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Population (year 2000): 488. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,260 (+158.2% change)
Males: 226 (46.3%), Females: 262 (53.7%)
Zip code:
39189
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $21,719 (year 2000)
Median house value: $56,400 (year 2000)
Races in Walnut Grove:
- White Non-Hispanic (57.2%)
- Black (40.8%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
Ancestries: Irish (9.2%), United States (8.2%),
English (5.5%), German (2.3%), Scotch-Irish (1.6%).
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Walnut Grove
- High school or higher: 65.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
- Unemployed: 10.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Walnut Grove town
- Never married: 27.9%
- Now married: 41.8%
- Separated: 5.9%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 15.2%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +95 (+24.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Walnut Grove:
- LEAKE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSP (about 14 miles;
CARTHAGE, MS)
- SE LACKEY CAH AND SWING-BED (about 15 miles; FOREST,
MS)
- SCOTT REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; MORTON, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Walnut Grove:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 47 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- KEY FIELD (about 53 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 79 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Walnut Grove:
- CARTHAGE-LEAKE COUNTY (about 12 miles; CARTHAGE, MS;
ID: 08M)
- G. V. MONTGOMERY (about 17 miles; FOREST, MS; ID:
2M4)
- UNION MUNI (about 23 miles; UNION, MS; ID: 31M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Walnut Grove:
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,485)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 68 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 72 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 74 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
Public high school in Walnut Grove:
- SOUTH LEAKE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 321;
Location: 220 SPRUCE STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Walnut Grove:
- SOUTH LEAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 397;
Location: 1130 SCHOOL STREET; Grades: KG - 06)
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