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Population (year 2000): 696. Estimated
population in July 2005: 642 (-7.8% change)
Males: 334 (48.0%), Females: 362 (52.0%)
Zip code:
38778
Median resident age: 28.6 years
Median household income: $21,842 (year 2000)
Median house value: $46,700 (year 2000)
Races in Sunflower:
- Black (71.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (27.7%)
Ancestries: United States (6.9%), Irish (1.9%),
Subsaharan African (1.4%), Arab (1.1%).
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sunflower
- High school or higher: 49.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sunflower town
- Never married: 38.8%
- Now married: 38.3%
- Separated: 5.4%
- Widowed: 12.3%
- Divorced: 5.2%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -27 (-3.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sunflower:
- SOUTH SUNFLOWER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
INDIANOLA, MS)
- NORTH SUNFLOWER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
RULEVILLE, MS)
- BOLIVAR MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sunflower:
- MID DELTA RGNL (about 32 miles; GREENVILLE, MS; ID:
GLH)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 91 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 92 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sunflower:
- INDIANOLA MUNI (about 10 miles; INDIANOLA, MS; ID:
IDL)
- RULEVILLE-DREW (about 16 miles; DREW, MS; ID: M37)
- CLEVELAND MUNI (about 21 miles; CLEVELAND, MS; ID:
RNV)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sunflower:
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,486)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS; FT enrollment: 3,288)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 86 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO (about 89
miles; Monticello, AR; FT enrollment: 2,048)
Public primary/middle school in Sunflower:
- EAST SUNFLOWER SCHOOL (Students: 215;
Location: 212 EAST CLAIBORNE; Grades: KG - 06)
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