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Starr County, TX

65,934 Population
1,223.2 square miles 53.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,132 ±$9,284 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$41,566 ±$4,934 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about half the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

29% ±6.4% (18,974  ±4,203) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.4 minutes ±2.1 (520,580  ±52,263) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,004 ±1,034 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.5 ±0.2 (65,472  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±3% (709  ±458) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

23,208 ±19 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$89,600 ±$12,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8% ±3.3% (5,234  ±2,178.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

59.4% ±6.8% (22,226  ±2,562.8) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
14.2% ±3.4% (5,322  ±1,286.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

28.2% (18,591  ±2,083) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.1% ±1.3% (925  ±581) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
925 Total veterans ±581 738 Male ±509 187 Female ±279

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