|
Population (year 2000): 29,636. Estimated
population in July 2005: 29,793 (+0.5% change)
Males: 13,865 (46.8%), Females: 15,771 (53.2%)
Wood County
Zip codes:
43402.
Median resident age: 22.4 years
Median household income: $30,599 (year 2000)
Median house value: $130,300 (year 2000)
Races in Bowling Green:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.6%)
- Hispanic (3.5%)
- Black (2.8%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (31.3%), Irish (11.7%),
English (10.5%), United States (5.1%), Italian (5.0%), Polish
(4.4%).
Elevation: 700 feet
Land area: 10.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bowling Green
- High school or higher: 91.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 44.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 22.2%
- Unemployed: 14.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bowling Green city
- Never married: 54.7%
- Now married: 34.8%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 3.7%
- Divorced: 5.8%
3.6% Foreign born (1.8% Asia, 0.8% Europe, 0.5%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +744 (+2.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Bowling Green:
- WOOD COUNTY HOSPITAL (950 W WOOSTER ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Bowling Green:
- FOCUS HEALTH CARE OF OHIO (about 15 miles; MAUMEE,
OH)
- ST LUKES HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; MAUMEE, OH)
- NORTHCOAST BEHAVIORAL HC-TOL (about 16 miles;
TOLEDO, OH)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bowling Green:
- TOLEDO EXPRESS (about 18 miles; TOLEDO, OH; ID: TOL)
- WILLOW RUN (about 60 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: YIP)
- DETROIT METROPOLITAN WAYNE COUNTY (about 61 miles;
DETROIT, MI; ID: DTW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bowling Green:
- WOOD COUNTY (about 3 miles; BOWLING GREEN, OH; ID:
1G0)
- BORDNER (about 6 miles; BOWLING GREEN, OH; ID: 3D8)
- METCALF FIELD (about 18 miles; TOLEDO, OH; ID: TDZ)
Amtrak station near Bowling Green:
- 20 miles: TOLEDO (415 EMERALD AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
College/University in Bowling Green:
- BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS
(Full-time enrollment: 16,537; Location: 220 MCFALL CTR;
Public; Website: www.bgsu.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Bowling Green:
- OWENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-TOLEDO CAMPUS (about 20
miles; TOLEDO, OH; Full-time enrollment: 7,809)
- UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO (about 21 miles; TOLEDO, OH; FT
enrollment: 15,999)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY (about 24 miles; FINDLAY,
OH; FT enrollment: 3,508)
- OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; ADA, OH;
FT enrollment: 3,161)
- EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles;
YPSILANTI, MI; FT enrollment: 17,476)
- WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles; ANN
ARBOR, MI; FT enrollment: 5,436)
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR (about 64 miles;
ANN ARBOR, MI; FT enrollment: 35,684)
Public high school in Bowling Green:
- BOWLING GREEN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,136;
Location: 530 W POE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bowling Green:
- BOWLING GREEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
483; Location: 215 W WOOSTER ST; Grades: 07 - 08)
- CONNEAUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 464;
Location: 542 HASKINS RD; Grades: PK - 06)
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 446;
Location: 710 KENWOOD AVE; Grades: PK - 06)
- CRIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 247;
Location: 1020 SCOTT HAMILTON AVE; Grades: PK - 06)
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 164;
Location: 225 RIDGE ST; Grades: PK - 06)
- SOUTH MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 135;
Location: 437 S MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 06)
Private primary/middle schools in Bowling Green:
- ST ALOYSIUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 273;
Location: 148 S ENTERPRISE PO BOX 485; Grades: PK - 8)
- BOWLING GREEN CHRN ACADEMY (Students: 139;
Location: 1165 HASKINS ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
- THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF BOWLI (Students:
119; Location: 630 S MAPLE; Grades: PK - 6)
- PLAN DO AND TALK PRIMARY SCHOO (Students: 11;
Location: 115 E OAK ST; Grades: KG - 1)
Library in Bowling Green:
- WOOD COUNTY DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Operating income: $2,208,208; Location: 251 N. MAIN
ST.; 161,379 books; 5,572 audio materials; 7,667 video
materials; 260 serial subscriptions)
|
