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Population (year 2000): 529. Estimated
population in July 2005: 489 (-7.6% change)
Males: 245 (46.3%), Females: 284 (53.7%)
Quitman County
Zip code:
38670
Median resident age: 31.2 years
Median household income: $27,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $34,200 (year 2000)
Races in Sledge:
- Black (76.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (23.3%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (4.0%), English
(2.3%), Irish (2.3%), German (1.7%).
Elevation: 168 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sledge
- High school or higher: 52.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
- Unemployed: 4.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sledge town
- Never married: 42.3%
- Now married: 35.4%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 9.2%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -43 (-7.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sledge:
- QUITMAN COUNTY HOSPITAL & NH (about 13 miles; MARKS,
MS)
- TRI LAKES SENIOR CENTER (about 20 miles; BATESVILLE,
MS)
- NORTH OAK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles;
SENATOBIA, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sledge:
- MEMPHIS INTL (about 45 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 48 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- MILLINGTON MUNI (about 68 miles; MILLINGTON, TN; ID:
NQA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sledge:
- SELFS (about 16 miles; MARKS, MS; ID: MMS)
- TUNICA (about 19 miles; TUNICA, MS; ID: 30M)
- TUNICA MUNICIPAL (about 20 miles; TUNICA, MS; ID:
M97)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sledge:
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; Full-time enrollment: 3,842)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 48
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 56 miles; MEMPHIS, TN;
FT enrollment: 15,831)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION CAMPUS
(about 56 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
(about 56 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 2,019)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 58 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
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