Ackerly is a city in Dawson and Martin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 264. The Martin county portion of Ackerly is part of the Midland-Odessa metropolitan area.
History
The town was established in 1923 and named for the town founder Paul Ackerly. In 1995, a local discovered the Ackerly meteorite while plowing his cotton field.
Geography
Ackerly is located at (32.525563, –101.714242).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.8 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Ackerly had a population of 264. The median age was 33.0 years, 34.8% of residents were under the age of 18, and 12.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.3 males age 18 and over.
There were 72 households in Ackerly, of which 59.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 65.3% were married-couple households, 8.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Percent
|-
| White || 70.1%
|-
| Black or African American || 0%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1.1%
|-
| Asian || 0%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.8%
|-
| Some other race || 12.1%
|-
| Two or more races || 15.9%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 48.9%
|}
2000 census
As of the census