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Hidalgo County (South Central)--Pharr, San Juan & Hidalgo Cities PUMA, TX

135,722 Population
77.3 square miles 1,756.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$21,234 ±$1,849 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,047 ±$3,912 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

23.2% ±4% (31,389  ±5,534) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.5 minutes ±1 (1,154,900  ±62,608) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

40,732 ±1,896 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.3 ±0.2 (135,478  ±4,055) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.4% ±2.4% (2,137  ±803) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

44,184 ±1,945 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$143,500 ±$15,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.7% ±2.4% (11,677  ±3,207.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

68.5% ±3.9% (54,210  ±3,854.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
17.8% ±2.4% (14,069  ±1,988.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

83.3% ±1.7% (103,737  ±2,765.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 34.9% 9,660,360 (±0.1% / ±36,032.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

28.3% ±2.5% (38,386  ±3,592) 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

2.7% ±1.1% (2,516  ±1,003) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,516 Total veterans ±1,003 2,257 Male ±896 259 Female ±212

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