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Population (year 2000): 4,882. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,283 (+8.2% change)
Males: 2,349 (48.1%), Females: 2,533 (51.9%)
Zip codes:
30260.
Median resident age: 30.5 years
Median household income: $46,569 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,700 (year 2000)
Races in Morrow:
- White Non-Hispanic (42.9%)
- Black (36.1%)
- Vietnamese (7.4%)
- Hispanic (6.0%)
- Other race (4.0%)
- Asian Indian (2.4%)
- Other Asian (2.3%)
- Two or more races (2.3%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (10.0%), United States (7.6%),
English (5.0%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), German (2.4%), West Indian
(1.6%).
Land area: 2.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Morrow
- High school or higher: 82.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Morrow city
- Never married: 39.9%
- Now married: 40.2%
- Separated: 3.1%
- Widowed: 3.5%
- Divorced: 13.3%
13.4% Foreign born (8.0% Asia, 4.2% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +547 (+12.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Morrow:
- SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles;
RIVERDALE, GA)
- HENRY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; STOCKBRIDGE,
GA)
- SOUTH FULTON MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; EAST
POINT, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Morrow:
- THE WILLIAM B HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTL (about 7
miles; ATLANTA, GA; ID: ATL)
- DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE (about 25 miles; MARIETTA,
GA; ID: MGE)
- ATHENS/BEN EPPS (about 75 miles; ATHENS, GA; ID: AHN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Morrow:
- BERRY HILL (about 13 miles; STOCKBRIDGE, GA; ID:
4A0)
- CLAYTON COUNTY - TARA FIELD (about 14 miles;
HAMPTON, GA; ID: 4A7)
- FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT-BROWN FIELD (about 18 miles;
ATLANTA, GA; ID: FTY)
Amtrak station near Morrow:
- 16 miles: ATLANTA (1688 PEACHTREE ST. NW). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit
connection.
Colleges/Universities in Morrow:
- CLAYTON COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
(Full-time enrollment: 2,953; Location: 5900 N LEE ST;
Public; Website: www.clayton.edu)
- ATLANTA BIBLE COLLEGE (Location: BOX 100000;
Private, not-for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Morrow:
- GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE (about 11 miles; DECATUR,
GA; Full-time enrollment: 8,213)
- ATLANTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 12 miles; ATLANTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 2,207)
- GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; ATLANTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 17,302)
- CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; ATLANTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 4,652)
- MOREHOUSE COLLEGE (about 14 miles; ATLANTA, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,867)
- MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE (about 14 miles; Atlanta, GA;
FT enrollment: 2,708)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 14 miles;
DECATUR, GA; FT enrollment: 2,486)
Public high school in Morrow:
- MORROW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,905;
Location: 2299 OLD REX MORROW ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Morrow:
- PEOPLES BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 282;
Location: 6790 MT. ZION BLVD.; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Morrow:
- MORROW MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,036;
Location: 5968 MADDOX ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WILLIAM M. MCGARRAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 925; Location: 2201 LAKE HARBIN ROAD; Grades:
PK - 05)
- HAYNIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 776;
Location: 1169 MORROW ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 626;
Location: 937 MOUNT ZION ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- MORROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 611;
Location: 6115 REYNOLDS ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
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