Mart, Texas Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Mart, Texas
City
Downtown Mart, Texas
Location of Mart, Texas

Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	McLennan, Limestone
Area
• Total	1.31 sq mi (3.40 km²)
• Land	1.31 sq mi (3.40 km²)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Elevation	525 ft (160 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,209
• Estimate (2019)	1,963
• Density	1,682/sq mi (649.5/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	76664
Area code(s)	254
FIPS code	48-46824
GNIS feature ID	1362206

Mart is a city in Limestone and McLennan counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census.

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Demographics
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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.5 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1910	2,939	—
1920	3,105	5.6%
1930	2,853	−8.1%
1940	2,856	0.1%
1950	2,269	−20.6%
1960	2,197	−3.2%
1970	2,183	−0.6%
1980	2,324	6.5%
1990	2,004	−13.8%
2000	2,273	13.4%
2010	2,209	−2.8%
2019 (est.)	1,963	−11.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, 2,273 people, 832 households, and 550 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,692.0 people per square mile (654.9/km²). The 934 housing units averaged 695.2 per square mile (269.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 68.28% White, 27.54% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 2.46% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.81% of the population.

Of the 832 households, 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 17.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.8% were not families. About 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city, the population was distributed as 31.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,603, and for a family was $33,203. Males had a median income of $26,750 versus $19,784 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,721. About 15.9% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.3% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The city is served by the Mart Independent School District.

Notable people

Quan Cosby, former wide receiver for the University of Texas, player for four NFL teams; native of Mart
Frankie Lee, soul blues singer; born in Mart
Jesse Plemons, actor known for the TV series Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad and Fargo; raised in Mart
Cullen Rogers, football player for Texas A&M and Pittsburgh Steelers
E. Donnall Thomas, 1990 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, who showed that transplanting bone marrow to save the lives of patients dying from blood cancer and other blood disorders is possible; he is known as the "Father of Bone Marrow Transplant"
Cindy Walker, the Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter of "You Don't Know Me", "Sugar Moon", "In the Misty Moonlight", and other hits; native of Mart