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Population (year 2000): 2,025. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,941 (-4.1% change)
Males: 965 (47.7%), Females: 1,060 (52.3%)
Holmes County
Zip code:
39095
Median resident age: 34.9 years
Median household income: $22,163 (year 2000)
Median house value: $51,200 (year 2000)
Races in Lexington:
- Black (67.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (31.0%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (8.2%), English
(3.7%), Irish (2.4%), Scottish (1.7%), German (1.1%), Subsaharan
African (1.1%).
Elevation: 240 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lexington
- High school or higher: 67.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 9.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lexington city
- Never married: 40.0%
- Now married: 36.5%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 10.7%
- Divorced: 9.6%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -262 (-11.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Lexington:
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINIC-HOLMES (239
BOWLING GREEN ROAD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Lexington:
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - DURANT,THE (about 13 miles;
DURANT, MS)
- GREENWOOD LEFLORE HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
GREENWOOD, MS)
- HUMPHREYS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles;
BELZONI, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lexington:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 56 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- MID DELTA RGNL (about 69 miles; GREENVILLE, MS; ID:
GLH)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 95 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lexington:
- C. A. MOORE (about 3 miles; LEXINGTON, MS; ID: 19M)
- GREENWOOD-LEFLORE (about 26 miles; GREENWOOD, MS;
ID: GWO)
- BELZONI MUNI (about 32 miles; BELZONI, MS; ID: 1M2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lexington:
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,485)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; FT enrollment: 2,486)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 61 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS; FT enrollment: 3,288)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
Public high school in Lexington:
- HOLMES CO VOC CENTER (Location: 77 KICKERNICK
STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Lexington:
- CENTRAL HOLMES ACADEMY (Students: 277;
Location: PO BOX 279; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Lexington:
- S V MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,006;
Location: 12572 HIGHWAY 12; Grades: KG - 12)
- J J MC CLAIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 842;
Location: 9479 BROZVILLE ROAD; Grades: 06 - 12)
- LEXINGTON ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 672;
Location: 209 PINE STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
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