CITY, COUNTY
& STATE POPULATION
|
Year | City of
Mount Pleasant | Titus County |
State of Texas | | Current
Estimate | 14,174 | 28,405 |
21,779,893 | | 2000 |
13,935 | 28,118 |
20,851,820 | | 1990 |
12,291 | 24,009 |
16,986,510 | | 1980 |
11,003 | 21,442 |
14,229,191 |
POPULATION BY AGE/SEX
|
| City
of
Mount Pleasant | %
of Total | Titus County |
%of Total | | Under
20 Years of Age | 4,803 |
34% | 9,392 |
33% | | 20-44
Years of Age | 4,971 |
36% | 9,732 |
34% | | 45-64
Years of Age | 2,262 |
16% | 5,475 |
20% | | 65
and over | 2,262 |
16% | 3,519 |
13% | | Female
Population | 7,155 |
52% | 14,218 |
51% | | Male
Population | 6,780 |
48% | 13,900 |
49% |
POPULATION
BY ETHNIC BACKGROUND
|
| White |
% | Black |
% | Hispanic |
% | Other |
% | | Mount
Pleasant | 5,802 |
42% | 2,230 |
16% | 5,664 |
41% | 238 |
2% | | Titus
County | 16,879 |
60% | 3,014 |
11% | 7,960 |
29% | 265 |
1% |
POPULATION BY INCOME
|
|
City | County |
| Median Family Income | $32,331 |
$32,452 | | Per Capita
Income | $14,190 |
$15,501 |
MAJOR EMPLOYERS
| Company Name |
Category | Employment |
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation |
Poultry | 4000 | | Mt.
Pleasant ISD | Education | 966 |
Titus Regional Medical Center |
Medical Services | 650 | | Luminant | Lignite
Coal | 600 | | Wal-Mart Supercenter | Retail | 450 | | Priefert
Manufacturing | Ranch Equipment | 595 | | Big
Tex Trailers | Trailers | 462 | | City
of Mt. Pleasant | Government | 155 | | AEP
Swepco | Electric Power | 140 | | Parker
Trailer Sales | Trailers | 130 | | Guaranty
Bond Bank | Banking | 129 | | Titus
County | Government | 107 | | Pilgrim's
Feed Mill | Livestock Feed | 100 | | Newly
Weds Foods | Food Breading & Coatings | 95 | | Diamond
C Trailers | Trailers | 85 | | Dekoron
Wire & Cable | Instrument Wire | 60 | | Texas
Bragg Enterprises | Trailers | 50 |
Size:
City: 10.2 sq. mi.
County:
426 sq. mi. Location:
115 miles east of Dallas on I-30 and
US271. Highway Access:
Interstate 30
US Hwy. 271, US Hwy
67
State Hwy. 49 Labor Market:
City:
6,759
County: 13,465
9 County Area: 96,028 Economic
Development:
Tax abatement: yes
Industrial Foundation: yes
Geographic/Climate Data:
Avg. Elevation:
415 ft.
Avg. Annual Rainfall: 46 in.
Avg. Temperature (January): 43 degrees
Ave. Temperature (July): 82 degrees
Avg. Annual Snowfall: 3 in.
Insurance Key Rate: 4 2008 TAXES:
| Property Taxes: | City: $0.309927 | County:
$0.33928 | | School: $1.195 (MPISD) | Hospital:
$0.1308 | NTCC: $0.091582 | | Sales
Tax: 8.25% | State
Income Tax: No | | Municipal
Services:
Council-Manager
Police (Full Time): 28
Police
(Reserve): 3
Firemen (Full Time): 16
Firemen (Part Time): 5
Firemen
(Volunteer): 24
Fire Service Outside City: yes
City Zoning Regulated:
yes
Planning Commission: yes
Animal Control: yes
City
Water Suppliers:
Source: Lake Bob Sandlin
System Capacity:
12 MGD
Peak Consumption: 10 MGD
Pressure on mains: 60-100 PSI
Size
of mains: 10 in.
Storage Capacity: 6.1 MG
Waste Water: 2.9 MGD
Ave.
Daily Flow: 1.6 MGD
Transportation: Air:
Texarkana Regional (50 miles)
Commercial Airlines Mt. Pleasant
Regional Airport
Surface: asphalt
Runway Length: 5,000 ft.
Landing
Lights: yes
Aircraft Maintenance: yes
Instrument Landing: No
Aircraft
Storage: 30 T-Hangers Motor Freight Carriers:
9 Rail Service: Southern Pacific Bus:
Greyhound Bus Mass Transit:
City Bus: yes
Inter-City Bus: yes
Light Rail: no Package:
UPS, Federal
Express, Air Borne, RPS |
