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Population (year 2000): 632. Estimated
population in July 2005: 597 (-5.5% change)
Males: 354 (56.0%), Females: 278 (44.0%)
Kemper County
Zip code:
39358
Median resident age: 22.4 years
Median household income: $18,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $64,700 (year 2000)
Races in Scooba:
- Black (54.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (44.3%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (9.5%), United States
(7.9%), Scotch-Irish (6.6%), Irish (6.0%), German (3.3%),
Italian (1.9%).
Elevation: 220 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Scooba
- High school or higher: 75.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 13.6%
- Unemployed: 20.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Scooba town
- Never married: 37.8%
- Now married: 47.0%
- Separated: 5.0%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 2.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +92 (+17.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Scooba:
- NOXUBEE GENERAL CRITICAL ACCESS HOSP (about 21
miles; MACON, MS)
- HILL HOSPITAL OF SUMTER COUNTY (about 28 miles;
YORK, AL)
- ALLIANCE HEALTH CENTER (about 32 miles; MERIDIAN,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Scooba:
- KEY FIELD (about 41 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 44 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 56 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Scooba:
- MACON MUNI (about 22 miles; MACON, MS; ID: 20M)
- GEORGE DOWNER (about 28 miles; ALICEVILLE, AL; ID:
AIV)
- MALLARD (about 28 miles; YORK, AL; ID: 23A)
College/University in Scooba:
- EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,826; Location: PO BOX 158; Public;
Website: www.emcc.cc.ms.us/)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Scooba:
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,455)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 46 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles;
TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 70 miles; TUSCALOOSA,
AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 99 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 99 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
Public primary/middle school in Scooba:
- EAST KEMPER ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students: 250;
Location: BINNSVILLE ROAD; Grades: PK - 06)
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