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Population (year 2000): 7,263. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,841 (+8.0% change)
Males: 3,333 (45.9%), Females: 3,930 (54.1%)
Lane County
Zip code:
97439
Median resident age: 55.8 years
Median household income: $30,505 (year 2000)
Median house value: $121,000 (year 2000)
Races in Florence:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.2%)
- Hispanic (2.4%)
- American Indian (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (20.7%), German (19.8%),
Irish (13.2%), United States (7.0%), French (5.0%), Scotch-Irish
(4.9%).
Elevation: 23 feet
Land area: 4.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Florence
- High school or higher: 85.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.2%
- Unemployed: 9.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 12.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Florence city
- Never married: 15.0%
- Now married: 57.7%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 11.7%
- Divorced: 14.0%
3.5% Foreign born (1.7% Europe, 0.9% North
America, 0.4% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,905 (+35.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Florence:
- PEACE HARBOR HOSPITAL (400 9TH STREET, PO BOX
580)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Florence:
- LOWER UMPQUA HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; REEDSPORT,
OR)
- BAY AREA HOSPITAL (about 44 miles; COOS BAY, OR)
- SAMARITAN PACIFIC COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL (about 46
miles; NEWPORT, OR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Florence:
- NORTH BEND MUNI (about 41 miles; NORTH BEND, OR; ID:
OTH)
- NEWPORT MUNI (about 41 miles; NEWPORT, OR; ID: ONP)
- MAHLON SWEET FIELD (about 62 miles; EUGENE, OR; ID:
EUG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Florence:
- FLORENCE MUNI (about 2 miles; FLORENCE, OR; ID: 6S2)
- LAKE WOAHINK (about 6 miles; FLORENCE, OR; ID: 1O0)
- SILTCOOS LAKE (about 10 miles; FLORENCE, OR; ID:
5J2)
Amtrak station:
FLORENCE (DOUBLE BARREL BREWERY SUPPLIES, HWY 101) - Bus
Station. Services: public payphones.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Florence:
- LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 68 miles; EUGENE, OR;
Full-time enrollment: 5,853)
- OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; CORVALLIS,
OR; FT enrollment: 15,404)
- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (about 73 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT
enrollment: 16,239)
- WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; MONMOUTH,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
- LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles;
ALBANY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,057)
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 101 miles; SALEM, OR;
FT enrollment: 2,325)
- CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 106 miles; SALEM,
OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
Public high schools in Florence:
- SIUSLAW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 550; Location:
2975 OAK ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OCEAN DUNES HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 18;
Location: 4859 S JETTY RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Florence:
- SIUSLAW MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 438;
Location: 2525 OAK ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RHODODENDRON PRIMARY SCHOOL (Students: 381;
Location: 2221 OAK ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- RHODODENDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
213; Location: 2151 OAK ST; Grades: 04 - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Florence:
- FAITH FELLOWSHIP CHRIST SCHOOL (Students: 8;
Location: 1624 HWY 101 N; Grades: 1 - 6)
Library in Florence:
- SIUSLAW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT (Operating
income: $513,669; Location: 1460 9TH STREET; 69,080
books; 2,641 audio materials; 2,416 video materials; 234
serial subscriptions)
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