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Population (year 2000): 3,482. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,441 (-1.2% change)
Males: 1,643 (47.2%), Females: 1,839 (52.8%)
Scott County
Zip code:
39117
Median resident age: 34.6 years
Median household income: $25,491 (year 2000)
Median house value: $45,000 (year 2000)
Races in Morton:
- White Non-Hispanic (48.6%)
- Black (38.4%)
- Hispanic (13.0%)
- Other race (5.9%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.8%), Irish (3.9%),
English (3.4%), German (1.5%), Scotch-Irish (1.2%).
Elevation: 465 feet
Land area: 6.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Morton
- High school or higher: 55.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Morton city
- Never married: 28.6%
- Now married: 47.1%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 11.4%
- Divorced: 9.9%
9.2% Foreign born (8.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +369 (+11.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Morton:
- SCOTT REGIONAL HOSPITAL (317 HIGHWAY 13 SOUTH
P O BOX 259)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Morton:
- SE LACKEY CAH AND SWING-BED (about 14 miles; FOREST,
MS)
- RANKIN MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; BRANDON, MS)
- WHITFIELD MEDICAL SURGICAL HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
WHITFIELD, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Morton:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 29 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- KEY FIELD (about 63 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 65 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Morton:
- G. V. MONTGOMERY (about 12 miles; FOREST, MS; ID:
2M4)
- CARTHAGE-LEAKE COUNTY (about 30 miles; CARTHAGE, MS;
ID: 08M)
- BRUCE CAMPBELL FIELD (about 32 miles; MADISON, MS;
ID: MBO)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Morton:
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; JACKSON,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 5,955)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 52 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 61 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 85 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
Public high school in Morton:
- MORTON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 415; Location:
238 EAST FOURTH AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Morton:
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 579;
Location: 265 E SECOND AVENUE; Grades: KG - 04)
- BETTYE MAE JACK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 496;
Location: 128 M.L. KING DRIVE; Grades: 05 - 08)
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