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Population (year 2000): 5,987. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,029 (+0.7% change)
Males: 2,913 (48.7%), Females: 3,074 (51.3%)
Scott County
Zip code:
39074
Median resident age: 32.5 years
Median household income: $25,638 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,100 (year 2000)
Races in Forest:
- Black (50.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (35.7%)
- Hispanic (12.7%)
- Other race (5.8%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (7.6%), Irish (3.3%),
English (2.4%), German (1.8%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), French
(1.2%).
Elevation: 485 feet
Land area: 13.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Forest
- High school or higher: 62.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
- Unemployed: 4.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Forest city
- Never married: 30.6%
- Now married: 47.4%
- Separated: 4.0%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 10.1%
9.4% Foreign born (9.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +629 (+11.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Forest:
- SE LACKEY CAH AND SWING-BED (330 N BROAD
STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Forest:
- SCOTT REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; MORTON, MS)
- NEWTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; NEWTON,
MS)
- LEAKE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSP (about 30 miles;
CARTHAGE, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Forest:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 42 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- KEY FIELD (about 51 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 63 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Forest:
- G. V. MONTGOMERY (about 2 miles; FOREST, MS; ID:
2M4)
- JAMES H EASOM FIELD (about 25 miles; NEWTON, MS; ID:
M23)
- CARTHAGE-LEAKE COUNTY (about 27 miles; CARTHAGE, MS;
ID: 08M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Forest:
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,485)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 64 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 83 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
Public high schools in Forest:
- FOREST HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 403; Location:
511 CLEVELAND STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- FOREST SCOTT CO VOC TECH CENTER (Location:
521 CLEVELAND STREET; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Forest:
- SCOTT CENTRAL ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students:
988; Location: 2415 OLD JACKSON ROAD; Grades: KG - 12)
- FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 715;
Location: 513 CLEVELAND STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
- HAWKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 505;
Location: 803 OAK STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
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