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McAllen, TX Urban Area

820,752 Population
326.3 square miles 2,515.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,399 ±$1,054 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,997 ±$2,815 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.9% ±2% (195,053  ±16,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±1 (7,182,890  ±358,442) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

256,425 ±4,025 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.2 ±0.1 (816,921  ±9,290) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±0.9% (10,444  ±1,768) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

292,949 ±2,728 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$166,800 ±$5,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±1.3% (86,191  ±10,278.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

73.8% ±2.2% (353,978  ±10,936.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.2% ±1.2% (106,524  ±5,977.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

25.7% ±1.1% (210,831  ±9,006) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.8% ±0.4% (16,279  ±2,359) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,279 Total veterans ±2,359 14,431 Male ±2,261 1,848 Female ±952

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