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Population (year 2000): 3,056. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,955 (-3.3% change)
Males: 1,331 (43.6%), Females: 1,725 (56.4%)
Chickasaw County
Zip code:
38860
Median resident age: 33.7 years
Median household income: $20,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $48,700 (year 2000)
Races in Okolona:
- Black (59.6%)
- White Non-Hispanic (39.3%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (13.5%), English
(3.7%), Irish (3.3%), German (2.0%), Scottish (1.6%),
Scotch-Irish (1.2%).
Elevation: 340 feet
Land area: 6.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Okolona
- High school or higher: 55.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 9.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Okolona city
- Never married: 30.4%
- Now married: 36.3%
- Separated: 3.9%
- Widowed: 14.3%
- Divorced: 15.0%
0.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -240 (-7.3%).
Hospital/medical center in Okolona:
- OKOLONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (512 ROCKWELL
DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Okolona:
- NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
TUPELO, MS)
- TRACE REGIONAL HOSP AND SWING BED (about 17 miles;
HOUSTON, MS)
- PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ABERDEEN (about 18
miles; ABERDEEN, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Okolona:
- TUPELO RGNL (about 18 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 34 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 40 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Okolona:
- OKOLONA MUNI-RICHARD STOVALL FIELD (about 3 miles;
OKOLONA, MS; ID: 5A4)
- STINSON FIELD MUNI (about 16 miles; ABERDEEN, MS;
ID: 3A8)
- HOUSTON MUNI (about 21 miles; HOUSTON, MS; ID: M44)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Okolona:
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; FULTON,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,673)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 42 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 60
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 93
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- NORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MUSCLE SHOALS
(about 94 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; FT enrollment:
2,669)
Public high schools in Okolona:
- OKOLONA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 382; Location:
404 WINTER STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
- OKOLONA VOC COMPLEX (Location: 605 NORTH
CHURCH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Okolona:
- OKOLONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 470;
Location: 411 W MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
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