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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS


Located 115 miles east of Dallas on I-30 and US 271

POPULATION:
Current Estimate - Mount Pleasant (14,174) Titus County (28,405)
2000 - Mount Pleasant (13,935) Titus County (28,118)
1990 - Mount Pleasant (12,291) Titus County (24,009)
1980 - Mount Pleasant (11,003) Titus County (21,442)

LABOR MARKET:
Titus County - Labor Force (14,651) Unemployment Rate (4.7% - September 2008)
Mt. Pleasant - Labor Force (7,121) Texas - Unemployment (5.1% - September 2008)
Wage and/or Manufacturing Survey Available: Yes

GEOGRAPHIC/CLIMATE DATA:
Avg. Elevation (415 ft) Avg. Annual Rainfall (46 in) Avg. Annual Snowfall (3 in)
Avg. Annual Minimum Temperature (55 deg) Avg. Annual Maximum Temperature (76 deg)

INSURANCE:
Fire Insurance Key Rate (4)

UTILITIES:
Electric Providers: AEP Southwestern Electric Power, Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative
Gas Providers: CenterPoint Energy-Entex

Telecoms Providers: AT&T, Suddenlink Communications

Water Supplier: City of Mount Pleasant (City) Tri Special Utility (County)
Avg. Daily Demand - MGD (6.8) Capacity - MGD (12)

Sewer Supplier: City of Mount Pleasant
Type - Extended aeration Activated sludge
Peak Demand - MGD (1.6)
Capacity - MGD (2.9)

Waste Disposal: Allied Waste Services (City) Tabor Sanitation (County)
Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill) Industrial Disposal (Yes)

TRANSPORTATION:
Interstates (I.H. 30)
Highways (U.S. 271, U.S. 67, TX-49)
Rail Service (Southern Pacific)

AIRPORTS: Mount Pleasant Regional Airport
Surface Type (Asphalt) Runway Length (6,000 ft) Landing Lights (Yes)
Instrument Landing (GPS17-35) Aircraft Maintenance (Yes) Aircraft Storage (Yes)

Commercial airline service:
(Texarkana, TX - 60 miles) (Dallas-Fort Worth - 120 miles) (Shreveport, LA - 100 miles)

TRUCKING:
Motor carriers (9)

MASS TRANSIT:
City Bus (Yes) Inter-City Bus (Yes) Light Rail (No)

MUNICIPAL SERVICES:
Form of Local Government (Council-Manager)
Police-Full-Time (29) Firemen-Full-Time (21) Firemen-Volunteer (22)
Fire Service Outside City (Yes) City Zoning Regulated (Yes) Planning Commission (Yes)

EDUCATION:
School Districts (4) Private Schools (2) Vocational Training (Northeast Texas Community College)
Avg. SAT Score (981) Avg. ACT Score (20.2)

HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATION DISTANCE:
Northeast Texas Community College-Mount Pleasant (4 mi)
Jarvis Christian College-Hawkins (55 mi)
Paris Jr. College-Paris (60 mi)
Le Tourneau University-Longview (61 mi)
East Texas Baptist University-Marshall (70 mi)
University of Texas-Tyler (70 mi)
Texas A&M University-Texarkana-Texarkana, TX (60 mi)

MEDICAL SERVICES:
Titus Regional Medical Center-Mount Pleasant
Bo & Patty Pilgrim Cancer Center-Mount Pleasant

TAX STRUCTURE:
Tax District (Mount Pleasant/Titus County)

2009 PROPERTY TAX:
City of Mount Pleasant (.31 per/$100)
Titus County (.350287 per/$100)
Mount Pleasant ISD (1.174 per/$100)
Titus Regional Medical Center (.1287 per/$100)
Northeast Texas Community College (.10 per/$100)

SALES TAX:
CITY (1.50%) COUNTY (.50%) STATE (6.25%)

OTHER STATE TAXES:
Corporate Income (No) Gasoline (15%) Corporate Franchise (No)