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Population (year 2000): 670. Estimated
population in July 2005: 713 (+6.4% change)
Males: 294 (43.9%), Females: 376 (56.1%)
Tippah County
Zip code:
38610
Median resident age: 28.6 years
Median household income: $27,969 (year 2000)
Median house value: $55,400 (year 2000)
Races in Blue Mountain:
- White Non-Hispanic (80.9%)
- Black (13.7%)
- Hispanic (3.7%)
- Other race (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (32.5%), Irish (9.6%),
English (7.3%), German (2.7%), Italian (2.4%), Subsaharan
African (1.8%).
Elevation: 500 feet
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Blue Mountain
- High school or higher: 61.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
- Unemployed: 6.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Blue Mountain town
- Never married: 32.2%
- Now married: 45.6%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 11.4%
- Divorced: 9.4%
1.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -155 (-18.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Blue Mountain:
- TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; RIPLEY, MS)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY (about 13
miles; NEW ALBANY, MS)
- PONTOTOC HEALTH SERVICE CAH (about 30 miles;
PONTOTOC, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Blue
Mountain:
- TUPELO RGNL (about 34 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 41 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- MC KELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL (about 64 miles; JACKSON,
TN; ID: MKL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blue Mountain:
- RIPLEY (about 4 miles; RIPLEY, MS; ID: 25M)
- NEW ALBANY-UNION CO (about 10 miles; NEW ALBANY, MS;
ID: M72)
- PONTOTOC COUNTY (about 28 miles; PONTOTOC, MS; ID:
22M)
College/University in Blue Mountain:
- BLUE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment:
324; Location: 201 W MAIN ST; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.bmc.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Blue Mountain:
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,628)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 41
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles;
JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 69 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
- UNION UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT
enrollment: 2,144)
Public primary/middle school in Blue Mountain:
- BLUE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 262;
Location: 408 W. MILL STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
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