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Population (year 2000): 698. Estimated
population in July 2005: 639 (-8.5% change)
Males: 337 (48.3%), Females: 361 (51.7%)
Haskell County
Zip codes:
79547,
79548.
Median resident age: 44.7 years
Median household income: $24,342 (year 2000)
Median house value: $19,800 (year 2000)
Races in Rule:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.5%)
- Hispanic (19.3%)
- Other race (7.3%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- Black (2.1%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (17.5%), English
(9.2%), Irish (7.7%), German (5.6%), Dutch (1.3%), Czech (1.0%).
Elevation: 1681 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rule
- High school or higher: 75.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rule town
- Never married: 14.6%
- Now married: 66.9%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 11.3%
- Divorced: 6.2%
3.0% Foreign born (3.0% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -78 (-10.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rule:
- HASKELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; HASKELL,
TX)
- KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; KNOX CITY, TX)
- STAMFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
STAMFORD, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rule:
- DYESS AFB (about 53 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 57 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- ALTUS AFB (about 110 miles; ALTUS, OK; ID: LTS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rule:
- HASKELL MUNI (about 13 miles; HASKELL, TX; ID: 15F)
- HARRISON FIELD OF KNOX CITY (about 19 miles; KNOX
CITY, TX; ID: F75)
- STONEWALL COUNTY (about 21 miles; ASPERMONT, TX; ID:
T60)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rule:
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; Abilene,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,026)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 135 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 135 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 137 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- CAMERON UNIVERSITY (about 140 miles; LAWTON, OK; FT
enrollment: 3,529)
Public primary/middle school in Rule:
- RULE SCHOOL (Students: 177; Location: 1100
UNION AVE; Grades: PK - 12)
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