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Tunica is a town in Tunica County, in the Memphis metro area.
It is the county seat.
The community was named after Indian tribe
The latitude of Tunica is 34.684N. The longitude is -90.382W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 197 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 1,067.
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$26,607National
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Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census BureauFor more census details and comparisons, see our Tunica demographic reports
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Once dilapidated Tunica, which had been best known for slave descendants' squalid shacks along an open sewer just two blocks from Main Street called Sugar Ditch, has money to burn.
-- New York Times, Oct. 20, 2002
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7% of Tunica residents report German ancestry, and 13% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Tunica ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Tunica was $20,114, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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15% of Tunica residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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- Delta Day Festival - Oct. 27, 2007
- Rivergate Festival - April 6-8, 2007
- Gospel Festival - Oct. 7, 2007
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Median rent in Tunica, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $314. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $763.
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Libraries in Tunica include Robert C. Irwin Public Library ... View libraries
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Tunica County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Tunica political report.
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The average commute time for Tunica workers is 17 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
Pros: 10 casinos
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