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Population (year 2000): 220. Estimated
population in July 2005: 203 (-7.7% change)
Males: 105 (47.7%), Females: 115 (52.3%)
Holmes County
Zip code:
39192
Median resident age: 40.3 years
Median household income: $25,625 (year 2000)
Median house value: $44,300 (year 2000)
Races in West:
- White Non-Hispanic (56.4%)
- Black (42.7%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
Ancestries: United States (15.9%), German
(3.2%), Scotch-Irish (2.3%), English (1.8%), Welsh (1.8%),
French (1.4%).
Elevation: 300 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West
- High school or higher: 70.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West town
- Never married: 17.7%
- Now married: 60.8%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 16.1%
- Divorced: 3.8%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +38 (+20.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West:
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - DURANT,THE (about 10 miles;
DURANT, MS)
- MONTFORT JONES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
KOSCIUSKO, MS)
- TYLER HOLMES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
WINONA, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
West:
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 65 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 84 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 85 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
Other public-use airports nearest to West:
- C. A. MOORE (about 18 miles; LEXINGTON, MS; ID: 19M)
- WINONA-MONTGOMERY COUNTY (about 18 miles; WINONA,
MS; ID: 5A6)
- KOSCIUSKO-ATTALA COUNTY (about 19 miles; KOSCIUSKO,
MS; ID: OSX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West:
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,485)
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles;
ITTA BENA, MS; FT enrollment: 2,297)
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles;
MOORHEAD, MS; FT enrollment: 2,486)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 75 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT
enrollment: 2,904)
- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; CLEVELAND,
MS; FT enrollment: 3,288)
Private high school in West:
- EAST HOLMES ACADEMY (Students: 273; Location:
17637 EMORY RD; Grades: KG - 12)
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