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Population (year 2000): 12,375. Estimated
population in July 2005: 12,915 (+4.4% change)
Males: 5,402 (43.7%), Females: 6,973 (56.3%)
Zip code:
17815
Median resident age: 22.4 years
Median household income: $24,868 (year 2000)
Median house value: $86,000 (year 2000)
Races in Bloomsburg:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.6%)
- Black (2.6%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (29.1%), Irish (16.2%),
Italian (7.7%), Polish (7.4%), English (6.7%), United States
(5.2%).
Land area: 4.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bloomsburg
- High school or higher: 84.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
- Unemployed: 11.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bloomsburg town
- Never married: 55.9%
- Now married: 30.4%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 7.1%
1.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -74 (-0.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Bloomsburg:
- BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL (549 EAST FAIR STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Bloomsburg:
- GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; DANVILLE,
PA)
- PENN STATE - GEISINGER REHAB HOSP (about 11 miles;
DANVILLE, PA)
- DANVILLE STATE HOSP (about 13 miles; DANVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bloomsburg:
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 36 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 56
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 56 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bloomsburg:
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 2 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
- DANVILLE (about 13 miles; DANVILLE, PA; ID: 8N8)
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (about 14 miles; SHAMOKIN, PA;
ID: N79)
Colleges/Universities in Bloomsburg:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Full-time enrollment: 6,880; Location: 400 E SECOND ST;
Public; Website: www.bloomu.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- ACADEMY OF HAIR DESIGN INC (FT enrollment:
34; Location: 5 E THIRD ST; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Bloomsburg:
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 3,534)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 43 miles;
WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE-HARRISBURG (about
57 miles; HARRISBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,653)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE BERKS
(about 57 miles; READING, PA; FT enrollment: 2,003)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 57 miles;
KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
Public high schools in Bloomsburg:
- COLUMBIA-MONTOUR AVTS (Students: 690; Grades:
09 - 12)
- CENTRAL COLUMBIA SHS (Students: 684; Grades:
09 - 12)
- BLOOMSBURG AREA HS (Students: 489; Grades: 09
- 12)
Private high school in Bloomsburg:
- BLOOMSBURG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 81;
Location: 3300 RIDGE RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bloomsburg:
- CENTRAL COLUMBIA EL SCH (Students: 768;
Grades: KG - 04)
- CENTRAL COLUMBIA MS (Students: 767; Grades:
05 - 08)
- BLOOMSBURG AREA MS (Students: 478; Grades: 06
- 08)
- MEMORIAL EL SCH (Students: 478; Grades: KG -
05)
- W W EVANS MEMORIAL EL SCH (Students: 235;
Grades: KG - 05)
- BEAVER-MAIN EL SCH (Students: 100; Grades: KG
- 05)
Private primary/middle school in Bloomsburg:
- MONTESSORI CHILDRENS HOUSE INC (Students: 11;
Location: 320 VALLEY ROAD; Grades: PK - KG)
Libraries in Bloomsburg:
- BLOOMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$294,632; Location: 225 MARKET ST; 32,631 books; 1,367
audio materials; 1,003 video materials; 88 serial
subscriptions)
- COLUMBIA COUNTY TRAVELING LIBRARY AUTHORITY
(Operating income: $88,009; Location: 15 PERRY AVE;
17,922 books; 310 audio materials; 63 video materials;
11 serial subscriptions)
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