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Population (year 2000): 1,238. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,224 (-1.1% change)
Males: 589 (47.6%), Females: 649 (52.4%)
Big Horn County
Zip code:
82410
Median resident age: 47.5 years
Median household income: $33,519 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,900 (year 2000)
Races in Basin:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.5%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
Ancestries: German (31.0%), English (17.4%),
Irish (14.2%), United States (5.5%), Swedish (3.7%), Norwegian
(2.9%).
Elevation: 3873 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Basin
- High school or higher: 82.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 10.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Basin town
- Never married: 16.6%
- Now married: 62.3%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 10.7%
- Divorced: 9.4%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -29 (-2.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Basin:
- SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY HOSPITAL-CAH (about 9 miles;
GREYBULL, WY)
- WASHAKIE MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles; WORLAND,
WY)
- NORTH BIG HORN HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; LOVELL, WY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Basin:
- WORLAND MUNI (about 31 miles; WORLAND, WY; ID: WRL)
- YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL (about 68 miles; CODY, WY; ID:
COD)
- SHERIDAN COUNTY (about 80 miles; SHERIDAN, WY; ID:
SHR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Basin:
- SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 9 miles; GREYBULL, WY;
ID: GEY)
- NORTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 45 miles;
COWLEY/LOVELL/BYRON, WY; ID: U68)
- HOT SPRINGS CO-THERMOPOLIS MUNI (about 52 miles;
THERMOPOLIS, WY; ID: THP)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Basin:
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 99 miles;
BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
- CASPER COLLEGE (about 158 miles; CASPER, WY; FT
enrollment: 2,564)
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 216 miles;
BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
- UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 241 miles; LARAMIE, WY;
FT enrollment: 9,665)
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 256 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT
enrollment: 8,670)
- BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 289 miles;
SPEARFISH, SD; FT enrollment: 3,190)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 319 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
Public high school in Basin:
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 116;
Location: 919 WEST B; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Basin:
- LAURA IRWIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 118;
Location: 101 SOUTH 12TH; Grades: KG - 04)
Library in Basin:
- BIG HORN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $274,929; Location: 430 W. C STREET; 97,105
books; 1,309 audio materials; 645 video materials; 147
serial subscriptions)
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