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Population (year 2000): 315. Estimated
population in July 2005: 287 (-8.9% change)
Males: 131 (41.6%), Females: 184 (58.4%)
Jefferson Davis County
Zip code:
39421
Median resident age: 42.8 years
Median household income: $18,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $49,400 (year 2000)
Races in Bassfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (64.1%)
- Black (35.6%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
Ancestries: Irish (13.0%), United States (6.3%),
Scotch-Irish (6.0%), English (3.8%), Scottish (2.2%), Subsaharan
African (1.9%).
Elevation: 460 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bassfield
- High school or higher: 67.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.0%
- Unemployed: 7.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bassfield town
- Never married: 25.7%
- Now married: 35.5%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 29.4%
- Divorced: 6.9%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +67 (+27.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bassfield:
- PRENTISS CO REGIONAL HOSP (about 11 miles; PRENTISS,
MS)
- COVINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; COLLINS,
MS)
- MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; COLUMBIA,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bassfield:
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 29 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 60 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- STENNIS INTL (about 81 miles; BAY ST LOUIS, MS; ID:
HSA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bassfield:
- PRENTISS-JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (about 13 miles;
PRENTISS, MS; ID: M43)
- COLUMBIA-MARION COUNTY (about 16 miles; COLUMBIA,
MS; ID: 0R0)
- MAGEE MUNI (about 25 miles; MAGEE, MS; ID: 17M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bassfield:
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 38 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 4,072)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 39 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71
miles; PERKINSTON, MS; FT enrollment: 6,329)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 72 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
Public high school in Bassfield:
- BASSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 415;
Location: BASS BURKETT RD; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Bassfield:
- CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 570;
Location: WILLIAMSBURG RD; Grades: KG - 06)
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