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Population (year 2000): 20,512. Estimated
population in July 2005: 19,608 (-4.4% change)
Males: 9,832 (47.9%), Females: 10,680 (52.1%)
Zip codes:
70663,
70665.
Median resident age: 35.3 years
Median household income: $38,247 (year 2000)
Median house value: $77,900 (year 2000)
Races in Sulphur:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.4%)
- Black (4.4%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: French (18.9%), United States
(18.3%), Irish (10.0%), German (9.6%), French Canadian (9.1%),
English (8.1%).
Elevation: 15 feet
Land area: 10.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sulphur
- High school or higher: 80.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 5.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sulphur city
- Never married: 20.4%
- Now married: 57.5%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 11.2%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -119 (-0.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Sulphur:
- SUMMIT INSTITUTE OF SW LOUISIANA (703 E
CYPRESS STREET)
- W CALCASIEU CAMERON HOSPITAL (701 EAST
CYPRESS STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sulphur:
- W O MOSS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
LAKE CHARLES, LA)
- WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; LAKE
CHARLES, LA)
- CHRISTUS ST PATRICK HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; LAKE
CHARLES, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sulphur:
- LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL (about 13 miles; LAKE CHARLES,
LA; ID: LCH)
- CHENNAULT INTL (about 16 miles; LAKE CHARLES, LA;
ID: CWF)
- SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL (about 50 miles;
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR, TX; ID: BPT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sulphur:
- SOUTHLAND FIELD (about 8 miles; SULPHUR, LA; ID:
L75)
- DE QUINCY INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK (about 16 miles; DE
QUINCY, LA; ID: 5R8)
- ORANGE COUNTY (about 33 miles; ORANGE, TX; ID: ORG)
Amtrak station near Sulphur:
- 11 miles: LAKE CHARLES (433 RAILROAD AVE.).
Services: fully wheelchair accessible, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sulphur:
- MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; LAKE
CHARLES, LA; Full-time enrollment: 6,460)
- LAMAR UNIVERSITY-BEAUMONT (about 55 miles; BEAUMONT,
TX; FT enrollment: 8,888)
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (about 91
miles; LAFAYETTE, LA; FT enrollment: 13,673)
- NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about
107 miles; NATCHITOCHES, LA; FT enrollment: 7,710)
- LEE COLLEGE (about 115 miles; BAYTOWN, TX; FT
enrollment: 3,099)
- ANGELINA COLLEGE (about 124 miles; LUFKIN, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,773)
- SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 129 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,819)
Public high school in Sulphur:
- SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,862;
Location: 100 SYCAMORE STREET; Grades: 08 - 12)
Private high school in Sulphur:
- PARKVIEW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 218;
Location: POB 469; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sulphur:
- MAPLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,034;
Location: 4401 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE; Grades: PK - 08)
- W. W. LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 742;
Location: 1752 CYPRESS STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- W. T. HENNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
489; Location: 774 HENNING DRIVE; Grades: PK - 05)
- FRASCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 474;
Location: 540 SOUTH HUNTINGTON STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- E. K. KEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 473;
Location: 1201 EAST BURTON STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- VINCENT SETTLEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 445; Location: 1072 VINCENT SETTLEMENT ROAD;
Grades: PK - 05)
- RICHARD W. VINCENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Students: 413; Location: 1634 BEGLIS PARKWAY; Grades:
PK - 05)
- LEBLANC MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 399;
Location: 1100 NORTH CROCKER STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- D. S. PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
335; Location: 565 NORTH CROCKER STREET; Grades: PK -
05)
- JAKE DROST SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
(Students: 18; Location: 1100 NORTH CROCKER STREET;
Grades: KG - 12)
Private primary/middle schools in Sulphur:
- OUR LADY S SCHOOL INC (Students: 347;
Location: 1111 CYPRESS STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- LITTLE LEARNERS MONTESSORI (Students: 47;
Location: 73 CENTER CIRCLE; Grades: PK - KG)
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