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Population (year 2000): 5,714. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,281 (-7.6% change)
Males: 2,783 (48.7%), Females: 2,931 (51.3%)
Winkler County
Zip code:
79745
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $29,143 (year 2000)
Median house value: $28,700 (year 2000)
Races in Kermit:
- White Non-Hispanic (49.2%)
- Hispanic (47.8%)
- Other race (22.5%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- Black (2.0%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (6.6%), Irish (6.2%),
English (5.1%), German (5.0%), French (2.0%), Dutch (1.1%).
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kermit
- High school or higher: 55.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 9.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kermit city
- Never married: 18.3%
- Now married: 63.2%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 7.1%
15.6% Foreign born (15.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -1,190 (-17.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Kermit:
- WINKLER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (821 JEFFEE
DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Kermit:
- WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; MONAHANS,
TX)
- REEVES COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 44 miles; PECOS, TX)
- PERMIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 50 miles; ANDREWS,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kermit:
- LEA COUNTY RGNL (about 58 miles; HOBBS, NM; ID: HOB)
- MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL (about 63 miles; MIDLAND, TX;
ID: MAF)
- CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (about 87 miles; CARLSBAD, NM;
ID: CNM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kermit:
- WINKLER COUNTY (about 10 miles; WINK, TX; ID: INK)
- LEA COUNTY/JAL/ (about 19 miles; JAL, NM; ID: E26)
- ROY HURD MEMORIAL (about 24 miles; MONAHANS, TX; ID:
E01)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kermit:
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 45 miles; ODESSA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,555)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 71 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 110 miles; ALPINE,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 130 miles; LEVELLAND,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,851)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 150 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 160
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 170 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
Public high school in Kermit:
- KERMIT H S (Students: 357; Location: 601 S
POPLAR ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kermit:
- EAST PRI (Students: 349; Location: 601 S
POPLAR ST; Grades: PK - 02)
- KERMIT J H (Students: 296; Location: 601 S
POPLAR ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PURPLE SAGE EL (Students: 260; Location: 601
S POPLAR ST; Grades: PK - 05)
Library in Kermit:
- WINKLER COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$109,188; Location: 307 S POPLAR ST; 29,320 books; 475
audio materials; 1,491 video materials; 52 serial
subscriptions)
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