODGE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; EASTMAN, GA)
- BLECKLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; COCHRAN,
GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dexter:
- ROBINS AFB (about 39 miles; WARNER ROBINS, GA; ID:
WRB)
- MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL (about 44 miles; MACON, GA;
ID: MCN)
- SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL (about 100 miles; ALBANY,
GA; ID: ABY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dexter:
- W H 'BUD' BARRON (about 10 miles; DUBLIN, GA; ID:
DBN)
- COCHRAN (about 15 miles; COCHRAN, GA; ID: 48A)
- HEART OF GEORGIA RGNL (about 17 miles; EASTMAN, GA;
ID: EZM)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Dexter:
- GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 47
miles; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; Full-time enrollment: 4,028)
- MERCER UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; MACON, GA; FT
enrollment: 5,859)
- MACON STATE COLLEGE (about 50 miles; MACON, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,557)
- CENTRAL GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 50 miles;
MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 2,383)
- FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; FT
VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)
- GORDON COLLEGE (about 87 miles; BARNESVILLE, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,263)
- GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles;
STATESBORO, GA; FT enrollment: 12,724)
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