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Population (year 2000): 13,935. Estimated
population in July 2005: 14,760 (+5.9% change)
Males: 6,780 (48.7%), Females: 7,155 (51.3%)
Zip codes:
75455.
Median resident age: 29.9 years
Median household income: $28,805 (year 2000)
Median house value: $57,500 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Pleasant:
- White Non-Hispanic (41.6%)
- Hispanic (40.6%)
- Other race (23.6%)
- Black (16.0%)
- Two or more races (2.3%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (9.5%), Irish (4.5%),
English (4.1%), German (3.3%), French (1.1%).
Land area: 12.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Pleasant
- High school or higher: 58.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 8.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Pleasant city
- Never married: 24.6%
- Now married: 56.1%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 8.5%
25.2% Foreign born (24.4% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,414 (+11.3%).
Hospital/medical center in Mount Pleasant:
- TITUS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (2001 N
JEFFERSON)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mount Pleasant:
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER PITTSBURG (about 13 miles;
PITTSBURG, TX)
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER MOUNT VERNON (about 18
miles; MOUNT VERNON, TX)
- PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF WINNSBORO (about 27 miles;
WINNSBORO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Pleasant:
- COX FLD (about 47 miles; PARIS, TX; ID: PRX)
- EAST TEXAS RGNL (about 57 miles; LONGVIEW, TX; ID:
GGG)
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 63 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Pleasant:
- MOUNT PLEASANT RGNL (about 6 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT,
TX; ID: OSA)
- FRANKLIN COUNTY (about 19 miles; MOUNT VERNON, TX;
ID: F53)
- GREATER MORRIS COUNTY (about 21 miles; DAINGERFIELD,
TX; ID: 8F5)
College/University in Mount Pleasant:
- NORTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,160; Location: FM 1735; Public; Website:
www.ntcc.cc.tx.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Pleasant:
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 53 miles; TYLER, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 5,872)
- KILGORE COLLEGE (about 54 miles; KILGORE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,814)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 62 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 66 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,998)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 91 miles;
ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
- BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 97 miles;
BOSSIER CITY, LA; FT enrollment: 2,743)
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 104 miles;
NACOGDOCHES, TX; FT enrollment: 10,217)
Public high schools in Mount Pleasant:
- MT PLEASANT H S (Students: 1,269; Location:
105 N RIDDLE; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CHAPEL HILL H S (Students: 290; Location: F M
1735; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MT PLEASANT DAEP (Students: 14; Location: 105
N RIDDLE; Grades: 07 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Mount Pleasant:
- CORPREW INTERMEDIATE (Students: 720;
Location: 105 N RIDDLE; Grades: 03 - 04)
- MOUNT PLEASANT J H (Students: 693; Location:
105 N RIDDLE; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 646;
Location: 105 N RIDDLE; Grades: 03 - 06)
- CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (Students: 542;
Location: 105 N RIDDLE; Grades: PK - KG)
- CHAPEL HILL EL (Students: 412; Location: F M
1735; Grades: KG - 06)
- VIVIAN FOWLER ELEMENTARY (Students: 395;
Location: 105 N RIDDLE; Grades: KG - 02)
- BRICE ELEMENTARY (Students: 393; Location:
105 N RIDDLE; Grades: KG - 02)
- SIMS ELEMENTARY (Students: 388; Location: 105
N RIDDLE; Grades: KG - 03)
- HARTS BLUFF EL (Students: 388; Location: F M
1402; Grades: KG - 08)
- CHAPEL HILL J H (Students: 132; Location: F M
1735; Grades: 07 - 08)
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