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Population (year 2000): 1,623. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,680 (+3.5% change)
Males: 782 (48.2%), Females: 841 (51.8%)
Callahan County
Zip code:
79504
Median resident age: 41.1 years
Median household income: $27,446 (year 2000)
Median house value: $39,300 (year 2000)
Races in Baird:
- White Non-Hispanic (84.4%)
- Hispanic (13.4%)
- Other race (7.1%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Filipino (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (14.8%), Irish (9.1%),
English (6.5%), German (5.0%), French (2.1%), Scottish (1.5%).
Elevation: 1725 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Baird
- High school or higher: 75.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
- Unemployed: 4.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Baird city
- Never married: 18.2%
- Now married: 58.8%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 11.0%
- Divorced: 11.1%
2.1% Foreign born (1.4% Latin America, 0.4%
Europe, 0.3% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -33 (-2.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Baird:
- HENDRICK CENTER FOR EXTENDED CARE (about 23 miles;
ABILENE, TX)
- HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; ABILENE,
TX)
- ABILENE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 28 miles;
ABILENE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Baird:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 19 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 32 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- SAN ANGELO REGIONAL/MATHIS FIELD (about 104 miles;
SAN ANGELO, TX; ID: SJT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Baird:
- ELMDALE AIRPARK (about 18 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
6F4)
- ALBANY MUNI (about 24 miles; ALBANY, TX; ID: T23)
- TAYLOR (about 25 miles; ALBANY, TX; ID: 6F5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Baird:
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles;
ABILENE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 113 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 117 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 144 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
FT enrollment: 6,777)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 146 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
Public high school in Baird:
- BAIRD H S (Students: 194; Location: 600 W 7TH
ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Baird:
- BAIRD EL (Students: 184; Location: 600 W 7TH
ST; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Baird:
- CALLAHAN COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$12,337; Location: 100 W 4TH B1; 19,500 books; 303 audio
materials; 15 serial subscriptions)
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