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Population (year 2000): 553. Estimated
population in July 2005: 530 (-4.2% change)
Males: 258 (46.7%), Females: 295 (53.3%)
Choctaw County
Zip code:
39772
Median resident age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $23,125 (year 2000)
Median house value: $45,700 (year 2000)
Races in Weir:
- Black (53.7%)
- White Non-Hispanic (45.2%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
Ancestries: Irish (6.1%), United States (6.1%),
English (2.5%), German (1.8%), Scotch-Irish (1.1%).
Elevation: 467 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Weir
- High school or higher: 60.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 12.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Weir town
- Never married: 24.3%
- Now married: 51.8%
- Separated: 3.2%
- Widowed: 13.3%
- Divorced: 7.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +27 (+5.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Weir:
- CHOCTAW COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
ACKERMAN, MS)
- WINSTON MEDICAL CENTER & SWINGBED (about 21 miles;
LOUISVILLE, MS)
- KILMICHAEL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; KILMICHAEL, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Weir:
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 51 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 65 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
- KEY FIELD (about 75 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Weir:
- ACKERMAN CHOCTAW COUNTY (about 6 miles; ACKERMAN,
MS; ID: 9M4)
- EUPORA (about 19 miles; EUPORA, MS; ID: 06M)
- LOUISVILLE WINSTON COUNTY (about 19 miles;
LOUISVILLE, MS; ID: LMS)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Weir:
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 14,613)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 61 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 78
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; FT enrollment: 2,486)
Public primary/middle school in Weir:
- WEIR ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students: 499;
Location: SCHOOL HOUSE STREET; Grades: PK - 12)
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