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Population (year 2000): 586. Estimated
population in July 2005: 597 (+1.9% change)
Males: 283 (48.3%), Females: 303 (51.7%)
Zip code:
38948
Median resident age: 33.4 years
Median household income: $17,431 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,100 (year 2000)
Races in Oakland:
- Black (75.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (23.4%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
Ancestries: United States (4.3%), English
(1.2%), Subsaharan African (1.2%), Scotch-Irish (1.0%).
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oakland
- High school or higher: 42.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%
- Unemployed: 21.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oakland town
- Never married: 48.1%
- Now married: 25.0%
- Separated: 8.8%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 7.9%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +31 (+5.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oakland:
- TALLAHATCHIE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL (about 16
miles; CHARLESTON, MS)
- TRI LAKES SENIOR CENTER (about 18 miles; BATESVILLE,
MS)
- YALOBUSHA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; WATER
VALLEY, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oakland:
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 35 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- MEMPHIS INTL (about 68 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)
- TUPELO RGNL (about 81 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oakland:
- CHARLESTON MUNI (about 12 miles; CHARLESTON, MS; ID:
09M)
- WATER VALLEY MUNI (about 18 miles; WATER VALLEY, MS;
ID: 33M)
- GRENADA MUNI (about 19 miles; GRENADA, MS; ID: GNF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oakland:
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 34
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; Full-time enrollment: 11,068)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; FT enrollment: 2,486)
- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS; FT enrollment: 3,288)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 79 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
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