Editing Paradise, Texas

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| official_name            = Paradise, Texas
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
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| map_caption              = Location of Paradise, Texas
| image_map1               = Wise County Paradise.svg
| mapsize1                 = 250px
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Wise County, Texas|Wise]]
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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.01
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.01
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
| area_total_km2           = 5.20
| area_land_km2            = 5.20
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
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| population_as_of         = 2020
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 475
| population_density_sq_mi = 279.66
| population_density_km2   = 107.97
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| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 764
| coordinates              = {{coord|33|09|01|N|97|41|19|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 76073
| area_code                = [[Area code 940|940]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-55056<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2411368<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2411368}}</ref>
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'''Paradise''' is a city in [[Wise County, Texas|Wise County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 475 in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

According to tradition, the area was a cowboy's "paradise", hence the name.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=102|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=98}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 2.0&nbsp;square miles (5.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all  land.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer Files 2016-Places-Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html|website=US Census|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 2000 = 459
| 2010 = 441
| 2020 = 475
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 701
| 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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Paradise racial composition as of 2020'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4855056&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |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)
|398
|83.79%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|4
|0.84%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|2
|0.42%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|2
|0.42%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.21%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|15
|3.16%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|53
|11.16%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''475'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 475 people, 190 households, and 125 families residing in the city.

==Education==
The City of Paradise is served by the [[Paradise Independent School District]].

==References==
<references />
{{notelist}}

==External links==
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlp08 Handbook of Texas Online article about Paradise, Texas]
* [https://cityofparadisetexas.org/ Official City of Paradise, Texas Website]

{{Wise County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Wise County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]