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Population (year 2000): 3,849. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,463 (+16.0% change)
Males: 1,805 (46.9%), Females: 2,044 (53.1%)
Zip code:
39577
Median resident age: 33.6 years
Median household income: $26,597 (year 2000)
Median house value: $69,400 (year 2000)
Races in Wiggins:
- White Non-Hispanic (66.8%)
- Black (31.5%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
Ancestries: United States (9.8%), Irish (8.9%),
English (6.9%), German (4.6%), French (4.0%), Scotch-Irish
(2.1%).
Land area: 10.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wiggins
- High school or higher: 72.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.9%
- Unemployed: 10.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wiggins city
- Never married: 24.0%
- Now married: 53.9%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 11.3%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +234 (+6.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Wiggins:
- STONE COUNTY HOSPITAL (1434 EAST CENTTRAL
AVENUE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Wiggins:
- FORREST GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS)
- SOUTH MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL (about 29 miles;
PURVIS, MS)
- PEARL RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wiggins:
- GULFPORT-BILOXI INTL (about 32 miles; GULFPORT, MS;
ID: GPT)
- KEESLER AFB (about 36 miles; BILOXI, MS; ID: BIX)
- STENNIS INTL (about 41 miles; BAY ST LOUIS, MS; ID:
HSA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wiggins:
- DEAN GRIFFIN MEMORIAL (about 2 miles; WIGGINS, MS;
ID: M24)
- I H BASS JR MEMORIAL (about 25 miles; LUMBERTON, MS;
ID: 4R1)
- POPLARVILLE-PEARL RIVER COUNTY (about 26 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; ID: M13)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wiggins:
- MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11
miles; PERKINSTON, MS; Full-time enrollment: 6,329)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 25 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 51 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA (about 68 miles; MOBILE,
AL; FT enrollment: 9,082)
- BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 76 miles;
MOBILE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,758)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS (about 85 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,217)
Public high school in Wiggins:
- STONE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 741; Location:
400 EAST BORDER AVE.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wiggins:
- STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 767;
Location: 1652 EAST CENTRAL AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 646; Location:
532 E CENTRAL AVE.; Grades: 06 - 08)
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