Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX

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2022 Population
116,504
0.11% 1-year growth
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
32.1
1.9% 1-year increase
2022 Poverty Rate
22%
2.82% 1-year decrease
2022 Median Household Income
$54,059
8.15% 1-year growth
2022 Median Property Value
$137,000
17.9% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX had a population of 117k people with a median age of 32.1 and a median household income of $54,059. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX grew from 116,376 to 116,504, a 0.11% increase and its median household income grew from $49,987 to $54,059, a 8.15% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are White (Hispanic) (41.3%), Two+ (Hispanic) (40.1%), Other (Hispanic) (9.08%), White (Non-Hispanic) (7.13%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.17%).

82% of the households in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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.

82.6% of the residents in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are Mission Beauty Institute (38 degrees awarded in 2022).

In 2022, the median property value in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was $137,000, and the homeownership rate was 73.9%.

Most people in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX is home to a population of 117k people, from which 82.6% are citizens. As of 2022, 27.5% of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX residents were born outside of the country (32k people).

In 2022, there were 1.03 times more White (Hispanic) residents (48.1k people) in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 46.7k Two+ (Hispanic) and 10.6k 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 (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are Spanish (86,630 households), Tagalog (Incl. Filipino) (263 households), and German (221 households).

Citizenship

82.6%
2022 Citizenship
81.4%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 82.6% of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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 (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was 81.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX
  1. White (Hispanic)
    48.1k ± 2.91k
  2. Two+ (Hispanic)
    46.7k ± 3.25k
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    10.6k ± 1.77k
90.9%
Hispanic Population
106k people

In 2022, there were 1.03 times more White (Hispanic) residents (48.1k people) in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 46.7k Two+ (Hispanic) and 10.6k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

90.9% of the people in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are hispanic (106k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX as a share of the total population.

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Foreign-Born Population

27.5%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
32k people
27.9%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
32.5k people

As of 2022, 27.5% of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX residents (32k 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 (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was 27.9%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    86,630 households (80.7%)
  2. Tagalog (Incl. Filipino)
    263 households (0.245%)
  3. German
    221 households (0.206%)

82% of the households in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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 (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was Spanish. 80.7% of the households in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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
    1,201 ± 222
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    677 ± 209
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    324 ± 134

Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.77 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX employs 37.5k people. The largest industries in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are Construction (3,753 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,489 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,284 people), and the highest paying industries are Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities ($164,892), Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($150,317), and Electric power generation, transmission & distribution ($137,008).

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
16,236
Women
44.4%
20,366
Men
55.6%

The workforce of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX in 2020 was 36,602 people, with 44.4% woman, and 55.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX.

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Occupations

37.5k
2022 Value
2.74%
1 Year growth
± 2.74%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 2.74%, from 36.5k employees to 37.5k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX, are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,892 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (1,354 people), and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (1,346 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

37.5k
2022 Value
2.74%
1 Year growth
± 2.74%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 2.74%, from 36.5k employees to 37.5k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX, are Construction (3,753 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,489 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (2,284 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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

$40,415
Median earning men ± $3,616
$28,741
Median earning women ± $2,009

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Public Administration ($55,365), Manufacturing ($55,033), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($54,961).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($49,028), Public Administration ($45,688), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,086).

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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

In 2022, universities in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX awarded 38 degrees. The student population of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 9 male students and 38 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are Hispanic or Latino (36 and 94.7%), followed by Asian (2 and 5.26%), Black or African American (0 and 0%), and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders (0 and 0%).

The largest universities in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX by number of degrees awarded are Mission Beauty Institute (38 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX are Nail Specialist & Manicurist (13 and 34.2%), General Cosmetology (11 and 28.9%), and Barbering (11 and 28.9%).

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 1.86% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 2.34% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX in 2022 were Primary Education (22.3k), Secondary Education (20.6k), and High School or Equivalent (19.1k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was $137,000 in 2022, which is 0.486 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $116,200 to $137,000, a 17.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX is 73.9%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX have an average commute time of 22.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX is $54,059. In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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

$137,000
Median Property Value 2022
±$7,180
$26,076
Median Property Taxes
±$1,412

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 (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

73.9%
Homeownership
2022
64.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 73.9% of the housing units in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 72.8%.

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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 (Southwest)--Mission City 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 (Southwest)--Mission City 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.
$54,059
Median Household Income
± $3,014
35.3k
Number of Households
± 1,816

In 2022, the median household income of the 35.3k households in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX grew to $54,059 from the previous year's value of $49,987.

The following chart displays the households in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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 $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

0.469
2022 Wage GINI in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX
0.481
2021 Wage GINI in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX

In 2022, the income inequality in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was 0.469 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 2.64% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (78.4%)
  2. Carpooled (11.7%)
  3. Worked At Home (7.65%)

In 2022, 78.4% of workers in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.7%) and those who worked at home (7.65%).

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

22.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX have a shorter commute time (22.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 1.65% of the workforce in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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 (Southwest)--Mission City 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 (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

22% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX (25.5k out of 116k 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 25 - 34 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City 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

69.3% of the population of Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX has health coverage, with 25.4% on employee plans, 22.9% on Medicaid, 7.47% on Medicare, 13.1% on non-group plans, and 0.522% 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 32.6% under 18 years, 21.1% between 18 and 34 years, 33.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 13.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49% were men and 51% were women.

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

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Uninsured People

30.7%
Uninsured
25.4%
Employer Coverage
22.9%
Medicaid
7.47%
Medicare
13.1%
Non-Group
0.522%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX declined by 1.2% from 31.1% to 30.7%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Hidalgo County (Southwest)--Mission City PUMA, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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