Tiki Island is a village in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,106 at the 2020 census.
Tiki Island has a full-time police department and volunteer fire department. Lacking its own post office, mail delivery is the responsibility of the nearby Galveston post office.
thumb|Map of Tiki Island
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and , or 70.1%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tiki Island racial composition<br> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|965
|87.25%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|4
|0.36%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|6
|0.54%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|30
|2.71%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|1
|0.09%
|-
|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|29
|2.62%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|71
|6.42%
|-
|Total
|1,106
|
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,106 people, 626 households, and 350 families residing in the village.
2000 census
As of the census
On December 2, 2015, Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Michael Williams announced that TCISD would absorb La Marque Independent School District (LMISD), effective July 1, 2016. LMISD previously served the eastern half of Tiki Island. La Marque High School is the area's designated high school as the former LMISD area retained its school zones. Tiki Island is zoned to La Marque elementary and middle schools: La Marque Primary School, Hayley Elementary, and La Marque Middle School.
The former La Marque District (and the Texas City district) as well as the Hitchcock district (and therefore all of Tiki Island) are served by the College of the Mainland.
References
External links
- Village of Tiki Island official website
- Tiki Island, Texas – Handbook of Texas Online article