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Population (year 2000): 1,439. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,486 (+3.3% change)
Males: 730 (50.7%), Females: 709 (49.3%)
Lamar County
Zip code:
75416
Median resident age: 35.1 years
Median household income: $28,235 (year 2000)
Median house value: $39,600 (year 2000)
Races in Blossom:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.4%)
- Hispanic (6.7%)
- Black (2.1%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Other race (1.4%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (20.6%), Irish (9.9%),
German (8.3%), English (4.9%), Dutch (3.6%), Scotch-Irish
(1.5%).
Elevation: 539 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Blossom
- High school or higher: 69.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
- Unemployed: 4.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Blossom city
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 62.3%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 8.4%
- Divorced: 10.0%
4.9% Foreign born (4.3% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -147 (-9.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Blossom:
- CHRISTUS ST JOSEPHS HEALTH SYSTEM (about 13 miles;
PARIS, TX)
- EAST TEXAS MED CENTER - CLARKSVILLE (about 25 miles;
CLARKSVILLE, TX)
- CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; HUGO, OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Blossom:
- COX FLD (about 5 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 91 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- TEXARKANA REGIONAL-WEBB FIELD (about 98 miles;
TEXARKANA, AR; ID: TXK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blossom:
- CLARKSVILLE/RED RIVER CTY-J D TRISSELL FLD (about 24
miles; CLARKSVILLE, TX; ID: LBR)
- STAN STAMPER MUNI (about 28 miles; HUGO, OK; ID: HHW)
- FRANKLIN COUNTY (about 34 miles; MOUNT VERNON, TX;
ID: F53)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Blossom:
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 47 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,998)
- SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 74
miles; DURANT, OK; FT enrollment: 3,165)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 78 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- GRAYSON COUNTY COLLEGE (about 83 miles; DENISON, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,082)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 93 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 95 miles; KILGORE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,814)
- COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL PARK (about
95 miles; MCKINNEY, TX; FT enrollment: 7,514)
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