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Population (year 2000): 1,073. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,060 (-1.2% change)
Males: 469 (43.7%), Females: 604 (56.3%)
Amite County
Zip code:
39638
Median resident age: 33.3 years
Median household income: $19,922 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,400 (year 2000)
Races in Gloster:
- Black (55.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (43.5%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (13.2%), Irish (5.6%),
English (4.6%), Subsaharan African (2.9%), German (2.5%),
Italian (1.0%).
Elevation: 434 feet
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gloster
- High school or higher: 69.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 5.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gloster town
- Never married: 33.4%
- Now married: 39.8%
- Separated: 5.2%
- Widowed: 11.9%
- Divorced: 9.8%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -237 (-18.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Gloster:
- FIELD MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
CENTREVILLE, MS)
- FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles;
MEADVILLE, MS)
- CLINTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
CLINTON, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gloster:
- HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 34
miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 48
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
- LAFAYETTE REGIONAL (about 96 miles; LAFAYETTE, LA;
ID: LFT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gloster:
- CROSBY MUNICIPAL (about 7 miles; CROSBY, MS; ID:
C71)
- MC COMB/PIKE COUNTY/JOHN E LEWIS FIELD (about 39
miles; MC COMB, MS; ID: MCB)
- CONCORDIA PARISH (about 42 miles; VIDALIA, LA; ID:
0R4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gloster:
- ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; ALCORN
STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,594)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 49
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR
(about 56 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 88 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
Private high school in Gloster:
- PINE HILLS ACADEMY INC (Students: 236;
Location: PO BOX 458; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Gloster:
- GLOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 427;
Location: 154 CASSELS ST; Grades: KG - 08)
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