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Population (year 2000): 1,693. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,692 (-0.1% change)
Males: 823 (48.6%), Females: 870 (51.4%)
Copiah County
Zip code:
39191
Median resident age: 21.4 years
Median household income: $33,021 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,400 (year 2000)
Races in Wesson:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.4%)
- Black (19.7%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Other race (1.4%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: United States (12.2%), English
(5.8%), Irish (5.7%), German (4.4%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%),
Scottish (1.3%).
Elevation: 461 feet
Land area: 2.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wesson
- High school or higher: 79.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.8%
- Unemployed: 41.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wesson town
- Never married: 39.7%
- Now married: 47.0%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 6.7%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +126 (+8.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wesson:
- KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles;
BROOKHAVEN, MS)
- HARDY WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
HAZLEHURST, MS)
- LAWRENCE COUNTY HOSPITAL CAH (about 22 miles;
MONTICELLO, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wesson:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 48 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 62
miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 76 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wesson:
- BROOKHAVEN-LINCOLN COUNTY (about 7 miles;
BROOKHAVEN, MS; ID: 1R7)
- COPIAH COUNTY (about 14 miles; CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS;
ID: M11)
- PRENTISS-JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (about 36 miles;
PRENTISS, MS; ID: M43)
Amtrak stations near Wesson:
- 9 miles: BROOKHAVEN (RAILROAD AVE.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for
taxi service.
- 12 miles: HAZELHURST (N. RAGSDALE ST.). Services:
fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking.
College/University in Wesson:
- COPIAH-LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,690; Location: 1001 Copiah Lincoln Lane;
Public; Website: www.colin.cc.ms.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wesson:
- HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles; RAYMOND,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 10,057)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 43 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; ALCORN
STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,594)
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; FT enrollment: 12,549)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 83 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
Public primary/middle school in Wesson:
- WESSON ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students: 1,024;
Location: 1048 GROVE STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
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