Tira, Texas

Tira is a town in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. The population was 319 at the 2020 census.^[4]

Tira, Texas
Town
Location of Tira, Texas
Coordinates: 33°19′36″N 95°34′11″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Hopkins
Area [1]
• Total	1.44 sq mi (3.73 km2)
• Land	1.42 sq mi (3.67 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation [2]	469 ft (143 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	319
• Density	220/sq mi (86/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	75482
Area code(s)	903, 430
FIPS code	48-73124[3]
GNIS feature ID	1380666[2]

Geography

Tira is located in northern Hopkins County at 33°19′36″N 95°34′11″W (33.326629, –95.569853).^[5] Texas State Highway 19 runs through the western part of the town, leading north 25 miles (40 km) to Paris and south 13 miles (21 km) to Sulphur Springs, the Hopkins county seat. Tira is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the dam at the outlet of Jim Chapman Lake (formerly known as Cooper Lake) and is 9 miles (14 km) by road northeast of the South Sulphur Unit of Cooper Lake State Park.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km²), or 1.65%, are water.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1980	249		—
1990	237		−4.8%
2000	248		4.6%
2010	297		19.8%
2020	319		7.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Tira racial composition as of 2020^[4]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	274	85.89%
Black or African American (NH)	9	2.82%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	2	0.63%
Asian (NH)	1	0.31%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	10	3.13%
Hispanic or Latino	23	7.21%
Total	319

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 319 people, 115 households, and 80 families residing in the town.

Education

Tira is served by the North Hopkins Independent School District.

References

1. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tira, Texas
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
5. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
6. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Tira town, Texas". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
8. https://www.census.gov/ ^{[not specific enough to verify]}
9. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.

1. 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.^[8][9]