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Population (year 2000): 500. Estimated
population in July 2005: 501 (+0.2% change)
Males: 222 (44.4%), Females: 278 (55.6%)
Yazoo County
Zip code:
39040
Median resident age: 40.4 years
Median household income: $21,458 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,700 (year 2000)
Races in Bentonia:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.8%)
- Black (35.8%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (16.4%), English
(3.6%), Irish (3.2%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), German (2.2%),
Scottish (1.6%).
Elevation: 188 feet
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bentonia
- High school or higher: 61.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 8.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bentonia town
- Never married: 35.6%
- Now married: 34.8%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 13.1%
- Divorced: 13.1%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +26 (+5.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bentonia:
- KINGS DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL SWING BED (about 16 miles;
YAZOO CITY, MS)
- MADISON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 25 miles;
CANTON, MS)
- MISSISSIPPI METHODIST REHAB CTR (about 26 miles;
JACKSON, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bentonia:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 32 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- MID DELTA RGNL (about 71 miles; GREENVILLE, MS; ID:
GLH)
- HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 96
miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bentonia:
- YAZOO COUNTY (about 17 miles; YAZOO CITY, MS; ID:
87I)
- BRUCE CAMPBELL FIELD (about 24 miles; MADISON, MS;
ID: MBO)
- JOHN BELL WILLIAMS (about 24 miles; RAYMOND, MS; ID:
M16)
Amtrak station near Bentonia:
- 15 miles: YAZOO CITY (222 W. BROADWAY). Services:
fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free
short-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bentonia:
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 23 miles; CLINTON, MS;
Full-time enrollment: 2,904)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; FT enrollment: 2,486)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS; FT enrollment: 3,288)
Public primary/middle school in Bentonia:
- BENTONIA GIBBS SCHOOL (Students: 694;
Location: 10340 HWY 433 WEST; Grades: KG - 06)
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