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Population (year 2000): 17,887. Estimated
population in July 2005: 16,744 (-6.4% change)
Males: 8,522 (47.6%), Females: 9,365 (52.4%)
Gray County
Zip codes:
79065.
Median resident age: 39.3 years
Median household income: $31,213 (year 2000)
Median house value: $37,200 (year 2000)
Races in Pampa:
- White Non-Hispanic (79.2%)
- Hispanic (13.7%)
- Other race (8.2%)
- Black (3.9%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- American Indian (2.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.1%), German
(9.8%), Irish (9.4%), English (8.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.3%), Dutch
(1.9%).
Elevation: 3236 feet
Land area: 8.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pampa
- High school or higher: 76.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 5.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pampa city
- Never married: 16.8%
- Now married: 62.4%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 9.5%
- Divorced: 9.5%
5.3% Foreign born (4.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -2,007 (-10.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Pampa:
- PAMPA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (1 MEDICAL
PLAZA)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Pampa:
- GOLDEN PLAINS COMM HOSP (about 32 miles; BORGER, TX)
- HANSFORD HOSPITAL (about 47 miles; SPEARMAN, TX)
- HEMPHILL COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 51 miles; CANADIAN,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pampa:
- AMARILLO INTL (about 56 miles; AMARILLO, TX; ID:
AMA)
- LIBERAL MUNI (about 103 miles; LIBERAL, KS; ID: LBL)
- ALTUS AFB (about 133 miles; ALTUS, OK; ID: LTS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pampa:
- PERRY LEFORS FIELD (about 5 miles; PAMPA, TX; ID:
PPA)
- MIAMI-ROBERTS COUNTY (about 28 miles; MIAMI, TX; ID:
3E0)
- PANHANDLE-CARSON COUNTY (about 30 miles; PANHANDLE,
TX; ID: T45)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pampa:
- AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 68 miles; AMARILLO, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 4,876)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; CANYON,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 107 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 146 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 156
miles; WEATHERFORD, OK; FT enrollment: 4,360)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 167 miles; LEVELLAND,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,851)
- CAMERON UNIVERSITY (about 185 miles; LAWTON, OK; FT
enrollment: 3,529)
Public high schools in Pampa:
- PAMPA H S (Students: 935; Location: 111 E
HARVESTER; Grades: 09 - 12)
- P L C-PAMPA LEARNING CTR (Students: 70;
Location: 400 N FAULKNER; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Pampa:
- PAMPA MIDDLE (Students: 795; Location: 2401
CHARLES; Grades: 06 - 08)
- AUSTIN EL (Students: 417; Location: 1900
DUNCAN; Grades: KG - 05)
- TRAVIS EL (Students: 370; Location: 2300
PRIMROSE; Grades: KG - 05)
- LAMAR EL (Students: 362; Location: 1234 S
NELSON; Grades: PK - 05)
- WILSON EL (Students: 340; Location: 801 E
BROWNING; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Pampa:
- ST MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHL (Students: 81;
Location: 727 W BROWNING; Grades: PK - KG)
- ST VINCENT DE PAUL ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 81;
Location: 2300 NORTH HOBART ST; Grades: PK - 5)
- COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 37;
Location: PO BOX 2929ER ST POB 51; Grades: KG - 7)
Library in Pampa:
- LOVETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY, PAMPA (Operating
income: $372,525; Location: 111 N HOUSTON ST; 71,118
books; 7,701 audio materials; 1,164 video materials; 119
serial subscriptions)
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