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Laredo, TX Urban Area

256,298 Population
64.2 square miles 3,991 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,073 ±$1,690 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,371 ±$5,594 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.6% ±3.3% (52,204  ±8,344) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.8 minutes ±1.1 (2,444,565  ±154,027) 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

78,792 ±1,599 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.2 ±0.1 (253,744  ±4,759) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.2% ±2.5% (4,641  ±1,583) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

85,265 ±1,299 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$208,500 ±$14,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±1.9% (20,703  ±4,811.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

73.6% ±4.1% (109,822  ±6,297.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.2% ±2.7% (36,153  ±4,062.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

23.7% ±1.6% (60,803  ±4,344) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.8% ±0.4% (3,166  ±794) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,166 Total veterans ±794 3,062 Male ±749 104 Female ±184

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