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Population (year 2000): 2,021. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,102 (+4.0% change)
Males: 892 (44.1%), Females: 1,129 (55.9%)
Zip code:
39365
Median resident age: 38.3 years
Median household income: $21,696 (year 2000)
Median house value: $51,500 (year 2000)
Races in Union:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.4%)
- Black (35.5%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (11.0%), Irish (8.8%),
German (3.6%), English (2.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Scottish
(1.2%).
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Union
- High school or higher: 66.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.4%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Union town
- Never married: 24.0%
- Now married: 50.1%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 12.4%
- Divorced: 11.4%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +83 (+4.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Union:
- CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER (about 15 miles; PHILADELPHIA,
MS)
- NESHOBA COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
PHILADELPHIA, MS)
- NEWTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; NEWTON,
MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Union:
- KEY FIELD (about 31 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 69 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 71 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Union:
- UNION MUNI (about 2 miles; UNION, MS; ID: 31M)
- PHILADELPHIA MUNI (about 15 miles; PHILADELPHIA, MS;
ID: MPE)
- JAMES H EASOM FIELD (about 19 miles; NEWTON, MS; ID:
M23)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Union:
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,455)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 68 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 79 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 91 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
Public primary/middle school in Union:
- UNION HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 839; Location:
101 FOREST STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
Library in Union:
- KEMPER-NEWTON REGIONAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $264,412; Location: 101 PEACHTREE STREET; 60,846
books; 290 audio materials; 969 video materials; 63
serial subscriptions)
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