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Population (year 2000): 2,584. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,535 (-1.9% change)
Males: 1,273 (49.3%), Females: 1,311 (50.7%)
Eastland County
Zip code:
76470
Median resident age: 36.3 years
Median household income: $22,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $21,100 (year 2000)
Races in Ranger:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.9%)
- Hispanic (13.5%)
- Black (6.7%)
- Other race (5.7%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (17.1%), German
(7.0%), Irish (6.9%), English (5.0%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%), Dutch
(2.9%).
Elevation: 1441 feet
Land area: 7.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ranger
- High school or higher: 65.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
- Unemployed: 19.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ranger city
- Never married: 20.5%
- Now married: 56.4%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 11.0%
- Divorced: 9.0%
3.7% Foreign born (3.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -252 (-8.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ranger:
- EASTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
EASTLAND, TX)
- DELEON HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; DE LEON, TX)
- HARRIS METHODIST ERATH COUNTY (about 36 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ranger:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 69 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 82 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- FORT WORTH NAS JRB/CARSWELL FIELD (about 89 miles;
FORT WORTH, TX; ID: NFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ranger:
- RANGER MUNI (about 2 miles; RANGER, TX; ID: F23)
- EASTLAND MUNI (about 10 miles; EASTLAND, TX; ID:
ETN)
- STEPHENS COUNTY (about 23 miles; BRECKENRIDGE, TX;
ID: BKD)
College/University in Ranger:
- RANGER COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 644;
Location: COLLEGE CIR; Public; Website:
www.ranger.cc.tx.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ranger:
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 96 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 96 miles; WICHITA
FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 99 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 99
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
Public high school in Ranger:
- RANGER H S (Students: 125; Location: 1842
LOOP 254 E; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ranger:
- RANGER EL (Students: 228; Location: 1842 LOOP
254 E; Grades: PK - 05)
- RANGER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 110;
Location: 1842 LOOP 254 E; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Ranger:
- RANGER CITY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$21,055; Location: 718 PINE ST; 8,043 books; 238 audio
materials; 76 video materials; 28 serial subscriptions)
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