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Population (year 2000): 4,794. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,877 (+1.7% change)
Males: 2,349 (49.0%), Females: 2,445 (51.0%)
Murray County
Zip code:
73086
Median resident age: 38.8 years
Median household income: $27,236 (year 2000)
Median house value: $46,700 (year 2000)
Races in Sulphur:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.0%)
- American Indian (16.7%)
- Hispanic (4.8%)
- Two or more races (4.5%)
- Other race (1.5%)
- Black (1.4%)
Ancestries: Irish (10.8%), United States
(10.4%), German (8.6%), English (5.9%), Dutch (1.9%),
Scotch-Irish (1.6%).
Elevation: 990 feet
Land area: 6.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sulphur
- High school or higher: 70.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.0%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sulphur city
- Never married: 16.4%
- Now married: 57.2%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 12.7%
- Divorced: 11.8%
4.2% Foreign born (2.4% Latin America, 0.7%
Europe, 0.6% Africa, 0.5% Oceania).
Population change in the 1990s: -132 (-2.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Sulphur:
- ARBUCKLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (2011 WEST
BROADWAY)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sulphur:
- PAULS VALLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; PAULS
VALLEY, OK)
- MERCY MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER (about 25 miles;
ARDMORE, OK)
- JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
TISHOMINGO, OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sulphur:
- TINKER AFB (about 68 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; ID:
TIK)
- WILL ROGERS WORLD (about 74 miles; OKLAHOMA CITY,
OK; ID: OKC)
- LAWTON-FORT SILL REGIONAL (about 99 miles; LAWTON,
OK; ID: LAW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sulphur:
- SULPHUR MUNI (about 1 miles; SULPHUR, OK; ID: F30)
- CRAZY HORSE MUNI (about 9 miles; DAVIS, OK; ID: 97F)
- ARDMORE MUNI (about 15 miles; ARDMORE, OK; ID: ADM)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sulphur:
- EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; ADA, OK;
Full-time enrollment: 3,429)
- SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54
miles; DURANT, OK; FT enrollment: 3,165)
- UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN CAMPUS (about 58
miles; NORMAN, OK; FT enrollment: 20,154)
- GRAYSON COUNTY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; DENISON, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,082)
- NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 62 miles;
GAINESVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 3,018)
- ROSE STATE COLLEGE (about 72 miles; MIDWEST CITY,
OK; FT enrollment: 4,067)
- OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 5,220)
Public high schools in Sulphur:
- SULPHUR HS (Students: 354; Location: 700 W.
BROADWAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OKLAHOMA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (Students: 42;
Location: 1100 EAST OKLAHOMA STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sulphur:
- SULPHUR ES (Students: 513; Location: 1021 W.
9TH; Grades: PK - 03)
- SULPHUR IES (Students: 260; Location: 700
WEST WYNNEWOOD; Grades: 04 - 06)
- SULPHUR JHS (Students: 215; Location: 1019
WEST NINTH; Grades: 07 - 08)
- OKLAHOMA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (Students: 116;
Location: 1100 EAST OKLAHOMA STREET; Grades: PK - 08)
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