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Population (year 2000): 1,696. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,631 (-3.8% change)
Males: 763 (45.0%), Females: 933 (55.0%)
Choctaw County
Zip code:
39735
Median resident age: 39.1 years
Median household income: $21,287 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,900 (year 2000)
Races in Ackerman:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.7%)
- Black (34.8%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: Irish (11.1%), United States
(10.6%), English (7.1%), German (6.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%),
Scottish (1.4%).
Elevation: 520 feet
Land area: 2.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ackerman
- High school or higher: 67.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
- Unemployed: 10.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ackerman town
- Never married: 23.5%
- Now married: 50.5%
- Separated: 3.6%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 9.8%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +109 (+6.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Ackerman:
- CHOCTAW COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (148 CHERRY ST
BOX 417)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ackerman:
- WINSTON MEDICAL CENTER & SWINGBED (about 18 miles;
LOUISVILLE, MS)
- WEBSTER GENERAL HOSPITAL/SWING BED (about 21 miles;
EUPORA, MS)
- OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
STARKVILLE, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ackerman:
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 42 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 56 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
- TUPELO RGNL (about 72 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ackerman:
- ACKERMAN CHOCTAW COUNTY (about 4 miles; ACKERMAN,
MS; ID: 9M4)
- LOUISVILLE WINSTON COUNTY (about 15 miles;
LOUISVILLE, MS; ID: LMS)
- EUPORA (about 18 miles; EUPORA, MS; ID: 06M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ackerman:
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 53 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 77
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 81 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 86 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
Public high schools in Ackerman:
- ACKERMAN HIGH (Students: 487; Location: 280 E
MAIN STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
- CHOCTAW CO VOCATIONAL COMPLEX (Location: 319
E CHURCH; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Ackerman:
- ACKERMAN ELEM (Students: 569; Location: 156
HIGHWAY 155; Grades: PK - 06)
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