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Population (year 2000): 893. Estimated
population in July 2005: 900 (+0.8% change)
Males: 407 (45.6%), Females: 486 (54.4%)
Zip code:
39119
Median resident age: 34.5 years
Median household income: $22,019 (year 2000)
Median house value: $46,900 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Olive:
- Black (52.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (46.6%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (7.3%), English
(6.4%), Irish (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%), Scottish (2.0%),
German (1.0%).
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Olive
- High school or higher: 69.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
- Unemployed: 13.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Olive town
- Never married: 36.6%
- Now married: 38.3%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 11.1%
- Divorced: 10.6%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -22 (-2.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Olive:
- COVINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; COLLINS,
MS)
- MAGEE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; MAGEE, MS)
- PRENTISS CO REGIONAL HOSP (about 18 miles; PRENTISS,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Olive:
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 30 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 48 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- KEY FIELD (about 74 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Olive:
- MAGEE MUNI (about 12 miles; MAGEE, MS; ID: 17M)
- PRENTISS-JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (about 21 miles;
PRENTISS, MS; ID: M43)
- THIGPEN FIELD (about 32 miles; BAY SPRINGS, MS; ID:
00M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Olive:
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 4,072)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 48 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 64 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
Public primary/middle school in Mount Olive:
- MOUNT OLIVE ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students: 499;
Location: 301 SOUTH 4TH STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
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