Editing Port Mansfield, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Port Mansfield, Texas
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| map_caption        = Location of Port Mansfield, Texas
| image_map1         = Willacy County PortMansfield.svg
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Willacy County, Texas|Willacy]]

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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 14.8
| area_land_km2      = 13.5
| area_water_km2     = 1.3
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.7
| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.2
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.5

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 319
| population_density_km2 = auto

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| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 1
| elevation_ft       = 3
| coordinates        = {{coord|26|33|20|N|97|25|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 78598
| area_code          = [[Area code 956|956]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-58928<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>
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| blank1_info        = 1344369<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
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'''Port Mansfield''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Willacy County, Texas|Willacy County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 226 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-45.pdf|publisher=Texas: 2010|accessdate=2017-01-05}}</ref>

==Geography==
Port Mansfield is located at {{coord|26|33|20|N|97|25|52|W|type:city}} (26.555453, -97.431051).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 5.7&nbsp;square miles (14.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 5.2&nbsp;square miles (13.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  is land and 0.5&nbsp;square mile (1.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  (8.76%) is water. A navigational channel connects Port Mansfield to the [[Intracoastal Waterway]], and to the [[Gulf of Mexico]], cutting through [[Padre Island]] via the Port Mansfield Channel.

The cut through South Padre Island had shoaled considerably in the early 2000s, and by 2008 only shallow draft boats could safely enter at the Mansfield cut. The channel was dredged in the winter months of 2009-2010 by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]], using Federal relief money following hurricanes [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]] and [[Hurricane Dolly|Dolly]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.caller.com/news/2008/aug/28/dredging-at-port-mansfield-to-begin/ | title = Dredging at Port Mansfield to begin | accessdate = 2010-05-30 | work = Corpus Christi Caller-Times}}</ref> The channel was dredged in the spring of 2021 and is now{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<!-- when? needs a source.  Else the statement looks to merely be about the outcome in ~2010 --> 16–20 feet deep, with all the dredge tailings making a beach on the north side of the jetty.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 415
|2010= 226
|2020= 319
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850–1900<ref name=1900CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1920<ref name=1920CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br>
1950<ref name=1950CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1980<ref name=1980CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 
}}

===2020 census===

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Port Mansfield racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4858928&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)
|233
|73.04%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|1
|0.31%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.31%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|7
|2.19%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|77
|24.14%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''319'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 319 people, 92 households, and 31 families residing in the CDP.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 415 people, 187 households, and 137 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|79.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 563 housing units at an average density of {{convert|108.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.01% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.96% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.58% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 14.22% of the population.

There were 187 households, out of which 14.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.50.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.5% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 16.9% from 25 to 44, 37.1% from 45 to 64, and 28.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,500, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $18,333 versus $26,667 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $15,087. About 20.5% of families and 26.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 53.5% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Climate==

According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Port Mansfield has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Port Mansfield was {{convert|104|F|C|1}} on May 11, 2006, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|15|F|C|1}} on January 12, 1962 and December 23–24, 1989.<ref name = NOWData />

{{Weather box
|location = Port Mansfield, Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1958–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 92
|Feb record high F = 95
|Mar record high F = 101
|Apr record high F = 102
|May record high F = 104
|Jun record high F = 103
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 98
|Dec record high F = 91

|Jan avg record high F = 81.6
|Feb avg record high F = 84.1
|Mar avg record high F = 87.0
|Apr avg record high F = 90.6
|May avg record high F = 91.3
|Jun avg record high F = 93.3
|Jul avg record high F = 94.7
|Aug avg record high F = 95.0
|Sep avg record high F = 94.3
|Oct avg record high F = 90.4
|Nov avg record high F = 87.4
|Dec avg record high F = 83.2
|year avg record high F = 98.7

|Jan high F = 67.7
|Feb high F = 71.0
|Mar high F = 75.6
|Apr high F = 80.8
|May high F = 85.3
|Jun high F = 89.6
|Jul high F = 90.6
|Aug high F = 91.8
|Sep high F = 88.5
|Oct high F = 84.1
|Nov high F = 76.4
|Dec high F = 70.3
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 59.0
|Feb mean F = 62.8
|Mar mean F = 68.0
|Apr mean F = 73.6
|May mean F = 79.0
|Jun mean F = 83.1
|Jul mean F = 84.1
|Aug mean F = 84.7
|Sep mean F = 81.1
|Oct mean F = 76.0
|Nov mean F = 68.0
|Dec mean F = 61.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 50.3
|Feb low F = 54.5
|Mar low F = 60.5
|Apr low F = 66.5
|May low F = 72.7
|Jun low F = 76.6
|Jul low F = 77.7
|Aug low F = 77.5
|Sep low F = 73.6
|Oct low F = 68.0
|Nov low F = 59.6
|Dec low F = 52.2
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 35.4
|Feb avg record low F = 37.9
|Mar avg record low F = 42.8
|Apr avg record low F = 52.6
|May avg record low F = 60.8
|Jun avg record low F = 71.0
|Jul avg record low F = 72.9
|Aug avg record low F = 72.9
|Sep avg record low F = 64.3
|Oct avg record low F = 50.8
|Nov avg record low F = 42.1
|Dec avg record low F = 35.5
|year avg record low F = 32.0

|Jan record low F = 15
|Feb record low F = 20
|Mar record low F = 29
|Apr record low F = 38
|May record low F = 48
|Jun record low F = 58
|Jul record low F = 65
|Aug record low F = 64
|Sep record low F = 55
|Oct record low F = 32
|Nov record low F = 30
|Dec record low F = 15

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.13
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.75
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.33
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.41
|May precipitation inch = 2.39
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.00
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.39
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.15
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.37
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.10
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.98
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.25
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.3
|Feb precipitation days = 5.1
|Mar precipitation days = 4.4
|Apr precipitation days = 3.6
|May precipitation days = 4.2
|Jun precipitation days = 4.1
|Jul precipitation days = 3.6
|Aug precipitation days = 2.8
|Sep precipitation days = 8.7
|Oct precipitation days = 5.5
|Nov precipitation days = 4.8
|Dec precipitation days = 5.7

|Jan snow inch = 0.0
|Feb snow inch = 0.0
|Mar snow inch = 0.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.1
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.0
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0
|year snow days = 0.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00417184&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Port Mansfield, TX
|access-date = July 3, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=bro
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Brownsville
|access-date = July 3, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Education==
Port Mansfield is served by the [[San Perlita Independent School District]]. In addition, [[South Texas Independent School District]] operates magnet schools that serve the community.

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

==External links==
* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrpaq Handbook of Texas Online article]

{{Willacy County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Willacy County, Texas]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Texas]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Texas]]