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Population (year 2000): 1,480. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,405 (-5.1% change)
Males: 656 (44.3%), Females: 824 (55.7%)
Coahoma County
Zip code:
38631
Median resident age: 24.6 years
Median household income: $17,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $32,600 (year 2000)
Races in Friars Point:
- Black (93.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (5.9%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
Ancestries: United States (2.8%).
Elevation: 177 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Friars Point
- High school or higher: 52.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 15.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 36.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Friars Point town
- Never married: 43.7%
- Now married: 31.3%
- Separated: 8.1%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 7.6%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +244 (+19.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Friars Point:
- HELENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
HELENA, AR)
- NW MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 13 miles;
CLARKSDALE, MS)
- QUITMAN COUNTY HOSPITAL & NH (about 27 miles; MARKS,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Friars Point:
- MEMPHIS INTL (about 66 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)
- MID DELTA RGNL (about 67 miles; GREENVILLE, MS; ID:
GLH)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 77 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Friars Point:
- FLETCHER FIELD (about 12 miles; CLARKSDALE, MS; ID:
CKM)
- THOMPSON-ROBBINS (about 14 miles; HELENA/WEST
HELENA, AR; ID: HEE)
- SELFS (about 27 miles; MARKS, MS; ID: MMS)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Friars Point:
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; Full-time enrollment: 3,842)
- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS; FT enrollment: 3,288)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; FT enrollment: 2,486)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 74 miles; MEMPHIS, TN;
FT enrollment: 15,831)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION CAMPUS
(about 74 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
(about 74 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 2,019)
Public primary/middle school in Friars Point:
- FRIARS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
310; Location: 350 SOUTH STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
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