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Population (year 2000): 5,910. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,954 (+0.7% change)
Males: 2,840 (48.1%), Females: 3,070 (51.9%)
Gaines County
Zip code:
79360
Median resident age: 32.3 years
Median household income: $32,063 (year 2000)
Median house value: $48,500 (year 2000)
Races in Seminole:
- White Non-Hispanic (57.1%)
- Hispanic (39.6%)
- Other race (13.5%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- Black (2.0%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.3%), German
(8.5%), English (4.2%), Irish (3.6%), French (1.2%).
Elevation: 3297 feet
Land area: 3.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Seminole
- High school or higher: 61.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Seminole city
- Never married: 19.1%
- Now married: 63.3%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 7.6%
- Divorced: 7.6%
10.7% Foreign born (10.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -594 (-9.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Seminole:
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (209 N W 8TH ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Seminole:
- YOAKUM COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; DENVER CITY,
TX)
- PERMIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; ANDREWS,
TX)
- LEA REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; HOBBS, NM)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Seminole:
- LEA COUNTY RGNL (about 40 miles; HOBBS, NM; ID: HOB)
- MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL (about 63 miles; MIDLAND, TX;
ID: MAF)
- LUBBOCK INTL (about 87 miles; LUBBOCK, TX; ID: LBB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Seminole:
- GAINES COUNTY (about 4 miles; SEMINOLE, TX; ID: 31F)
- SEAGRAVES (about 18 miles; SEAGRAVES, TX; ID: F97)
- DENVER CITY (about 22 miles; DENVER CITY, TX; ID:
E57)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Seminole:
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 61 miles; ODESSA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,555)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 62 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 64 miles; LEVELLAND, TX;
FT enrollment: 3,851)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 111
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 120 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 163 miles;
CANYON, TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
Public high school in Seminole:
- SEMINOLE H S (Students: 604; Location: 2100 N
W D; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Seminole:
- SEMINOLE J H (Students: 477; Location: 601 S
W AVE B; Grades: 06 - 08)
- YOUNG EL (Students: 450; Location: 2100 S W
AVE B; Grades: PK - 01)
- SEMINOLE EL (Students: 329; Location: 401 S W
AVE B; Grades: 04 - 05)
- SEMINOLE PRI (Students: 302; Location: 508 S
W AVE D; Grades: 02 - 03)
- SEMINOLE SUCCESS CTR (Students: 30; Location:
206 SW 3RD; Grades: 05 - 12)
Library in Seminole:
- GAINES COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$207,066; Location: 704 HOBBS HWY; 41,466 books; 640
audio materials; 1,012 video materials; 78 serial
subscriptions)
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