Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Laredo, TX Metro Area

272,823 Population
3,361.5 square miles 81.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

30.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,893 ±$1,557 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,580 ±$5,180 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.5% ±3.1% (55,290  ±8,313) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±1 (2,606,740  ±146,128) 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

84,177 ±1,440 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.2 ±0.1 (269,802  ±457) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±2.3% (4,770  ±1,569) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

91,163 ±144 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$207,100 ±$13,112 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.9% ±1.8% (21,163  ±4,820.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

73.2% ±4.1% (115,677  ±6,443.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.3% ±2.5% (36,861  ±4,011.7) 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

23.5% (64,042  ±4,146) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.7% ±0.4% (3,249  ±792) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,249 Total veterans ±792 3,145 Male ±749 104 Female ±184

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.