Troy is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,375 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Troy is located in northern Bell County along Interstate 35. It is north of Temple and south of Waco.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.20%, are covered by water.
History
Troy was established around a railroad station of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad in 1882. It replaced an older village about two miles north of the current city and which is referred to as Old Troy. Originally, the new town was known as New Troy. A weekly newspaper was established at Troy in 1892.
For a brief period in the 1990s, Troy renamed itself Troy Aikman, Texas, in honor of the Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl-winning quarterback. Signs posted at the city limits on I-35 reflected the name change.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Troy had a population of 2,375. The median age was 32.6 years. 32.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.2 males age 18 and over.
83.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 16.4% lived in rural areas.
There were 819 households and 755 families residing in Troy, of which 48.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.0% were married-couple households, 15.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 1,802 || 75.9%
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| Black or African American || 85 || 3.6%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 32 || 1.3%
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| Asian || 8 || 0.3%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 1 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 142 || 6.0%
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| Two or more races || 305 || 12.8%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 533 || 22.4%
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2000 census
As of the census