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Population (year 2000): 7,385. Estimated
population in July 2005: 9,041 (+22.4% change)
Males: 3,556 (48.2%), Females: 3,829 (51.8%)
Aransas County
Zip codes:
78382.
Median resident age: 45.9 years
Median household income: $32,741 (year 2000)
Median house value: $103,600 (year 2000)
Races in Rockport:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.0%)
- Hispanic (19.5%)
- Other race (3.4%)
- Vietnamese (2.9%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- Black (1.3%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.1%), English (12.1%),
Irish (12.0%), United States (5.9%), French (5.1%), Scotch-Irish
(3.4%).
Land area: 9.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rockport
- High school or higher: 80.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.6%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rockport city
- Never married: 18.6%
- Now married: 53.4%
- Separated: 3.6%
- Widowed: 11.0%
- Divorced: 13.4%
5.5% Foreign born (2.9% Asia, 1.4% Latin
America, 0.7% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,145 (+18.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rockport:
- NORTH BAY HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; ARANSAS PASS,
TX)
- REFUGIO COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
REFUGIO, TX)
- IHS HOSPITAL AT CORPUS CHRISTI (about 31 miles;
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rockport:
- CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (about 37 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI,
TX; ID: CRP)
- VICTORIA REGIONAL (about 58 miles; VICTORIA, TX; ID:
VCT)
- VALLEY INTL (about 132 miles; HARLINGEN, TX; ID:
HRL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rockport:
- ARANSAS CO (about 4 miles; ROCKPORT, TX; ID: RKP)
- T P MC CAMPBELL (about 15 miles; INGLESIDE, TX; ID:
T43)
- MUSTANG BEACH (about 17 miles; PORT ARANSAS, TX; ID:
2R8)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rockport:
- DEL MAR COLLEGE (about 31 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 5,454)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (about 31
miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 5,282)
- VICTORIA COLLEGE (about 54 miles; VICTORIA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,511)
- COASTAL BEND COLLEGE (about 56 miles; BEEVILLE, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,150)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE (about 68 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,860)
- WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 110 miles;
WHARTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,124)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-HARLINGEN (about 133
miles; HARLINGEN, TX; FT enrollment: 2,167)
Public high school in Rockport:
- ROCKPORT-FULTON H S (Students: 1,010;
Location: 1700 OMOHUNDRO ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rockport:
- ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 816;
Location: 1700 OMOHUNDRO ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LIVEOAK 1-3 LEARNING CENTER (Students: 679;
Location: 1700 OMOHUNDRO ST; Grades: 01 - 03)
- FULTON 4-5 LEARNING CENTER (Students: 528;
Location: 1700 OMOHUNDRO ST; Grades: 04 - 05)
- LITTLE BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL (Students: 310;
Location: 1700 OMOHUNDRO ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Private primary/middle school in Rockport:
- SACRED HEART SCHOOL (Students: 162; Location:
111 N CHURCH ST; Grades: PK - 6)
Library in Rockport:
- ARANSAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $103,439; Location: 701 E MIMOSA ST; 43,397
books; 424 audio materials; 716 video materials; 57
serial subscriptions)
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