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Population (year 2000): 1,769. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,790 (+1.2% change)
Males: 784 (44.3%), Females: 985 (55.7%)
Bowie County
Zip code:
75559
Median resident age: 41.8 years
Median household income: $23,713 (year 2000)
Median house value: $37,900 (year 2000)
Races in De Kalb:
- White Non-Hispanic (65.3%)
- Black (30.8%)
- Hispanic (2.4%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Other race (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (13.3%), English
(4.1%), Irish (3.6%), German (3.2%), French (2.4%), Scotch-Irish
(2.3%).
Elevation: 408 feet
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in De Kalb
- High school or higher: 65.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 8.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in De Kalb city
- Never married: 20.6%
- Now married: 46.8%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 20.6%
- Divorced: 9.9%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -286 (-13.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near De Kalb:
- DOCTORS HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; NEW BOSTON, TX)
- CHRISTUS ST MICHAEL HEALTH CARE CENTER (about 16
miles; TEXARKANA, TX)
- MCCURTAIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; IDABEL,
OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to De
Kalb:
- TEXARKANA REGIONAL-WEBB FIELD (about 44 miles;
TEXARKANA, AR; ID: TXK)
- COX FLD (about 59 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 78 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; ID:
GGG)
Other public-use airports nearest to De Kalb:
- GREATER MORRIS COUNTY (about 28 miles; DAINGERFIELD,
TX; ID: 8F5)
- CLARKSVILLE/RED RIVER CTY-J D TRISSELL FLD (about 31
miles; CLARKSVILLE, TX; ID: LBR)
- IDABEL (about 31 miles; IDABEL, OK; ID: IBO)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
De Kalb:
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 80 miles; KILGORE, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,814)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 87 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 91 miles;
BOSSIER CITY, LA; FT enrollment: 2,743)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 92 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 94 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 100
miles; MAGNOLIA, AR; FT enrollment: 2,646)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-SHREVEPORT (about 105
miles; SHREVEPORT, LA; FT enrollment: 3,059)
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