merkel texas population
The last Decennial Census <2> was in 2010, giving Merkel a population of 2,590 people. The town of Merkel is located in Taylor County. The 2010 Census gave Taylor County a population of 131,506 people. This means that Merkel had 1.97% of the county's total population, making it Taylor's 2nd most populous community. At the same time, Texas had a population of 25,145,561 people, meaning that Merkel had 0.01% of the total population of Texas - making it the state's 501st most populous community.