
Mount Pleasant at a glance
What makes Mount Pleasant different: Mount Pleasant is where poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride leased its first chicken-processing plant in 1960, and the company remains the area's largest employer; the city is also headquarters of Priefert ranch and rodeo equipment, making it a poultry-processing and metal-fabrication hub for Northeast Texas.
- Mount Pleasant population
- 16,295
- Titus County Medicare
- 4,749
- MA penetration (county)
- 40%
- Spanish-speaking market
- Yes — bilingual