Editing Pecan Gap, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1940= 409
|1950= 319
|1960= 278
|1970= 291
|1980= 250
|1990= 245
|2000= 214
|2010= 203
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br />1940-2010<ref name="1960 census">{{cite report |author=United States Census Bureau|year=1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYs5AQAAIAAJ&q=pecan+gap+population+1960&pg=SA45-PA29|title=Population of All Incorporated and of Unincorperated Places of 1,000 or More|edition=1960|publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]]|page=39|access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="1990 census">{{cite report|author=United States Census Bureau|year=1990|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-45.pdf|title=1990 Census of Population and Housing{{ndash}}Population and Housing Unit Counts{{ndash}}Texas|edition=1990|publisher=United States Department of Commerce|page=87|access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref>
|2020=178}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Pecan Gap racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4856468&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|149
|83.71%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|6
|3.37%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.56%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|15
|8.43%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|7
|3.93%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''178'''
|
|}
According to the [[2020 United States census]], there were 178 people, 94 households, and 79 families residing in the city. At the 2000 census, 214 people, 103 households, and 57 families resided in the city.<ref name="GR2" /> The population density was {{convert|343.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 123 housing units  averaged 197.5 per square mile (76.6/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the city was 88.32% White, 7.94% African American, 0.47% Asian, 2.80% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 6.54% of the population.

Of the 103 households, 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.7% were not families. About 40.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the city, the population was distributed as  19.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,389, and  for a family was $43,125. Males had a median income of $38,000 versus $22,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,704. About 16.7% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 25.0% of those sixty five or over.

[[File:Mayo portrait, circa 1910.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|W.L. Mayo helped establish the elementary school in Pecan Gap]]