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Population (year 2000): 919. Estimated
population in July 2005: 883 (-3.9% change)
Males: 422 (45.9%), Females: 497 (54.1%)
Winkler County
Zip code:
79789
Median resident age: 36.6 years
Median household income: $38,068 (year 2000)
Median house value: $31,200 (year 2000)
Races in Wink:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.8%)
- Hispanic (23.1%)
- Other race (10.9%)
- Two or more races (2.3%)
- Black (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (11.8%), Irish (8.5%),
English (7.5%), German (4.4%), West Indian (1.6%), Scottish
(1.4%).
Elevation: 2794 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wink
- High school or higher: 81.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.3%
- Unemployed: 3.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wink city
- Never married: 23.2%
- Now married: 57.1%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 9.4%
5.3% Foreign born (4.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -263 (-22.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wink:
- WINKLER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
KERMIT, TX)
- WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; MONAHANS,
TX)
- REEVES COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; PECOS, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wink:
- LEA COUNTY RGNL (about 64 miles; HOBBS, NM; ID: HOB)
- MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL (about 68 miles; MIDLAND, TX;
ID: MAF)
- CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (about 86 miles; CARLSBAD, NM;
ID: CNM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wink:
- WINKLER COUNTY (about 4 miles; WINK, TX; ID: INK)
- ROY HURD MEMORIAL (about 22 miles; MONAHANS, TX; ID:
E01)
- LEA COUNTY/JAL/ (about 25 miles; JAL, NM; ID: E26)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wink:
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 50 miles; ODESSA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,555)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 77 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 102 miles; ALPINE,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 138 miles; LEVELLAND,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,851)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 158 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 167
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 173 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
Public high school in Wink:
- WINK H S (Students: 156; Location: 200 ROSEY
DODD; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Wink:
- WINK EL (Students: 153; Location: 200 ROSEY
DODD; Grades: PK - 06)
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