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Population (year 2000): 852. Estimated
population in July 2005: 906 (+6.3% change)
Males: 405 (47.5%), Females: 447 (52.5%)
Navarro County
Zip code:
76639
Median resident age: 40.3 years
Median household income: $25,658 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,100 (year 2000)
Races in Dawson:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.9%)
- Black (15.1%)
- Hispanic (6.3%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- Other race (1.6%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (21.5%), United States
(11.5%), German (7.3%), English (6.1%), French (2.8%), Polish
(1.9%).
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Dawson
- High school or higher: 72.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 9.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Dawson town
- Never married: 17.4%
- Now married: 57.9%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 14.3%
- Divorced: 9.6%
3.5% Foreign born (2.8% Latin America, 0.5%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +86 (+11.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Dawson:
- PARKVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; MEXIA,
TX)
- NAVARRO REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles;
CORSICANA, TX)
- HILL REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; HILLSBORO,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Dawson:
- WACO REGIONAL (about 41 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
- DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 66 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID:
DAL)
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 70
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dawson:
- MEXIA-LIMESTONE CO (about 24 miles; MEXIA, TX; ID:
LXY)
- C DAVID CAMPBELL FIELD-CORSICANA MUNI (about 25
miles; CORSICANA, TX; ID: CRS)
- WINGS FOR CHRIST INTL FLIGHT ACADEMY (about 29
miles; WACO, TX; ID: 73F)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Dawson:
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 23 miles; CORSICANA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,842)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 33 miles;
WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; WACO, TX; FT
enrollment: 13,183)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
- MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE (about 59 miles; DALLAS, TX;
FT enrollment: 3,029)
- DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; DALLAS,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,496)
- SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles;
DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 8,231)
Public high school in Dawson:
- DAWSON H S (Students: 130; Location: 199 N
SCHOOL AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Dawson:
- DAWSON EL (Students: 235; Location: 199 N
SCHOOL AVE; Grades: PK - 05)
- DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 111;
Location: 199 N SCHOOL AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
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