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Population (year 2000): 344. Estimated
population in July 2005: 355 (+3.2% change)
Males: 170 (49.4%), Females: 174 (50.6%)
Newton County
Zip code:
39323
Median resident age: 35.3 years
Median household income: $34,861 (year 2000)
Median house value: $52,500 (year 2000)
Races in Chunky:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.3%)
- Hispanic (10.8%)
- Other race (9.3%)
- Black (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (21.8%), Irish (7.6%),
German (3.5%), French (2.9%), Norwegian (2.9%), Scotch-Irish
(2.3%).
Elevation: 316 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Chunky
- High school or higher: 87.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.9%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Chunky town
- Never married: 18.4%
- Now married: 64.4%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 7.3%
- Divorced: 6.5%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +51 (+17.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Chunky:
- NEWTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; NEWTON,
MS)
- JEFF ANDERSON REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 19 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS)
- RILEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; MERIDIAN,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Chunky:
- KEY FIELD (about 13 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 66 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 79 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chunky:
- JAMES H EASOM FIELD (about 15 miles; NEWTON, MS; ID:
M23)
- CLARKE COUNTY (about 22 miles; QUITMAN, MS; ID: 23M)
- UNION MUNI (about 22 miles; UNION, MS; ID: 31M)
Amtrak station near Chunky:
- 17 miles: MERIDIAN (1901 FRONT ST.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
full-service food facilities, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, taxi stand, intercity bus
service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Chunky:
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,455)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 55 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 84 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 87 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
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