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Population (year 2000): 508. Estimated
population in July 2005: 533 (+4.9% change)
Males: 239 (47.0%), Females: 269 (53.0%)
Pontotoc County
Median resident age: 35.7 years
Median household income: $32,333 (year 2000)
Median house value: $56,400 (year 2000)
Races in Algoma:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.2%)
- Black (21.7%)
- Hispanic (2.4%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (20.7%), Irish (8.5%),
English (6.9%), German (4.5%), Dutch (3.7%), French (3.3%).
Elevation: 423 feet
Land area: 6.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Algoma
- High school or higher: 73.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Algoma town
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 64.0%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 8.6%
2.2% Foreign born (2.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +45 (+9.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Algoma:
- PONTOTOC HEALTH SERVICE CAH (about 5 miles;
PONTOTOC, MS)
- TRACE REGIONAL HOSP AND SWING BED (about 20 miles;
HOUSTON, MS)
- NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles;
TUPELO, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Algoma:
- TUPELO RGNL (about 20 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 38 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 56 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Algoma:
- PONTOTOC COUNTY (about 7 miles; PONTOTOC, MS; ID:
22M)
- HOUSTON MUNI (about 21 miles; HOUSTON, MS; ID: M44)
- NEW ALBANY-UNION CO (about 25 miles; NEW ALBANY, MS;
ID: M72)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Algoma:
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 38
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; Full-time enrollment: 11,068)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 63 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 91 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
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