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Population (year 2000): 637. Estimated
population in July 2005: 614 (-3.6% change)
Males: 260 (40.8%), Females: 377 (59.2%)
Sumter County
Zip code:
31780
Median resident age: 45.4 years
Median household income: $26,719 (year 2000)
Median house value: $44,200 (year 2000)
Races in Plains:
- Black (59.8%)
- White Non-Hispanic (37.4%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
- Other race (1.3%)
Ancestries: United States (15.5%), English
(3.8%), German (1.7%), Dutch (1.1%), Polish (1.1%).
Elevation: 499 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Plains
- High school or higher: 54.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.6%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Plains city
- Never married: 22.3%
- Now married: 42.5%
- Separated: 4.9%
- Widowed: 23.7%
- Divorced: 6.5%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -98 (-13.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Plains:
- SUMTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; AMERICUS,
GA)
- STEWART WEBSTER HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; RICHLAND,
GA)
- SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CTR (about 31
miles; CUTHBERT, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Plains:
- SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL (about 38 miles; ALBANY,
GA; ID: ABY)
- LAWSON AAF (FORT BENNING) (about 46 miles; FORT
BENNING(COLUMBUS), GA; ID: LSF)
- COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN (about 50 miles; COLUMBUS, GA;
ID: CSG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Plains:
- PETERSON FIELD (about 4 miles; PLAINS, GA; ID: 7A9)
- SOUTHER FIELD (about 16 miles; AMERICUS, GA; ID: ACJ)
- MARION COUNTY (about 18 miles; BUENA VISTA, GA; ID:
82A)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Plains:
- ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; ALBANY, GA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,996)
- COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; COLUMBUS,
GA; FT enrollment: 3,886)
- FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; FT
VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)
- GORDON COLLEGE (about 73 miles; BARNESVILLE, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,263)
- MACON STATE COLLEGE (about 73 miles; MACON, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,557)
- CENTRAL GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 2,383)
- MERCER UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; MACON, GA; FT
enrollment: 5,859)
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