2022 population: 4,500 ( 436 from 2010 , 46 from 2020)
Land area: 748.2 square miles
Population density: 6.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,484	77.42%	13.4%
Black:	56	1.24%	115.4%
Indian:	15	0.33%	0.0%
Asian:	23	0.51%	109.1%
2+ races:	62	1.38%	47.6%
Hispanic:	860	19.11%	5.1%

Total non-White:	1,016	22.58%	11.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	81	9.1
Deaths:	188	21.1
Net Migration:	150	16.8
Net Immigration:	5	0.6

Change in White population:	-540	-10.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	104	2.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
4,936
4,024	81.52%
26	0.53%
15	0.30%
11	0.22%
42	0.85%
818	16.57%
912	18.48%

2000
5,151
4,367	84.78%
61	1.18%
13	0.25%
4	0.08%
35	0.68%
671	13.03%
784	15.22%

1990
4,531
4,040	89.16%
6	0.13%
0	0.00%
2	0.04%
n/a
483	10.66%
491	10.84%

1980
4,477
4,131	92.27%
7	0.16%
15	0.34%
22	0.49%
n/a
302	6.75%
346	7.73%

1970
4,212
3,870	91.88%
13	0.31%
0	0.00%
0	0.00%
n/a
311	7.38%
342	8.12%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
432	8.4
654	12.7
64	1.2
26	0.5

-343	-6.7
128	2.5

Number	Rate
1990's
522	11.5
689	15.2
354	7.8
96	2.1

327	7.2
293	6.5

Number	Rate
1980's
475	10.6
788	17.6
373	8.3
n/a

-91	-2.0
145	3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
515	12.2
n/a

261	6.2
4	0.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Mills County, TX

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
50.8
847	18.8%
3,653	81.2%
1,266	28.1%

1,833
2.36

1,285	70.1%
1,027	79.9%
88	6.8%
548	29.9%

2010
Number	Percent
45.7
1,197	24.3%
3,739	75.7%
1,158	23.5%

1,975
2.42

1,397	70.7%
1,134	81.2%
108	7.7%
578	29.3%

2000
Number	Percent
43.8
1,321	25.6%
3,830	74.4%
1,185	23.0%

2,000
2.43

1,409	70.5%
1,216	86.3%
101	7.2%
591	29.6%

1990
Number	Percent
42.6
1,084	23.9%
3,447	76.1%
1,203	26.6%

1,823
2.32

1,321	72.5%
1,167	88.3%
64	4.8%
502	27.5%

1980
Number	Percent
46.5
996	22.2%
3,481	77.8%
1,226	27.4%

1,779
2.42

1,354	76.1%
1,235	91.2%
47	3.5%
425	23.9%

2022 Housing Data for Mills County, TX

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	90	4.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	73	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	112	6.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	58	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	105	5.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	45	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	98	5.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	103	5.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	47	2.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	211	11.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	178	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	215	11.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	175	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	45	2.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	167	9.1%
$200,000 or more	111	6.1%

Median Household Income	59,315
Per Capita Income	37,010

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	88
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	41	2.2%
Public Assistance	36	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	160	8.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,200	70.0%
Unemployed	20	1.2%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,220	71.1%
Not in Labor Force	495	28.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	684	491	58.2%
Non-Profit	59	79	42.8%
Self-Employed	243	53	82.1%

Local Government	69	208	24.9%
State Government	39	66	37.1%
Federal Government	19	19	50.0%

Total Private + Self	927	544	63.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	186	372	33.3%
Total	1,113	916	54.9%

Pct. Govt.	20.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	426	21.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	300	14.8%
Professional, Technical	327	16.1%
Service Occupations	387	19.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	31	1.5%
All others	592	29.1%

White Collar		51.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	312	15.4%
Health care and social assistance	294	14.5%
Educational services	264	13.0%
Retail trade	175	8.6%
Manufacturing	129	6.3%
Public administration	127	6.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	121	6.0%
Accommodation and food services	104	5.1%
Finance and insurance	102	5.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	65	3.2%
Other services	64	3.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	54	2.7%
Transportation and warehousing	51	2.5%
Information	44	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	43	2.1%
Wholesale trade	42	2.1%
Utilities	23	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	13	0.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	945	21.00%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	164	3.64%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indonesian	9	0.20%
Cambodian	3	0.07%
Vietnamese	1	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,689	83.7%
Spanish	683	15.5%
German, other Germanic	27	0.6%
Other Asian	3	0.1%
Tagalog	2	0.0%
Other Indo-European	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	649	14.4%
English	536	11.9%
Irish	386	8.6%
European	344	7.6%
American	268	6.0%
Scottish	147	3.3%
Czech	135	3.0%
Scotch-Irish	57	1.3%
Italian	40	0.9%
Swedish	38	0.8%
British	36	0.8%
Welsh	30	0.7%
Dutch	29	0.6%
French	25	0.6%
Polish	17	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,388	97.5%
Not a citizen	113	2.5%

Native	4,247	94.4%
Foreign-born	254	5.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
182	5.4%	229	6.7%	1,065	31.4%	953	28.1%	629	18.5%	337	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	182	5.4%
9-12 Years	229	6.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,065	31.4%
Some College	953	28.1%
Bach. Degree	629	18.5%
Grad Degree	337	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,971	1,914	57	2.9%	6.4%
1991	2,052	1,989	63	3.1%	7.0%
1992	2,113	2,043	70	3.3%	7.7%
1993	2,109	2,033	76	3.6%	7.2%
1994	2,218	2,129	89	4.0%	6.6%
1995	2,240	2,162	78	3.5%	6.1%
1996	2,308	2,221	87	3.8%	5.8%
1997	2,286	2,223	63	2.8%	5.4%
1998	2,322	2,253	69	3.0%	5.0%
1999	2,348	2,299	49	2.1%	4.7%

2000	2,466	2,377	89	3.6%	4.4%
2001	2,463	2,375	88	3.6%	5.0%
2002	2,519	2,409	110	4.4%	6.3%
2003	2,715	2,598	117	4.3%	6.7%
2004	2,694	2,582	112	4.2%	6.0%
2005	2,558	2,457	101	3.9%	5.5%
2006	2,402	2,304	98	4.1%	5.0%
2007	2,293	2,208	85	3.7%	4.4%
2008	2,340	2,248	92	3.9%	4.9%
2009	2,457	2,326	131	5.3%	7.5%

2010	2,193	2,053	140	6.4%	8.2%
2011	2,170	2,029	141	6.5%	8.0%
2012	2,096	1,983	113	5.4%	6.7%
2013	2,067	1,957	110	5.3%	6.3%
2014	2,045	1,955	90	4.4%	5.2%
2015	1,991	1,917	74	3.7%	4.5%
2016	1,925	1,845	80	4.2%	4.6%
2017	1,911	1,843	68	3.6%	4.3%
2018	1,870	1,804	66	3.5%	3.9%
2019	1,889	1,828	61	3.2%	3.5%

2020	1,889	1,811	78	4.1%	7.6%
2021	1,927	1,841	86	4.5%	5.6%
2022	1,910	1,829	81	4.2%	3.9%
2023	1,867	1,794	73	3.9%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,653
Median Value	$188,900

Occupied	1,833	69.1%
Vacant	820	30.9%

Owned	1,561	85.2%
Rented	272	14.8%
Median Rent	$655

Single-Family Units	2,242	84.5%
Detached	2,222	83.8%
Attached	20	0.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4	0.2%
Mobile Homes	302	11.4%

Mills County, TX

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Mills County, TX

2022 Housing Data for Mills County, TX

2022 Income & Employment Data for Mills County, TX

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Mills County, TX

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Mills County, TX

Historical Labor Force Data for Mills County, TX