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Laredo, TX

252,974 Population
106.8 square miles 2,368.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 30.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,564 ±$1,044 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: $23,160 ±$919
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$60,720 ±$3,902 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: $60,204 ±$4,364
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

22.4% ±3.1% (55,961  ±7,881) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 22.7% † 60,340 (±3% / ±7,950)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

21.9 minutes ±1.8 (2,244,455  ±199,320) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 23 2,494,675 (±1.6 / ±194,670)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

79,072 ±1,756 Number of households
  • the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 83,045 ±1,374
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3.2 ±0.1 (250,247  ±5,472) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 3.2 266,408 (±0.1 / ±219)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

6.7% ±1.9% (4,151  ±1,175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 7.2% † 4,752 (±2% / ±1,306)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

85,417 ±1,007 Number of housing units
  • the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 89,651 ±79
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$204,900 ±$10,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: $200,800 ±$10,125
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

8.4% ±2% (21,059  ±4,931) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 9.6% † 25,495 (±2.3% / ±6,134.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

73% ±3.8% (107,457  ±5,744.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 71.8% 111,572 (±3.7% / ±5,782.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
23.9% ±2.2% (35,188  ±3,283.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 22.9% 35,660 (±2.1% / ±3,297.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

24.9% ±2.2% (63,005  ±5,594) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 24.9% † 67,078 (±51,442.9% / ±5,628)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

3.2% ±0.8% (5,698  ±1,387) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 3.1% † 5,778 (±0.7% / ±1,383)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
5,698 Total veterans ±1,387 5,322 Male ±1,298 376 Female ±304

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