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Population (year 2000): 548. Estimated
population in July 2005: 606 (+10.6% change)
Males: 250 (45.6%), Females: 298 (54.4%)
Pontotoc County
Zip code:
38869
Median resident age: 36.6 years
Median household income: $21,667 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,600 (year 2000)
Races in Sherman:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.0%)
- Black (16.1%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: Irish (24.3%), United States
(19.7%), English (12.0%), German (7.5%), French (5.7%),
Scotch-Irish (4.6%).
Elevation: 363 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sherman
- High school or higher: 77.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 7.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sherman town
- Never married: 22.8%
- Now married: 50.3%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 8.3%
- Divorced: 16.1%
4.0% Foreign born (2.7% Asia, 1.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +23 (+4.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sherman:
- NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
TUPELO, MS)
- NORTH MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
TUPELO, MS)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY (about 15
miles; NEW ALBANY, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sherman:
- TUPELO RGNL (about 9 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 49 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 58 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sherman:
- PONTOTOC COUNTY (about 15 miles; PONTOTOC, MS; ID:
22M)
- NEW ALBANY-UNION CO (about 18 miles; NEW ALBANY, MS;
ID: M72)
- BOONEVILLE/BALDWYN (about 21 miles;
BOONEVILLE/BALDWYN, MS; ID: 8M1)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sherman:
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,628)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 49
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 63 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 66 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 86 miles;
JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
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