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Population (year 2000): 5,960. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,650 (-5.2% change)
Males: 2,961 (49.7%), Females: 2,999 (50.3%)
Grant County
Zip code:
67880
Median resident age: 32.2 years
Median household income: $42,675 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,000 (year 2000)
Races in Ulysses:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.7%)
- Hispanic (37.5%)
- Other race (21.2%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.2%), United States
(12.3%), English (8.2%), Irish (7.4%), Dutch (1.4%),
Scotch-Irish (1.3%).
Elevation: 3057 feet
Land area: 2.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ulysses
- High school or higher: 74.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 5.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ulysses city
- Never married: 17.4%
- Now married: 65.0%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 6.8%
- Divorced: 9.1%
11.2% Foreign born (11.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +467 (+8.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Ulysses:
- BOB WILSON MEM GRANT CO HOSPITAL (415 N MAIN
ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ulysses:
- STANTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; JOHNSON,
KS)
- SATANTA DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; SATANTA,
KS)
- STEVENS COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; HUGOTON,
KS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ulysses:
- LIBERAL MUNI (about 47 miles; LIBERAL, KS; ID: LBL)
- GARDEN CITY REGIONAL (about 50 miles; GARDEN CITY,
KS; ID: GCK)
- LAMAR MUNI (about 98 miles; LAMAR, CO; ID: LAA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ulysses:
- ULYSSES (about 2 miles; ULYSSES, KS; ID: ULS)
- STANTON COUNTY MUNI (about 25 miles; JOHNSON, KS;
ID: 2K3)
- SATANTA MUNI (about 28 miles; SATANTA, KS; ID: 1K9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ulysses:
- FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 167 miles; HAYS,
KS; Full-time enrollment: 4,572)
- AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 170 miles; AMARILLO, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,876)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 184 miles;
CANYON, TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
- BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 186 miles;
GREAT BEND, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO (about 228 miles;
PUEBLO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,275)
- PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 231 miles; PUEBLO,
CO; FT enrollment: 2,587)
- SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 231
miles; WEATHERFORD, OK; FT enrollment: 4,360)
Public high school in Ulysses:
- ULYSSES HIGH (Students: 538; Location: 501 N
MCCALL; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Ulysses:
- CORNERSTONE CHRSTN ACAD-ULYSSE (Students: 17;
Location: 831 N COLLEGE PO BOX 636; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ulysses:
- SULLIVAN ELEM (Students: 449; Location: 600
W. NEBRASKA; Grades: KG - 05)
- HICKOK ELEM (Students: 447; Location: 810 N
MISSOURI; Grades: KG - 05)
- KEPLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 399;
Location: 113 N COLORADO; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Ulysses:
- ULYSSES/GRANT COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating
income: $496,896; Location: 215 E. GRANT; 46,548 books;
2,240 audio materials; 2,291 video materials; 138 serial
subscriptions)
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