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Population (year 2000): 647. Estimated
population in July 2005: 615 (-4.9% change)
Males: 316 (48.8%), Females: 331 (51.2%)
Swisher County
Zip code:
79042
Median resident age: 37.7 years
Median household income: $28,393 (year 2000)
Median house value: $33,000 (year 2000)
Races in Happy:
- White Non-Hispanic (79.8%)
- Hispanic (17.3%)
- Other race (6.8%)
- American Indian (2.9%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- Black (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (15.8%), German
(12.8%), English (10.4%), Irish (6.0%), Czech (2.5%), Dutch
(2.2%).
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Happy
- High school or higher: 79.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
- Unemployed: 1.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Happy town
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 58.8%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 12.5%
- Divorced: 8.7%
2.2% Foreign born (1.9% Latin America, 0.3%
North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +63 (+10.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Happy:
- SWISHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; TULIA,
TX)
- NORTHWEST TEXAS SURGERY CENTER (about 30 miles;
AMARILLO, TX)
- SCCI HOSPITAL OF AMARILLO (about 30 miles; AMARILLO,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Happy:
- AMARILLO INTL (about 35 miles; AMARILLO, TX; ID:
AMA)
- LUBBOCK INTL (about 76 miles; LUBBOCK, TX; ID: LBB)
- CANNON AFB (about 105 miles; CLOVIS, NM; ID: CVS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Happy:
- CITY OF TULIA/SWISHER COUNTY MUNI (about 14 miles;
TULIA, TX; ID: Q06)
- BUFFALO (about 22 miles; AMARILLO, TX; ID: 1E7)
- MAPLES FIELD (about 22 miles; CANYON, TX; ID: 1E9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Happy:
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; CANYON,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,476)
- AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 30 miles; AMARILLO, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,876)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 87 miles; LEVELLAND, TX;
FT enrollment: 3,851)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 111
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 188 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
Public high school in Happy:
- HAPPY H S (Students: 109; Location: 500 N W
3RD; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Happy:
- HAPPY EL (Students: 106; Location: 500 N W
3RD; Grades: KG - 06)
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