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Zapata, TX

4,897 Population
7.6 square miles 640.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 32.3 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,285 ±$3,683 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: $18,613 † ±$1,896
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,488 ±$13,404 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: $39,239 † ±$4,265
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.5% ±11.8% (1,579  ±625) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 38.4% † 5,190 (±6% / ±818)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±8 (35,260  ±14,743) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 23.6 † 104,270 (±4 / ±19,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,853 ±260 Number of households
  • the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 4,565 ±278
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (4,857  ±768) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 3 13,595 (±0.2 / ±29)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±6.8% (85  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 8.2% † 264 (±5.1% / ±164)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,449 ±251 Number of housing units
  • the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 6,255 ±16
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,900 ±$31,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: $97,100 † ±$13,417
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±3.3% (256  ±161.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 7.9% † 1,081 (±2.9% / ±396.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.5% ±7.6% (2,454  ±381.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 65.9% 5,328 (±6.4% / ±535.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.2% ±6.1% (746  ±210.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 15.2% † 1,228 (±3.1% / ±253.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

21% ±4.5% (1,027  ±271) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 23.4% 3,245
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.3% ±1.4% (80  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Zapata, TX Micro Area: 2.8% † 263 (±1.2% / ±117)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±49 70 Male ±41 10 Female ±19

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