Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX

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2022 Population
119,020
0.73% 1-year growth
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
27.4
0.725% 1-year decrease
2022 Poverty Rate
31.5%
1.32% 1-year increase
2022 Median Household Income
$43,545
8.38% 1-year growth
2022 Median Property Value
$80,600
17.3% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX had a population of 119k people with a median age of 27.4 and a median household income of $43,545. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX grew from 118,158 to 119,020, a 0.73% increase and its median household income grew from $40,179 to $43,545, a 8.38% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX are White (Hispanic) (51.2%), Two+ (Hispanic) (36.3%), Other (Hispanic) (8.13%), White (Non-Hispanic) (3.96%), and American Indian & Alaska Native (Hispanic) (0.113%).

85.3% of the households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

80.4% of the residents in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was $80,600, and the homeownership rate was 76.3%.

Most people in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX is home to a population of 119k people, from which 80.4% are citizens. As of 2022, 25.4% of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX residents were born outside of the country (30.2k people).

In 2022, there were 1.41 times more White (Hispanic) residents (61k people) in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 43.2k Two+ (Hispanic) and 9.68k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX are Spanish (91,814 households), German (46 households), and Tagalog (Incl. Filipino) (23 households).

Citizenship

80.4%
2022 Citizenship
81.1%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 80.4% of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was 81.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX
  1. White (Hispanic)
    61k ± 4.94k
  2. Two+ (Hispanic)
    43.2k ± 4.12k
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    9.68k ± 1.53k
95.8%
Hispanic Population
114k people

In 2022, there were 1.41 times more White (Hispanic) residents (61k people) in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 43.2k Two+ (Hispanic) and 9.68k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

95.8% of the people in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX are hispanic (114k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX as a share of the total population.

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Foreign-Born Population

25.4%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
30.2k people
24.6%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
29.1k people

As of 2022, 25.4% of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX residents (30.2k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was 24.6%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    91,814 households (85.2%)
  2. German
    46 households (0.0427%)
  3. Tagalog (Incl. Filipino)
    23 households (0.0214%)

85.3% of the households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is higher than the national average of 21.7%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2022, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was Spanish. 85.2% of the households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    659 ± 179
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    518 ± 341
  3. Korea
    163 ± 105

Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.27 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX employs 37.9k people. The largest industries in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX are Elementary & secondary schools (4,897 people), Construction (4,040 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,899 people), and the highest paying industries are Legal services ($98,015), Petroleum refining ($91,960), and Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance ($82,616).

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
16,717
Women
44.6%
20,733
Men
55.4%

The workforce of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX in 2020 was 37,450 people, with 44.6% woman, and 55.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX.

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Occupations

37.9k
2022 Value
1.37%
1 Year growth
± 1.37%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 1.37%, from 37.4k employees to 37.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX, are Cashiers (1,638 people), Home health aides (1,571 people), and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,399 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

37.9k
2022 Value
1.37%
1 Year growth
± 1.37%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 1.37%, from 37.4k employees to 37.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX, are Elementary & secondary schools (4,897 people), Construction (4,040 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,899 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$29,942
Median earning men ± $2,206
$21,696
Median earning women ± $1,766

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Information ($90,285), Manufacturing ($47,034), and Public Administration ($43,782).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Construction ($59,398), Public Administration ($50,529), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($37,901).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 52.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (46.5%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.12%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 1.84% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 2.37% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX in 2022 were Primary Education (26.8k), Secondary Education (24.9k), and High School or Equivalent (21.9k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was $80,600 in 2022, which is 0.286 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $68,700 to $80,600, a 17.3% increase. The homeownership rate in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX is 76.3%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX have an average commute time of 25.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX is $43,545. In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was Fort Bend County (Northwest) PUMA, TX with a value of $159,431, followed by Denton County (South Central)--Flower Mound Town & Highland Village City PUMA, TX and Collin County (Northwest)--Celina City & Prosper Town PUMA, TX, with respective values of $157,973 and $153,785.

Property

$80,600
Median Property Value 2022
±$5,661
$25,151
Median Property Taxes
±$1,557

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

76.3%
Homeownership
2022
69.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 76.3% of the housing units in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 78.1%.

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Income by Location

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In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was Fort Bend County (Northwest) PUMA, TX with a value of $159,431, followed by Denton County (South Central)--Flower Mound Town & Highland Village City PUMA, TX and Collin County (Northwest)--Celina City & Prosper Town PUMA, TX, with respective values of $157,973 and $153,785.

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$43,545
Median Household Income
± $3,269
33k
Number of Households
± 1,805

In 2022, the median household income of the 33k households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX grew to $43,545 from the previous year's value of $40,179.

The following chart displays the households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

0.425
2022 Wage GINI in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX
0.402
2021 Wage GINI in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX

In 2022, the income inequality in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was 0.425 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 5.71% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (77.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (9.53%)
  3. Carpooled (7.39%)

In 2022, 77.2% of workers in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.53%) and those who carpooled to work (7.39%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

25.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX have a shorter commute time (25.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 3.5% of the workforce in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

31.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX (37.4k out of 119k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 6 - 11 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX is Hispanic, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

66.8% of the population of Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX has health coverage, with 19.5% on employee plans, 33% on Medicaid, 6.02% on Medicare, 7.41% on non-group plans, and 0.819% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1641 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.737% increase from the previous year (1629 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1607 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 691 patients per year.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,641 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Texas

Primary care physicians in Texas see an average of 1,641 patients per year. This represents a 0.737% increase from the previous year (1,629 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Texas in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 36% under 18 years, 22.6% between 18 and 34 years, 31.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 10.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.5% were men and 52.5% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

33.2%
Uninsured
19.5%
Employer Coverage
33%
Medicaid
6.02%
Medicare
7.41%
Non-Group
0.819%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX grew by 2.91% from 32.3% to 33.2%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Hidalgo County (East)--Alamo & Donna Cities PUMA, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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