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Population (year 2000): 37,222. Estimated
population in July 2005: 40,232 (+8.1% change)
Males: 17,912 (48.1%), Females: 19,310 (51.9%)
Zip codes:
28601,
28602.
Median resident age: 34.6 years
Median household income: $37,236 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,000 (year 2000)
Races in Hickory:
- White Non-Hispanic (73.2%)
- Black (14.1%)
- Hispanic (7.7%)
- Other race (3.1%)
- Other Asian (2.5%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Vietnamese (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (15.5%), United States
(12.5%), English (9.3%), Irish (7.4%), Scotch-Irish (3.7%),
Scottish (2.6%).
Land area: 28.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hickory
- High school or higher: 79.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.6%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hickory city
- Never married: 28.5%
- Now married: 50.5%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 8.3%
- Divorced: 10.1%
10.0% Foreign born (5.6% Latin America, 2.8%
Asia, 1.1% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +7,650 (+25.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Hickory:
- CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (810 FAIRGROVE
CHURCH RD)
- FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (420 N CENTER
ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Hickory:
- VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 17 miles;
VALDESE, NC)
- LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; LINCOLNTON,
NC)
- CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; LENOIR,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Hickory:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 4 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 46 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 82 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hickory:
- WILSON'S (about 7 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
- LANEYS (about 19 miles; MAIDEN, NC; ID: N92)
- MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 20 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID:
MRN)
Colleges/Universities in Hickory:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 2,052; Location: 2550 HWY 70 SE; Public;
Website: www.cvcc.cc.nc.us)
- LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,345;
Location: 7TH & 8TH STREET NE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.lrc.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- CATAWBA HAIRSTYLING ACADEMY (Location: 229
FIRST AVE SE; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Hickory:
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 30 miles; DALLAS, NC;
Full-time enrollment: 2,473)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 51
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
Public high schools in Hickory:
- HICKORY HIGH (Students: 1,306; Location: 1234
3RD STREET NE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- SAINT STEPHENS HIGH (Students: 1,209;
Location: 3205 34TH STREET DRIVE NE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Hickory:
- TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 191;
Location: 1225 29TH AVE DR NE; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Hickory:
- CLYDE CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY (Students: 770;
Location: 2121 35TH AVENUE DRIVE NE; Grades: KG - 06)
- MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY (Students: 683;
Location: 5911 DWAYNE STARNES ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- HARRY M ARNDT MIDDLE (Students: 655;
Location: 3350 34TH STREET DRIVE NE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- NORTHVIEW MIDDLE (Students: 579; Location:
302 28TH AVENUE NE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RAY CHILDERS ELEMENTARY (Students: 540;
Location: 1183 CAPE HICKORY ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- VIEWMONT ELEMENTARY (Students: 534; Location:
21 16TH AVENUE NW; Grades: PK - 05)
- WEBB A MURRAY ELEMENTARY (Students: 498;
Location: 3901 SECTION HOUSE ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- W M JENKINS ELEMENTARY (Students: 486;
Location: 3750 N CENTER STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- GRANDVIEW MIDDLE (Students: 467; Location:
737 12TH STREET SW; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY (Students: 403;
Location: 1580 32ND STREET SW; Grades: PK - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Hickory:
- ST STEPHEN LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 271;
Location: 2304 SPRINGS ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- HICKORY DAY SCHOOL (Students: 97; Location:
2535 21ST AVE. NE; Grades: PK - 8)
- MT OLIVE LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL (Students: 86;
Location: 2780 N CENTER ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- TREE OF LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 51;
Location: PO BOX 10009; Grades: KG - 11)
- JOHNSTON ELEMENTARY SDA SCHOOL (Students: 14;
Location: 172 23RD ST NW; Grades: 1 - 7)
Library in Hickory:
- HICKORY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$1,780,628; Location: 375 3RD STREET, NE; 123,938 books;
5,080 audio materials; 5,843 video materials; 363 serial
subscriptions)
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