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Population (year 2000): 9,473. Estimated
population in July 2005: 9,088 (-4.1% change)
Males: 4,428 (46.7%), Females: 5,045 (53.3%)
Pulaski County
Zip code:
24301
Median resident age: 40.3 years
Median household income: $25,481 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,200 (year 2000)
Races in Pulaski:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.6%)
- Black (7.7%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Other race (1.0%)
Ancestries: United States (21.4%), English
(9.2%), German (7.6%), Irish (6.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.9%),
Scottish (1.6%).
Elevation: 1917 feet
Land area: 7.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pulaski
- High school or higher: 66.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
- Unemployed: 8.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pulaski town
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 52.9%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 13.5%
- Divorced: 11.0%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -732 (-7.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Pulaski:
- PULASKI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (2400 LEE HIGHWAY)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Pulaski:
- CARILION RADFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles;
RADFORD, VA)
- CARILION ST ALBANS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITA (about 15
miles; RADFORD, VA)
- CARILION GILES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
PEARISBURG, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pulaski:
- RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 56 miles; BECKLEY,
WV; ID: BKW)
- ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 59 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
- GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 62 miles; LEWISBURG, WV;
ID: LWB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pulaski:
- NEW RIVER VALLEY (about 10 miles; DUBLIN, VA; ID:
PSK)
- TWIN COUNTY (about 21 miles; GALAX HILLSVILLE, VA;
ID: HLX)
- VIRGINIA TECH (about 28 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; ID:
BCB)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pulaski:
- NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles; DUBLIN,
VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,262)
- RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT
enrollment: 8,034)
- VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about
31 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
- CONCORD COLLEGE (about 32 miles; ATHENS, WV; FT
enrollment: 2,723)
- BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 35 miles; BLUEFIELD,
WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
- NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 51 miles; SALEM,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
- VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; FT enrollment: 3,535)
Public primary/middle schools in Pulaski:
- PULASKI MIDDLE (Students: 558; Location: 500
PICO TERRACE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CRITZER ELEM. (Students: 484; Location: 100
CRITZER DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- CLAREMONT ELEM. (Students: 361; Location: 800
RIDGE AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- NORTHWOOD ELEM. (Students: 103; Location: 100
NORTHWOOD DR; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Pulaski:
- PULASKI COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $609,148; Location: 60 WEST THIRD STREET; 65,866
books; 1,507 audio materials; 782 video materials; 208
serial subscriptions)
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