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Population (year 2000): 2,683. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,761 (+2.9% change)
Males: 1,257 (46.9%), Females: 1,426 (53.1%)
Covington County
Zip code:
39428
Median resident age: 36.7 years
Median household income: $22,661 (year 2000)
Median house value: $61,600 (year 2000)
Races in Collins:
- Black (52.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (46.1%)
- Hispanic (1.6%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (9.5%), English
(2.9%), Irish (2.3%), Scotch-Irish (2.2%), Subsaharan African
(1.5%), German (1.3%).
Elevation: 300 feet
Land area: 7.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Collins
- High school or higher: 62.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.7%
- Unemployed: 16.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Collins city
- Never married: 32.3%
- Now married: 45.0%
- Separated: 3.1%
- Widowed: 10.1%
- Divorced: 9.5%
1.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +119 (+4.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Collins:
- COVINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (SIXTH & HOLLY
STREETS)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Collins:
- MAGEE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; MAGEE, MS)
- PRENTISS CO REGIONAL HOSP (about 21 miles; PRENTISS,
MS)
- WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; HATTIESBURG,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Collins:
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 20 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 58 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- KEY FIELD (about 73 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Collins:
- MAGEE MUNI (about 22 miles; MAGEE, MS; ID: 17M)
- PRENTISS-JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (about 24 miles;
PRENTISS, MS; ID: M43)
- HESLER-NOBLE FIELD (about 28 miles; LAUREL, MS; ID:
LUL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Collins:
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 4,072)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 38 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 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 72
miles; PERKINSTON, MS; FT enrollment: 6,329)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 74 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
Public high schools in Collins:
- COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 518; Location:
1208 S. DOGWOOD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- COVINGTON CO VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL (Location:
1200 S. DOGWOOD ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Collins:
- COLLINS ELEMENTARY (Students: 573; Location:
401 DOGWOOD ST.; Grades: KG - 04)
- COLLINS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 503;
Location: 104 CARVER DR.; Grades: 05 - 08)
- HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 303;
Location: 824 HOPEWELL ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- COVINGTON COUNTY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
(Location: 1104 S. ELM ST.; Grades: KG - 12)
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