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Population (year 2000): 498. Estimated
population in July 2005: 481 (-3.4% change)
Males: 231 (46.4%), Females: 267 (53.6%)
Lowndes County
Zip code:
39736
Median resident age: 28.5 years
Median household income: $18,438 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,600 (year 2000)
Races in Artesia:
- Black (79.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (19.3%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
Ancestries: Irish (1.8%), German (1.6%), United
States (1.6%).
Elevation: 244 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Artesia
- High school or higher: 63.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 7.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Artesia town
- Never married: 43.4%
- Now married: 33.4%
- Separated: 9.6%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 6.0%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +13 (+2.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Artesia:
- OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
STARKVILLE, MS)
- CLAY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; WEST
POINT, MS)
- BAPTIST MEM HOSP/GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC (about 16
miles; COLUMBUS, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Artesia:
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 5 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 21 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
- TUPELO RGNL (about 60 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Artesia:
- OKTIBBEHA (about 5 miles; STARKVILLE, MS; ID: M51)
- MCCHAREN FIELD (about 12 miles; WEST POINT, MS; ID:
M83)
- GEORGE M BRYAN (about 14 miles; STARKVILLE, MS; ID:
STF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Artesia:
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 16 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 74 miles; TUSCALOOSA,
AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
- SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles;
TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 86
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
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