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Population (year 2000): 1,628. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,551 (-4.7% change)
Males: 779 (47.9%), Females: 849 (52.1%)
Saline County
Zip code:
65351
Median resident age: 39.3 years
Median household income: $33,819 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,300 (year 2000)
Races in Sweet Springs:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.1%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- Black (1.3%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
Ancestries: German (34.3%), Irish (12.5%),
English (9.7%), United States (8.2%), French (4.2%),
Scotch-Irish (2.9%).
Elevation: 683 feet
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sweet Springs
- High school or higher: 68.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 5.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sweet Springs city
- Never married: 21.5%
- Now married: 55.4%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 13.6%
- Divorced: 8.2%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -10 (-0.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sweet Springs:
- JOHN FITZGIBBON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
MARSHALL, MO)
- BOTHWELL REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 19 miles;
SEDALIA, MO)
- WESTERN MISSOURI MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles;
WARRENSBURG, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sweet Springs:
- CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN (about 82 miles; KANSAS
CITY, MO; ID: MKC)
- COLUMBIA REGIONAL (about 84 miles; COLUMBIA, MO; ID:
COU)
- LEE C FINE MEMORIAL (about 86 miles; KAISER LAKE
OZARK, MO; ID: AIZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sweet Springs:
- MARSHALL MEML MUNI (about 17 miles; MARSHALL, MO;
ID: MHL)
- HIGGINSVILLE INDUSTRIAL MUNI (about 19 miles;
HIGGINSVILLE, MO; ID: HIG)
- WHITEMAN AFB (about 19 miles; KNOB NOSTER, MO; ID:
SZL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sweet Springs:
- CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles;
Warrensburg, MO; Full-time enrollment: 8,957)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; LEES
SUMMIT, MO; FT enrollment: 4,576)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,998)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY (about 81 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 8,830)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 81 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,189)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (about 82 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,259)
- LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; JEFFERSON CITY,
MO; FT enrollment: 2,580)
Public high school in Sweet Springs:
- SWEET SPRINGS HIGH (Students: 214; Location:
105 MAIN; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Sweet Springs:
- SWEET SPRINGS ELEM. (Students: 197; Location:
105 MAIN; Grades: KG - 06)
Library in Sweet Springs:
- SWEET SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $21,468; Location: 217 TURNER STREET; 13,061
books; 126 audio materials; 117 video materials; 17
serial subscriptions)
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