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Population (year 2000): 3,227. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,117 (-3.4% change)
Males: 1,476 (45.7%), Females: 1,751 (54.3%)
Mississippi County
Zip code:
63845
Median resident age: 34.5 years
Median household income: $19,825 (year 2000)
Median house value: $38,100 (year 2000)
Races in East Prairie:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Black (2.3%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.8%)
Ancestries: Irish (17.6%), United States
(15.5%), English (9.0%), German (7.4%), French (4.7%), Dutch
(3.5%).
Elevation: 307 feet
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in East Prairie
- High school or higher: 53.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
- Unemployed: 10.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in East Prairie city
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 46.1%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 14.6%
- Divorced: 14.8%
0.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -299 (-8.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near East Prairie:
- MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
SIKESTON, MO)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION CITY (about 33
miles; UNION CITY, TN)
- ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER (about 37 miles; CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to East
Prairie:
- CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL (about 33 miles; CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MO; ID: CGI)
- BARKLEY REGIONAL (about 47 miles; PADUCAH, KY; ID:
PAH)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (about 69 miles;
CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO, IL; ID: MDH)
Other public-use airports nearest to East Prairie:
- MISSISSIPPI COUNTY (about 5 miles; CHARLESTON, MO;
ID: CHQ)
- SIKESTON MEML MUNI (about 14 miles; SIKESTON, MO;
ID: SIK)
- REELFOOT LAKE (about 22 miles; TIPTONVILLE, TN; ID:
0M2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
East Prairie:
- SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles;
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Full-time enrollment: 7,227)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 57 miles;
MARTIN, TN; FT enrollment: 5,131)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE (about 66
miles; CARBONDALE, IL; FT enrollment: 19,742)
- JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE (about 71 miles; CARTERVILLE,
IL; FT enrollment: 4,255)
- MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; MURRAY, KY;
FT enrollment: 7,676)
- UNION UNIVERSITY (about 85 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT
enrollment: 2,144)
- JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 90 miles;
JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
Public high school in East Prairie:
- EAST PRAIRIE HIGH (Students: 301; Location:
304 E WALNUT; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in East Prairie:
- R. A. DOYLE ELEM. (Students: 359; Location:
402 WASHINGTON; Grades: PK - 02)
- A. J. MARTIN ELEM. (Students: 313; Location:
510 WILKINSON; Grades: 03 - 06)
- EAST PRAIRIE JR. HIGH (Students: 183;
Location: 210 E WASHINGTON; Grades: 07 - 08)
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