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Population (year 2000): 1,189. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,169 (-1.7% change)
Males: 564 (47.4%), Females: 625 (52.6%)
Webster County
Zip code:
71018
Median resident age: 37.6 years
Median household income: $22,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $34,300 (year 2000)
Races in Cotton Valley:
- White Non-Hispanic (55.5%)
- Black (42.4%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
Ancestries: United States (13.0%), Irish (7.7%),
English (3.5%), German (2.9%), French (1.3%), Scotch-Irish
(1.3%).
Elevation: 225 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Cotton Valley
- High school or higher: 62.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 9.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Cotton Valley town
- Never married: 27.2%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 11.4%
- Divorced: 14.4%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +105 (+9.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Cotton Valley:
- SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
SPRINGHILL, LA)
- BERNICE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; MINDEN,
LA)
- MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 16 miles; MINDEN,
LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Cotton Valley:
- BARKSDALE AFB (about 27 miles; BOSSIER CITY, LA; ID:
BAD)
- SHREVEPORT REGIONAL (about 38 miles; SHREVEPORT, LA;
ID: SHV)
- TEXARKANA REGIONAL-WEBB FIELD (about 59 miles;
TEXARKANA, AR; ID: TXK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cotton Valley:
- SPRINGHILL (about 12 miles; SPRINGHILL, LA; ID: SPH)
- MINDEN-WEBSTER (about 16 miles; MINDEN, LA; ID: F24)
- HAYNESVILLE (about 24 miles; HAYNESVILLE, LA; ID:
5F3)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Cotton Valley:
- BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
BOSSIER CITY, LA; Full-time enrollment: 2,743)
- SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 34
miles; MAGNOLIA, AR; FT enrollment: 2,646)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-SHREVEPORT (about 35
miles; SHREVEPORT, LA; FT enrollment: 3,059)
- GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles;
GRAMBLING, LA; FT enrollment: 4,299)
- LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; RUSTON,
LA; FT enrollment: 9,013)
- NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 78
miles; NATCHITOCHES, LA; FT enrollment: 7,710)
- HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles;
ARKADELPHIA, AR; FT enrollment: 3,109)
Public primary/middle school in Cotton Valley:
- COTTON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 340;
Location: 6245 HIGHWAY 150; Grades: PK - 12)
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