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Mercedes Independent School District, TX

21,743 Population
44.9 square miles 484 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,429 ±$1,752 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hidalgo County: $23,117 ±$475
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,280 ±$12,050 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hidalgo County: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.5% ±5.4% (7,067  ±1,295) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • 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)

18.7 minutes ±4 (136,175  ±20,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,260 ±556 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.5 ±0.4 (21,743  ±1,726) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.3 884,150 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.4% (312  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.1% 13,525 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,967 ±567 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,400 ±$13,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hidalgo County: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±2.8% (1,448  ±608.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

65.2% ±9.6% (8,213  ±849.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 70.2% 362,400 (±1% / ±5,218.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.2% ±3% (1,667  ±415.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.6% 106,469 (±0.6% / ±2,903.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

19.9% ±3.2% (4,318  ±777) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.1% 232,467
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.8% ±0.9% (412  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • 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)
412 Total veterans ±147 374 Male ±145 38 Female ±47

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