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Population (year 2000): 1,672. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,629 (-2.6% change)
Males: 799 (47.8%), Females: 873 (52.2%)
Meade County
Zip code:
67864
Median resident age: 39.6 years
Median household income: $32,583 (year 2000)
Median house value: $48,300 (year 2000)
Races in Meade:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.0%)
- Hispanic (5.6%)
- Other race (3.2%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Black (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (30.6%), English (11.1%),
United States (10.2%), Irish (7.6%), Dutch (2.9%), French
(2.6%).
Elevation: 2497 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Meade
- High school or higher: 76.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
- Unemployed: 3.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Meade city
- Never married: 16.2%
- Now married: 66.8%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 6.1%
4.3% Foreign born (2.8% Latin America, 0.7%
Europe, 0.5% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +148 (+9.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Meade:
- MEADE DISTRICT HOSPITAL (510 E CARTHAGE PO
BOX 680)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Meade:
- MINNEOLA DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
MINNEOLA, KS)
- WESTERN PLAINS MEDICAL COMPLEX (about 39 miles;
DODGE CITY, KS)
- ASHLAND DISTRICT HOSPSITAL (about 40 miles; ASHLAND,
KS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Meade:
- DODGE CITY REGIONAL (about 42 miles; DODGE CITY, KS;
ID: DDC)
- LIBERAL MUNI (about 46 miles; LIBERAL, KS; ID: LBL)
- GARDEN CITY REGIONAL (about 51 miles; GARDEN CITY,
KS; ID: GCK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Meade:
- MEADE MUNI (about 2 miles; MEADE, KS; ID: MEJ)
- FOWLER (about 13 miles; FOWLER, KS; ID: 18K)
- MONTEZUMA MUNICIPAL (about 23 miles; MONTEZUMA, KS;
ID: K17)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Meade:
- FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 131 miles; HAYS,
KS; Full-time enrollment: 4,572)
- BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 131 miles;
GREAT BEND, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 166
miles; WEATHERFORD, OK; FT enrollment: 4,360)
- HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 175 miles;
HUTCHINSON, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 180 miles; AMARILLO, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,876)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 193 miles;
CANYON, TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
- WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 200 miles; WICHITA,
KS; FT enrollment: 10,403)
Public high school in Meade:
- MEADE HIGH (Students: 187; Location: 409
SCHOOL ADDITION; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Meade:
- MEADE ELEM (Students: 340; Location: 310 E
GRANT; Grades: KG - 08)
Library in Meade:
- MEADE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$69,866; Location: 104 E WEST PLAINS, BOX 609; 22,543
books; 581 audio materials; 958 video materials; 51
serial subscriptions)
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