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Population (year 2000): 9,861. Estimated
population in July 2005: 9,907 (+0.5% change)
Males: 4,450 (45.1%), Females: 5,411 (54.9%)
Lincoln County
Zip codes:
39601.
Median resident age: 37.1 years
Median household income: $24,632 (year 2000)
Median house value: $63,700 (year 2000)
Races in Brookhaven:
- Black (50.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (47.1%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (10.3%), Irish (6.0%),
English (5.5%), German (3.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.7%), French
(1.8%).
Elevation: 487 feet
Land area: 7.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Brookhaven
- High school or higher: 67.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
- Unemployed: 8.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Brookhaven city
- Never married: 25.0%
- Now married: 47.6%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 13.5%
- Divorced: 11.3%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -581 (-5.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Brookhaven:
- KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER (P O BOX
948/427 HIGHWAY 51 NORTH)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Brookhaven:
- HARDY WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
HAZLEHURST, MS)
- LAWRENCE COUNTY HOSPITAL CAH (about 23 miles;
MONTICELLO, MS)
- SW MISSISSIPPI GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles;
MCCOMB, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Brookhaven:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 56 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 59
miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 78 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN-LINCOLN COUNTY (about 4 miles;
BROOKHAVEN, MS; ID: 1R7)
- COPIAH COUNTY (about 23 miles; CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS;
ID: M11)
- MC COMB/PIKE COUNTY/JOHN E LEWIS FIELD (about 29
miles; MC COMB, MS; ID: MCB)
Amtrak station:
BROOKHAVEN (RAILROAD AVE.). Services: partially wheelchair
accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Brookhaven:
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 10,057)
- ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; ALCORN
STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,594)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 51 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 85 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
Public high schools in Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 783;
Location: 443 E MONTICELLO STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Students: 51;
Location: 308 WEST CHEROKEE STREET; Grades: 11 - 12)
- BROOKHAVEN TECHNICAL CENTER (Location: 325
EAST COURT ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Brookhaven:
- BROOKHAVEN ACADEMY INC (Students: 556;
Location: P O DRAWER 3339; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Brookhaven:
- LOYD STAR SCHOOL (Students: 954; Location:
1180 HWY 550 NW; Grades: KG - 12)
- MAMIE MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
724; Location: 420 VIVIAN MERRITT STREET; Grades: KG -
02)
- ENTERPRISE SCHOOL (Students: 719; Location:
1601 HWY 583 SE; Grades: KG - 12)
- WEST LINCOLN SCHOOL (Students: 636; Location:
948 JACKSON LIBERTY DRIVE SW; Grades: KG - 12)
- LIPSEY SCHOOL (Students: 509; Location: 412
DRURY LANE; Grades: 04 - 06)
- ALEXANDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 489;
Location: 713 BEAUREGARD STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
- BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 462;
Location: 300 S CHURCH STREET; Grades: 02 - 04)
- EVA HARRIS SCHOOL (Location: 900 LEWIS DRIVE;
Grades: 04 - 12)
- MULLINS SCHOOL (Location: 413 S. HAMILTON
STREET; Grades: 02 - 12)
Library in Brookhaven:
- LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-FRANKLIN REGIONAL LIBRARY
(Operating income: $635,451; Location: 100 SOUTH JACKSON
STREET; 102,433 books; 1,031 audio materials; 2,060
video materials; 208 serial subscriptions)
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