Editing Mount Vernon, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 223
|1880= 311
|1890= 589
|1920= 1212
|1930= 1222
|1940= 1443
|1950= 1433
|1960= 1338
|1970= 1806
|1980= 2025
|1990= 2219
|2000= 2286
|2010= 2662
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
|2020=2491}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Mount Vernon racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4849860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 20, 2022 |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=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|1,590
|63.83%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|305
|12.24%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|11
|0.44%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|15
|0.6%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|23
|0.92%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|103
|4.13%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|444
|17.82%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,491'''
|
|}
According to the [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]], there were 2,286 people, 903 households, and 582 families residing in the town.<ref name="GR2" /> The population density was {{convert|618.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,045 housing units at an average density of {{convert|282.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 77.21% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 13.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.61% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.31% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 7.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.80% of the population. In 2020, its population was 2,491;<ref name=":0" /> at the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], its racial and ethnic makeup was predominantly [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]].

In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $28,824, and the median income for a family was $36,150. Males had a median income of $30,132 versus $18,707 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,186. About 14.9% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over. The 2020 [[American Community Survey]] determined the median household income was $56,016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 ACS Financial Characteristics |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Mount%20Vernon%20town,%20Texas%20income&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S2503 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>