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+Cross Plains racial composition (NH = Non Hispanic)RaceNumberPercentageWhite (NH)78987.76%Native American or Alaska Native (NH)91.0%Asian (NH)10.11%Some Other Race (NH)10.11%Mixed/Multi Racial (NH)212.34%Hispanic or Latino788.68%Total899
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 899 people, 477 households, and 294 families residing in the town.

As of the census the last stop on the Texas Central Katy Railroad spur from De Leon and Rising Star. The Katy abandoned the spur in the 1940s. An oil boom in 1925 increased the population, and by 1940 it was over 1,200. It has remained hovering around the 1,000 mark for the last 50 years.

The town is served by the Cross Plains Independent School District and is home to the Cross Plains High School Buffaloes. In 2004, voters passed a $1.1 million bond package for new classrooms and gymnasium for the Cross Plains Independent School District. While CPISD has had an average enrollment of approximately 455 students in the 1990s 2000s, an average of 358 students have been enrolled each year since 2010.

The pulp fiction author Robert E. Howard, creator of the character Conan the Barbarian among others, lived in Cross Plains from the age of 13 in 1919 until his death in 1936. His former home in Cross Plains is now a museum. Every year, Cross Plains holds the Robert E. Howard Days and a Barbarian Festival on the second weekend of June.

On December 27, 2005, a grass/range wildfire destroyed 116 homes in and around Cross Plains. On December 29, 2005, the Texas Department of Public Safety listed 85 single family homes, 25 mobile homes and 6 apartment units as being destroyed. An additional 36 homes were damaged. The First United Methodist Church building of Cross Plains was also destroyed. Two people died after being trapped in their houses. The fire started 5 mile (8 km) west of the city along Highway 36, and westerly winds of up to spread the flames into town, burning a total of of land. The fire spared the nearly century old house (now a museum) of Robert E. Howard, author of the Conan the Barbarian books.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cross Plains has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.