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Population (year 2000): 408. Estimated
population in July 2005: 404 (-1.0% change)
Males: 189 (46.3%), Females: 219 (53.7%)
Scott County
Zip code:
39092
Median resident age: 34.0 years
Median household income: $28,333 (year 2000)
Median house value: $45,400 (year 2000)
Races in Lake:
- Black (55.1%)
- White Non-Hispanic (44.4%)
Ancestries: United States (11.0%), Irish (9.6%),
English (8.3%), Scotch-Irish (4.2%), French Canadian (2.5%),
German (2.5%).
Elevation: 440 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lake
- High school or higher: 81.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
- Unemployed: 9.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lake town
- Never married: 32.2%
- Now married: 49.5%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 9.0%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -150 (-26.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lake:
- SE LACKEY CAH AND SWING-BED (about 10 miles; FOREST,
MS)
- NEWTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; NEWTON,
MS)
- SCOTT REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; MORTON, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lake:
- KEY FIELD (about 41 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 52 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 61 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lake:
- G. V. MONTGOMERY (about 11 miles; FOREST, MS; ID:
2M4)
- JAMES H EASOM FIELD (about 14 miles; NEWTON, MS; ID:
M23)
- UNION MUNI (about 21 miles; UNION, MS; ID: 31M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lake:
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,455)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 53 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 74 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 81 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
Public primary/middle schools in Lake:
- LAKE ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students: 518;
Location: 24442 HIGHWAY 80; Grades: KG - 12)
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 269; Location:
1770 EAST SCOTT ROAD; Grades: 05 - 08)
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