▁R ains ▁County , ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 4 8 9 , ▁which ▁dropped ▁to ▁ 4 3 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Geography ▁Al ba ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 3 2 . 7 9 2 0 6 9 , ▁- 9 5 . 6 3 4 5 3 2 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁ 1 . 1   square ▁miles ▁( 2 . 9   km ² ), ▁all ▁land . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁approximately ▁ ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁Dallas . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 4 3 0 ▁people , ▁ 1 9 6 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 1 8 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 3 8 7 . 8 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 4 9 . 6 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 2 3 2 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 2 0 9 . 2 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 8 0 . 7 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 9 8 . 6 0 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 4 7 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 4 7 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁and ▁ 0 . 4 7 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat