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Population (year 2000): 425. Estimated
population in July 2005: 437 (+2.8% change)
Males: 206 (48.5%), Females: 219 (51.5%)
Zip code:
79046
Median resident age: 48.3 years
Median household income: $25,714 (year 2000)
Median house value: $26,800 (year 2000)
Races in Higgins:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.9%)
- Hispanic (4.9%)
- Other race (3.3%)
- American Indian (3.3%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Black (0.9%)
Ancestries: German (38.4%), United States
(16.9%), Irish (13.9%), Scotch-Irish (7.3%), English (7.1%),
Dutch (3.3%).
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Higgins
- High school or higher: 73.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 1.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Higgins city
- Never married: 18.8%
- Now married: 58.8%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 10.5%
- Divorced: 10.0%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -38 (-8.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Higgins:
- NEWMAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; SHATTUCK,
OK)
- HEMPHILL COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; CANADIAN,
TX)
- ROGER MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 44 miles;
CHEYENNE, OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Higgins:
- LIBERAL MUNI (about 90 miles; LIBERAL, KS; ID: LBL)
- DODGE CITY REGIONAL (about 113 miles; DODGE CITY,
KS; ID: DDC)
- ALTUS AFB (about 114 miles; ALTUS, OK; ID: LTS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Higgins:
- HIGGINS-LIPSCOMB COUNTY (about 2 miles; HIGGINS, TX;
ID: 1X1)
- GAGE (about 22 miles; GAGE, OK; ID: GAG)
- FOLLETT/LIPSCOMB COUNTY (about 23 miles; FOLLETT,
TX; ID: T93)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Higgins:
- SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 100
miles; WEATHERFORD, OK; Full-time enrollment: 4,360)
- AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 144 miles; AMARILLO, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,876)
- CAMERON UNIVERSITY (about 150 miles; LAWTON, OK; FT
enrollment: 3,529)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 152 miles;
CANYON, TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
- SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (about 171 miles;
BETHANY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,002)
- OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY-OKLAHOMA CITY (about 176
miles; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; FT enrollment: 2,164)
- BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 177 miles;
GREAT BEND, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
Public primary/middle school in Higgins:
- HIGGINS SCHOOL (Students: 118; Location: 406
N MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 12)
Library in Higgins:
- HIGGINS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$15,150; Location: 201 N MAIN; 12,250 books; 475 audio
materials; 20 video materials; 15 serial subscriptions)
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