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Population (year 2000): 21,342. Estimated
population in July 2005: 20,918 (-2.0% change)
Males: 9,999 (46.9%), Females: 11,343 (53.1%)
Athens County
Zip code:
45701
Median resident age: 21.5 years
Median household income: $17,122 (year 2000)
Median house value: $113,800 (year 2000)
Races in Athens:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.4%)
- Black (3.8%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Chinese (1.7%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Asian Indian (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Japanese (0.6%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- Other Asian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (28.1%), Irish (17.1%),
English (10.6%), Italian (8.3%), Polish (5.2%), Scottish (2.8%).
Elevation: 723 feet
Land area: 8.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Athens
- High school or higher: 93.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 63.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 38.3%
- Unemployed: 16.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Athens city
- Never married: 70.0%
- Now married: 24.0%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 2.3%
- Divorced: 3.1%
6.3% Foreign born (4.4% Asia, 1.1% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +40 (+0.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Athens:
- ATHENS CAMPUS (100 HOSPITAL DR)
- O BLENESS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (HOSPITAL DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Athens:
- DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF NELSONVILLE (about 13 miles;
NELSONVILLE, OH)
- HOCKING VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
LOGAN, OH)
- PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; POINT
PLEASANT, WV)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Athens:
- MID-OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL (about 46 miles;
PARKERSBURG, WV; ID: PKB)
- RICKENBACKER INTERNATIONAL (about 66 miles;
COLUMBUS, OH; ID: LCK)
- PORT COLUMBUS INTL (about 71 miles; COLUMBUS, OH;
ID: CMH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Athens:
- OHIO UNIVERSITY SNYDER FIELD (about 13 miles;
ATHENS/ALBANY, OH; ID: UNI)
- VINTON COUNTY (about 24 miles; MC ARTHUR, OH; ID:
22I)
- PERRY COUNTY (about 26 miles; NEW LEXINGTON, OH; ID:
I86)
College/University in Athens:
- OHIO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (Full-time
enrollment: 18,721; Public; Website: www.ohiou.edu;
Offers Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Athens:
- HOCKING TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
NELSONVILLE, OH; Full-time enrollment: 4,050)
- WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AT PARKERSBURG (about 39
miles; PARKERSBURG, WV; FT enrollment: 2,306)
- DENISON UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; GRANVILLE, OH;
FT enrollment: 2,101)
- MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV;
FT enrollment: 12,361)
- SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles;
PORTSMOUTH, OH; FT enrollment: 2,849)
- CAPITAL UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; COLUMBUS, OH; FT
enrollment: 3,187)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 72 miles;
COLUMBUS, OH; FT enrollment: 2,999)
Public primary/middle schools in Athens:
- ATHENS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 436;
Location: 51 W STATE ST - 55; Grades: 07 - 08)
- MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 368;
Location: 793 W UNION ST; Grades: KG - 06)
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 305;
Location: 3 WALLACE DR; Grades: KG - 06)
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 275;
Location: 41 CENTRAL AVE; Grades: PK - 06)
Private primary/middle schools in Athens:
- GRACE ACADEMY (Students: 113; Location: 37
OHIO AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL (Students: 84;
Location: 8075 STATE RT. 56; Grades: PK - 6)
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