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Population (year 2000): 14,551. Estimated
population in July 2005: 15,228 (+4.7% change)
Males: 6,810 (46.8%), Females: 7,741 (53.2%)
Zip codes:
75482.
Median resident age: 36.4 years
Median household income: $30,403 (year 2000)
Median house value: $62,000 (year 2000)
Races in Sulphur Springs:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.8%)
- Black (14.3%)
- Hispanic (8.2%)
- Other race (3.7%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (17.5%), Irish (9.3%),
English (8.7%), German (5.0%), Dutch (2.1%), Scotch-Irish
(1.6%).
Land area: 17.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sulphur Springs
- High school or higher: 72.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
- Unemployed: 6.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sulphur Springs city
- Never married: 18.5%
- Now married: 57.7%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 9.0%
- Divorced: 11.9%
3.9% Foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 0.4%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +369 (+2.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Sulphur Springs:
- HOPKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (115 AIRPORT
RD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sulphur Springs:
- PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF COMMERCE (about 23 miles;
COMMERCE, TX)
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER QUITMAN (about 26 miles;
QUITMAN, TX)
- PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF WINNSBORO (about 27 miles;
WINNSBORO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sulphur Springs:
- COX FLD (about 36 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 56 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 81 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; ID:
GGG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sulphur Springs:
- SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNI (about 2 miles; SULPHUR
SPRINGS, TX; ID: SLR)
- COMMERCE MUNI (about 22 miles; COMMERCE, TX; ID:
2F7)
- FRANKLIN COUNTY (about 26 miles; MOUNT VERNON, TX;
ID: F53)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sulphur Springs:
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 23 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,998)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 43 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 60 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 68 miles;
ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 72 miles; KILGORE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,814)
- COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL PARK (about
75 miles; MCKINNEY, TX; FT enrollment: 7,514)
- EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 75 miles; MESQUITE, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,457)
Public high schools in Sulphur Springs:
- SULPHUR SPRINGS H S (Students: 1,213;
Location: 631 CONNALLY ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- NORTH HOPKINS H S (Students: 191; Location:
1994 FM 71 W; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sulphur Springs:
- SULPHUR SPRINGS MIDDLE (Students: 876;
Location: 631 CONNALLY ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LRN CTR (Students: 581;
Location: 631 CONNALLY ST; Grades: PK - 01)
- TRAVIS EL (Students: 384; Location: 631
CONNALLY ST; Grades: 01 - 04)
- BOWIE EL (Students: 357; Location: 631
CONNALLY ST; Grades: 01 - 04)
- DOUGLAS INT (Students: 294; Location: 631
CONNALLY ST; Grades: 05 - 05)
- LAMAR EL (Students: 273; Location: 631
CONNALLY ST; Grades: 01 - 04)
- NORTH HOPKINS EL (Students: 215; Location:
1994 FM 71 W; Grades: PK - 06)
- AUSTIN EL (Students: 181; Location: 631
CONNALLY ST; Grades: 01 - 04)
Library in Sulphur Springs:
- SULPHUR SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $276,182; Location: 611 DAVIS ST N; 41,000
books; 3,102 audio materials; 754 video materials; 133
serial subscriptions)
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