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Population (year 2000): 759. Estimated
population in July 2005: 749 (-1.3% change)
Males: 383 (50.5%), Females: 376 (49.5%)
Zip code:
70559
Median resident age: 32.2 years
Median household income: $24,922 (year 2000)
Median house value: $35,400 (year 2000)
Races in Morse:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
- Black (1.1%)
Ancestries: United States (34.4%), French
(19.8%), French Canadian (16.9%), Irish (2.1%), German (1.6%).
Elevation: 14 feet
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Morse
- High school or higher: 62.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.4%
- Unemployed: 10.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Morse village
- Never married: 21.6%
- Now married: 57.1%
- Separated: 3.7%
- Widowed: 6.9%
- Divorced: 10.8%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -14 (-1.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Morse:
- AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; CROWLEY,
LA)
- JENNINGS AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
JENNINGS, LA)
- ACADIA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
CROWLEY, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Morse:
- LAFAYETTE REGIONAL (about 37 miles; LAFAYETTE, LA;
ID: LFT)
- ACADIANA REGIONAL (about 43 miles; NEW IBERIA, LA;
ID: ARA)
- CHENNAULT INTL (about 45 miles; LAKE CHARLES, LA;
ID: CWF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Morse:
- LE GROS MEMORIAL (about 3 miles; CROWLEY, LA; ID:
3R2)
- JENNINGS (about 14 miles; JENNINGS, LA; ID: 3R7)
- LYON (about 23 miles; THORNWELL, LA; ID: 3L0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Morse:
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (about 32
miles; LAFAYETTE, LA; Full-time enrollment: 13,673)
- MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; LAKE
CHARLES, LA; FT enrollment: 6,460)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR
(about 93 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 95
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
- LAMAR UNIVERSITY-BEAUMONT (about 112 miles;
BEAUMONT, TX; FT enrollment: 8,888)
- NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 119 miles;
THIBODAUX, LA; FT enrollment: 6,244)
- NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about
119 miles; NATCHITOCHES, LA; FT enrollment: 7,710)
Public primary/middle school in Morse:
- MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 186;
Location: 200 WISCONSIN STREET; Grades: PK - 07)
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