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Population (year 2000): 1,505. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,540 (+2.3% change)
Males: 722 (48.0%), Females: 783 (52.0%)
Hockley County
Zip code:
79372
Median resident age: 32.4 years
Median household income: $33,413 (year 2000)
Median house value: $34,200 (year 2000)
Races in Sundown:
- White Non-Hispanic (58.4%)
- Hispanic (39.3%)
- Other race (16.8%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Black (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (11.4%), Irish (6.6%),
German (6.5%), English (3.1%), Dutch (2.4%), French (1.9%).
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sundown
- High school or higher: 65.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sundown city
- Never married: 21.7%
- Now married: 63.1%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 6.6%
- Divorced: 7.3%
4.6% Foreign born (4.6% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -253 (-14.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sundown:
- COVENANT HOSPITAL LEVELLAND (about 12 miles;
LEVELLAND, TX)
- BROWNFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 25 miles;
BROWNFIELD, TX)
- COCHRAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; MORTON,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sundown:
- LUBBOCK INTL (about 49 miles; LUBBOCK, TX; ID: LBB)
- LEA COUNTY RGNL (about 74 miles; HOBBS, NM; ID: HOB)
- CANNON AFB (about 85 miles; CLOVIS, NM; ID: CVS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sundown:
- LEVELLAND MUNI (about 10 miles; LEVELLAND, TX; ID:
Q24)
- COCHRAN COUNTY (about 25 miles; MORTON, TX; ID: F85)
- TERRY COUNTY (about 30 miles; BROWNFIELD, TX; ID:
Q26)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sundown:
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 12 miles; LEVELLAND, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 3,851)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 77
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 102 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 110 miles; ODESSA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,555)
- WEST TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 112 miles;
CANYON, TX; FT enrollment: 5,476)
Public high schools in Sundown:
- SUNDOWN H S (Students: 148; Location: 7TH &
SCHOOL ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- PEP ALTER SCHOOL (Students: 6; Location: 7TH
& SCHOOL ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sundown:
- SUNDOWN EL (Students: 259; Location: 7TH &
SCHOOL ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- SUNDOWN J H (Students: 135; Location: 7TH &
SCHOOL ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
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