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Population (year 2000): 3,305. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,204 (-3.1% change)
Males: 1,593 (48.2%), Females: 1,712 (51.8%)
Nueces County
Zip code:
78343
Median resident age: 34.0 years
Median household income: $35,434 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,200 (year 2000)
Races in Bishop:
- Hispanic (60.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (38.2%)
- Other race (11.7%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Black (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (15.8%), Irish (5.4%),
English (4.6%), United States (2.1%), French (2.0%),
Scotch-Irish (1.7%).
Land area: 2.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bishop
- High school or higher: 69.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
- Unemployed: 8.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bishop city
- Never married: 24.4%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 9.5%
2.6% Foreign born (2.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -52 (-1.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bishop:
- CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL KLEBERG (about 8 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX)
- ALICE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; ALICE, TX)
- CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL ALICE (about 23 miles;
ALICE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bishop:
- CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (about 25 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI,
TX; ID: CRP)
- VALLEY INTL (about 95 miles; HARLINGEN, TX; ID: HRL)
- MC ALLEN MILLER INTL (about 102 miles; MC ALLEN, TX;
ID: MFE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bishop:
- BISHOP MUNI (about 4 miles; BISHOP, TX; ID: 07R)
- KINGSVILLE NAS (about 6 miles; KINGSVILLE, TX; ID:
NQI)
- NUECES COUNTY (about 15 miles; ROBSTOWN, TX; ID:
T53)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bishop:
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE (about 8 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,860)
- DEL MAR COLLEGE (about 31 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX;
FT enrollment: 5,454)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (about 33
miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 5,282)
- COASTAL BEND COLLEGE (about 58 miles; BEEVILLE, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,150)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (about 90
miles; EDINBURG, TX; FT enrollment: 9,651)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-HARLINGEN (about 96
miles; HARLINGEN, TX; FT enrollment: 2,167)
- SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 99 miles;
MCALLEN, TX; FT enrollment: 7,142)
Public high school in Bishop:
- BISHOP H S (Students: 360; Location: 717 E
SIXTH; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bishop:
- BISHOP PRIMARY (Students: 288; Location: 705
W MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 03)
- BISHOP EL (Students: 227; Location: 200 S
FIR; Grades: 04 - 06)
- LILLION E LUEHRS J H (Students: 188;
Location: 701 E SIXTH; Grades: 07 - 08)
- PETRONILA EL (Students: 130; Location: 719 E
SIXTH ST; Grades: PK - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Bishop:
- ST PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 38;
Location: 801 EAST MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 4)
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