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Population (year 2000): 12,145. Estimated
population in July 2005: 11,582 (-4.6% change)
Males: 5,491 (45.2%), Females: 6,654 (54.8%)
Clay County
Zip code:
39773
Median resident age: 33.2 years
Median household income: $26,404 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,500 (year 2000)
Races in West Point:
- Black (56.2%)
- White Non-Hispanic (42.5%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
Ancestries: Irish (5.7%), United States (5.7%),
English (4.9%), German (3.3%), Scotch-Irish (1.8%), French
(1.1%).
Elevation: 240 feet
Land area: 20.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Point
- High school or higher: 70.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 9.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Point city
- Never married: 30.5%
- Now married: 44.7%
- Separated: 3.8%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 11.3%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +3,357 (+38.2%).
Hospital/medical center in West Point:
- CLAY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (835 MEDICAL
CENTER DR)
Other hospitals/medical centers near West Point:
- OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
STARKVILLE, MS)
- BAPTIST MEM HOSP/GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC (about 17
miles; COLUMBUS, MS)
- PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ABERDEEN (about 18
miles; ABERDEEN, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Point:
- GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 12 miles; COLUMBUS/W
POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 16 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
- TUPELO RGNL (about 47 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Point:
- MCCHAREN FIELD (about 2 miles; WEST POINT, MS; ID:
M83)
- OKTIBBEHA (about 9 miles; STARKVILLE, MS; ID: M51)
- STINSON FIELD MUNI (about 18 miles; ABERDEEN, MS;
ID: 3A8)
Colleges/Universities in West Point:
- MARY HOLMES COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment:
227; Location: HWY 50 W; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: Maryholmes.edu)
- GIBSON BARBER AND BEAUTY COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 45; Location: 120 E MAIN ST; Private,
for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Point:
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 17 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 77 miles; TUSCALOOSA,
AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 81
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; FT enrollment: 11,068)
- SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles;
TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
Public high schools in West Point:
- WEST POINT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,089;
Location: 950 ESHMAN AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WEST POINT VOC COMP (Location: EAST CHURCH
HILL ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in West Point:
- OAK HILL ACADEMY (Students: 673; Location:
800 N ESHMAN; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in West Point:
- FIFTH STREET SCHOOL (Students: 594; Location:
620 FIFTH STREET; Grades: 07 - 08)
- CENTRAL SCHOOL (Students: 543; Location: 634
E WESTBROOK STREET; Grades: 05 - 06)
- CHURCH HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 512;
Location: 400 CHURCH HILL ROAD; Grades: 01 - 02)
- SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 511;
Location: 400 UNION DRIVE; Grades: 03 - 04)
- EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 318;
Location: 813 E BROAD; Grades: PK - KG)
- CATHERINE BRYAN PRESCHOOL (Students: 109;
Location: 510 CALHOUN STREET; Grades: PK - PK)
- WEST SIDE SCHOOL (Students: 39; Location: 126
TRAVIS STREET; Grades: 04 - 08)
Library in West Point:
- TOMBIGBEE REGIONAL LIBRARY (Operating income:
$841,317; Location: 338 COMMERCE STREET; 110,464 books;
1,881 audio materials; 2,177 video materials; 264 serial
subscriptions)
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