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Population (year 2000): 18,708. Estimated
population in July 2005: 18,772 (+0.3% change)
Males: 9,315 (49.8%), Females: 9,393 (50.2%)
Sweetwater County
Zip codes:
82901.
Median resident age: 34.5 years
Median household income: $42,584 (year 2000)
Median house value: $103,900 (year 2000)
Races in Rock Springs:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.8%)
- Hispanic (9.0%)
- Other race (3.0%)
- Two or more races (2.2%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Black (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (18.3%), German (16.5%),
Irish (10.9%), Italian (8.2%), United States (7.0%), Norwegian
(4.7%).
Land area: 18.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rock Springs
- High school or higher: 87.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 6.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rock Springs city
- Never married: 24.9%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 5.1%
- Divorced: 12.6%
3.1% Foreign born (1.3% Latin America, 0.8%
Asia, 0.8% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -428 (-2.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Rock Springs:
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY (1200
COLLEGE DR/PO BOX 1359)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rock Springs:
- ASHLEY VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 78 miles;
VERNAL, UT)
- SOUTH LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER (about 85 miles;
KEMMERER, WY)
- LANDER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 89 miles;
LANDER, WY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rock
Springs:
- ROCK SPRINGS-SWEETWATER COUNTY (about 12 miles; ROCK
SPRINGS, WY; ID: RKS)
- RIVERTON REGIONAL (about 114 miles; RIVERTON, WY;
ID: RIW)
- YAMPA VALLEY (about 159 miles; HAYDEN, CO; ID: HDN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rock Springs:
- GTR GREEN RIVER INTERGALACTIC SPACEPORT (about 21
miles; GREEN RIVER, WY; ID: 48U)
- DUTCH JOHN (about 48 miles; DUTCH JOHN, UT; ID: 33U)
- MANILA (about 52 miles; MANILA, UT; ID: 40U)
College/University in Rock Springs:
- WESTERN WYOMING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,527; Location: 2500 COLLEGE DR; Public;
Website: www.wwcc.cc.wy.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rock Springs:
- MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 180 miles; GRAND JUNCTION,
CO; Full-time enrollment: 4,415)
- UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 185 miles; LOGAN, UT;
FT enrollment: 16,384)
- UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 190 miles; SALT LAKE CITY,
UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)
- WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 191 miles; OGDEN, UT;
FT enrollment: 12,112)
- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (about 194 miles; PROVO,
UT; FT enrollment: 29,977)
- COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (about 194 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 3,400)
- UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE (about 195 miles; OREM,
UT; FT enrollment: 14,182)
Public high schools in Rock Springs:
- ROCK SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,132;
Location: 1375 JAMES DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 120;
Location: 1300 LOWELL AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rock Springs:
- ROCK SPRINGS EAST JUNIOR HIGH (Students: 674;
Location: GOBEL STREET; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 591;
Location: FOOTHILL BOULEVARD; Grades: 05 - 06)
- WALNUT ELEMENTARY (Students: 336; Location:
1115 WALNUT STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
- WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY (Students: 314;
Location: 3501 DEWAR DRIVE; Grades: KG - 04)
- OVERLAND ELEMENTARY (Students: 305; Location:
3400 FOOTHILLS BOULEVARD; Grades: KG - 04)
- DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY (Students: 291;
Location: 1900 DESERT BLVD.; Grades: KG - 04)
- NORTHPARK ELEMENTARY (Students: 232;
Location: 1 N. PARK DR.; Grades: KG - 04)
- ROOSEVELT LEARNING CENTER (Students: 19;
Location: 440 DEWAR DRIVE; Grades: 05 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Rock Springs:
- HOLY SPIRIT PARISH SCHOOL (Students: 81;
Location: 210 A ST.; Grades: PK - 6)
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