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Population (year 2000): 11,415. Estimated
population in July 2005: 10,694 (-6.3% change)
Males: 5,441 (47.7%), Females: 5,974 (52.3%)
Nolan County
Zip code:
79556
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $24,293 (year 2000)
Median house value: $33,000 (year 2000)
Races in Sweetwater:
- White Non-Hispanic (61.5%)
- Hispanic (31.7%)
- Other race (15.7%)
- Black (5.8%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (15.4%), Irish (7.0%),
German (6.4%), English (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (1.8%), French
(1.7%).
Land area: 10.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sweetwater
- High school or higher: 67.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 7.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sweetwater city
- Never married: 20.2%
- Now married: 54.9%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 11.3%
- Divorced: 10.3%
4.3% Foreign born (3.6% Latin America, 0.5%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -586 (-4.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Sweetwater:
- ROLLING PLAINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (200 E
ARIZONA)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Sweetwater:
- FISHER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 29 miles;
ROTAN, TX)
- HAMLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; HAMLIN,
TX)
- MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; COLORADO
CITY, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sweetwater:
- DYESS AFB (about 39 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 52 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- SAN ANGELO REGIONAL/MATHIS FIELD (about 78 miles;
SAN ANGELO, TX; ID: SJT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sweetwater:
- AVENGER FIELD (about 3 miles; SWEETWATER, TX; ID:
SWW)
- FISHER COUNTY (about 24 miles; ROTAN/ROBY, TX; ID:
56F)
- HAMLIN MUNI (about 33 miles; HAMLIN, TX; ID: 14F)
College/University in Sweetwater:
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-SWEETWATER
(Full-time enrollment: 742; Location: 300 COLLEGE DR;
Public)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sweetwater:
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; Abilene,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,026)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; SAN ANGELO,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 120 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 126 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 148 miles; ODESSA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,555)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 150 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
Public high school in Sweetwater:
- SWEETWATER H S (Students: 602; Location: 1205
RAGLAND; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sweetwater:
- SWEETWATER MIDDLE (Students: 515; Location:
305 LAMAR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SWEETWATER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students:
315; Location: 705 E 3RD; Grades: 04 - 05)
- SOUTHEAST EL (Students: 294; Location: 1201
MUSTANG DR; Grades: PK - 03)
- EAST RIDGE EL (Students: 258; Location: 1700
E 12TH ST; Grades: PK - 03)
- COWEN ELEMENTARY (Students: 199; Location:
700 W 4TH; Grades: PK - 03)
Library in Sweetwater:
- COUNTY-CITY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$131,365; Location: 206 ELM ST; 47,829 books; 2,376
audio materials; 130 video materials; 32 serial
subscriptions)
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