Imperial is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pecos County, Texas, United States. The population was 294 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Imperial is located at (31.271968, -102.695799). It is situated at the intersection of Farm Roads 11 and 1053, four miles south of the Pecos River and approximately 30 miles northeast of Fort Stockton in northern Pecos County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
History
The community was settled in the early 1900s. The site was originally known as Redlands from 1908 to around 1910, when it was renamed after California's Imperial Valley. A post office and school were opened in 1910 and a townsite was laid out on land owned by Benjamin E. Bush one year later. Water from the Pecos River was diverted and a small dam was built west of the community.<br> 1850–1900 1910<br> 1920 1930 1940<br>
1950 1960 1970<br> 1980 1990 2000<br> 2010 2020
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|252
|140
|style='background: #ffffe6; |106
|58.88%
|50.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.05%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.23%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|4
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.93%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|6
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|1.40%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.34%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|7
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|1.64%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.72%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|158
|137
|style='background: #ffffe6; |175
|36.92%
|49.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59.52%
|-
|Total
|428
|278
|style='background: #ffffe6; |294
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census