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Population (year 2000): 5,665. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,587 (-1.4% change)
Males: 2,576 (45.5%), Females: 3,089 (54.5%)
Zip code:
23847
Median resident age: 38.8 years
Median household income: $30,333 (year 2000)
Median house value: $68,700 (year 2000)
Races in Emporia:
- Black (56.2%)
- White Non-Hispanic (41.3%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
Ancestries: United States (9.3%), English
(8.5%), Irish (2.9%), German (2.0%), Subsaharan African (1.4%),
Scottish (1.2%).
Elevation: 119 feet
Land area: 6.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Emporia
- High school or higher: 58.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Emporia city
- Never married: 26.8%
- Now married: 45.2%
- Separated: 6.1%
- Widowed: 13.9%
- Divorced: 8.0%
3.2% Foreign born (2.1% Latin America, 0.5%
Asia, 0.4% Oceania).
Population change in the 1990s: +108 (+1.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Emporia:
- GREENSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (214 WEAVER
AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Emporia:
- HALIFAX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 20 miles;
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC)
- POPLAR SPRINGS HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; PETERSBURG,
VA)
- HIRAM W DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER (about 37 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Emporia:
- RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL (about 58 miles; RICHMOND,
VA; ID: RIC)
- ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON RGNL (about 63 miles; ROCKY
MOUNT, NC; ID: RWI)
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 74 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID:
PGV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Emporia:
- EMPORIA-GREENSVILLE REGIONAL (about 5 miles;
EMPORIA, VA; ID: EMV)
- LAWRENCEVILLE/BRUNSWICK MUNI (about 18 miles;
LAWRENCEVILLE, VA; ID: LVL)
- HALIFAX COUNTY (about 22 miles; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC;
ID: RZZ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Emporia:
- VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,641)
- JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
CHESTER, VA; FT enrollment: 2,520)
- UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND (about 58 miles; RICHMOND,
VA; FT enrollment: 3,756)
- VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles;
RICHMOND, VA; FT enrollment: 18,753)
- J SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64
miles; RICHMOND, VA; FT enrollment: 4,906)
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64 miles;
HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (about 70 miles;
WILLIAMSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 7,133)
Public high schools in Emporia:
- GREENSVILLE COUNTY HIGH (Students: 770;
Location: 403 HARDING ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ZION ALTERNATIVE ED (Students: 60; Location:
1314 LOWGROUND RD; Grades: 08 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Emporia:
- GREENSVILLE ELEM (Students: 988; Location:
1101 SUSSEX DR; Grades: PK - 04)
- EDWARD W. WYATT MIDDLE (Students: 420;
Location: 206 SLAGLES LAKE RD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- BELFIELD ELEM. (Students: 396; Location: 515
BELFIELD RD; Grades: 05 - 06)
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