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Population (year 2000): 2,589. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,609 (+0.8% change)
Males: 1,231 (47.5%), Females: 1,358 (52.5%)
Zip code:
79068
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $41,686 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,500 (year 2000)
Races in Panhandle:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.8%)
- Hispanic (9.0%)
- Other race (3.9%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (13.8%), United States
(13.4%), German (13.4%), English (9.6%), Scotch-Irish (3.4%),
Polish (2.6%).
Land area: 2.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Panhandle
- High school or higher: 84.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
- Unemployed: 2.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Panhandle town
- Never married: 14.7%
- Now married: 62.7%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 11.9%
- Divorced: 9.8%
3.6% Foreign born (2.9% Latin America, 0.4%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +236 (+10.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Panhandle:
- GOLDEN PLAINS COMM HOSP (about 22 miles; BORGER, TX)
- PAMPA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 32 miles; PAMPA,
TX)
- BAPTIST ST ANTHONYS HS BAPTIST CAMPUS (about 37
miles; AMARILLO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Panhandle:
- AMARILLO INTL (about 24 miles; AMARILLO, TX; ID:
AMA)
- LIBERAL MUNI (about 120 miles; LIBERAL, KS; ID: LBL)
- LUBBOCK INTL (about 121 miles; LUBBOCK, TX; ID: LBB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Panhandle:
- PANHANDLE-CARSON COUNTY (about 3 miles; PANHANDLE,
TX; ID: T45)
- HUTCHINSON COUNTY (about 25 miles; BORGER, TX; ID:
BGD)
- TRADEWIND (about 33 miles; AMARILLO, TX; ID: TDW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Panhandle:
- AMARILLO COLLEGE (about 37 miles; AMARILLO, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 4,876)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; CANYON,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 124 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 140 miles; LEVELLAND,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,851)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 159
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
- SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 186
miles; WEATHERFORD, OK; FT enrollment: 4,360)
Public high school in Panhandle:
- PANHANDLE H S (Students: 220; Location: 106
9TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Panhandle:
- PANHANDLE EL (Students: 305; Location: 106
9TH ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- PANHANDLE J H (Students: 176; Location: 106
9TH ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Panhandle:
- CARSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $155,590; Location: 401 MAIN ST; 43,835 books;
3,123 audio materials; 141 serial subscriptions)
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