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Population (year 2000): 3,198. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,250 (+1.6% change)
Males: 1,456 (45.5%), Females: 1,742 (54.5%)
Montague County
Zip code:
76255
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $28,893 (year 2000)
Median house value: $45,200 (year 2000)
Races in Nocona:
- White Non-Hispanic (85.6%)
- Hispanic (12.5%)
- Other race (3.3%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (22.2%), Irish (9.0%),
English (6.6%), German (6.4%), Dutch (2.7%), Scotch-Irish
(1.9%).
Elevation: 988 feet
Land area: 2.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nocona
- High school or higher: 69.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 8.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nocona city
- Never married: 18.0%
- Now married: 55.8%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 15.4%
- Divorced: 9.7%
6.1% Foreign born (5.4% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +207 (+6.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Nocona:
- NOCONA GENERAL HOSPITAL (100 PARK ROAD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Nocona:
- BOWIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; BOWIE, TX)
- MUENSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
MUENSTER, TX)
- JEFFERSON COUNTRY HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; WAURIKA,
OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nocona:
- SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI (about 55 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; ID: SPS)
- FORT WORTH ALLIANCE (about 63 miles; FORT WORTH, TX;
ID: AFW)
- LAWTON-FORT SILL REGIONAL (about 71 miles; LAWTON,
OK; ID: LAW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nocona:
- NOCONA (about 2 miles; NOCONA, TX; ID: F48)
- BOWIE MUNI (about 14 miles; BOWIE, TX; ID: 0F2)
- FALCONHEAD (about 32 miles; BURNEYVILLE, OK; ID:
37K)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nocona:
- NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 43 miles;
GAINESVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 3,018)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (about 56 miles; DENTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 21,673)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; WICHITA
FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; DENTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,746)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 77
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
Public high school in Nocona:
- NOCONA H S (Students: 262; Location: 220
CLAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Nocona:
- NOCONA EL (Students: 396; Location: 220 CLAY
ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- NOCONA MIDDLE (Students: 197; Location: 220
CLAY; Grades: 06 - 08)
- PRAIRIE VALLEY EL (Students: 76; Location: N
HWY 103; Grades: PK - 05)
- PRAIRIE VALLEY H S (Students: 59; Location: N
HWY 103; Grades: 06 - 12)
Library in Nocona:
- NOCONA PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$52,643; Location: 10 COOKE ST; 17,238 books; 474 audio
materials; 518 video materials; 20 serial subscriptions)
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