Shiro, Texas

Shiro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grimes County, Texas, United States located on State Highway 30 and the BNSF Railway in east central Grimes County.

Shiro, Texas
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 30°36′31″N 95°53′11″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Grimes
Elevation [1]	341 ft (104 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	201
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	936
GNIS feature ID	2805784[1]

Education

Public education in the community of Shiro is provided by the Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District. The district has two campuses, Anderson-Shiro Elementary School (grades PK-5) and Anderson-Shiro Junior/Senior High School (grades 6–12)

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	201		—
U.S. Decennial Census[2] 1850–1900[3] 1910[4] 1920[5] 1930[6] 1940[7] 1950[8] 1960[9] 1970[10] 1980[11] 1990[12] 2000[13] 2010[14] 2020[15]

Shiro first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[16][14][15]

2020 census

Shiro CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020[15]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	139	69.15%
Black or African American alone (NH)	28	13.93%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	2	1.00%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	32	15.92%
Total	201	100.00%