Census Reporter

Hidalgo County, TX

868,707 Population
1,570.8 square miles 553 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$17,542 ±$738 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
  • about half the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$41,800 ±$1,745 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

27.3% ±2.4% (234,015  ±20,180) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.5 minutes ±1.2 (7,667,535  ±423,105) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 351,917,720 (±0.2 / ±2,453,143)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

247,544 ±3,892 Number of households
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
3.5 ±0.1 (858,532  ±1,416) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.3% ±0.9% (11,400  ±2,032) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

285,996 ±411 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$93,400 ±$3,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

9.4% ±1.3% (80,859  ±10,693.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

67.5% ±2.3% (333,034  ±11,269.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
19.1% ±1.3% (93,951  ±6,187.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

26.4% ±1% (228,865  ±9,060) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

2.9% ±0.4% (16,846  ±2,203) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
16,846 Total veterans ±2,203 16,224 Male ±2,138 622 Female ±349

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