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Starr County

Population in 2010: 118. Population change since 2000: -93.0%
Males: 55  (46.6%)
Females: 63  (53.4%)

Median resident age:  25.5 years
Texas median age:  40.8 years

Zip codes: 78584.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $11,769 (it was $15,958 in 2000)
North Escobares:

$11,769
Texas:

$48,259
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $4,459

North Escobares CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $45,390 (it was $34,600 in 2000)
North Escobares:

$45,390
Texas:

$125,800
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $52,179; Detached houses: $56,961; Townhouses or other attached units: $104,733; Mobile homes: $15,664

Median gross rent in 2009: $430.

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in North Escobares: 80.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 2.65 square miles.

Population density: 45 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in North Escobares:

  • High school or higher: 20.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
  • Unemployed: 28.8%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 16.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in North Escobares CDP:

  • Never married: 22.2%
  • Now married: 63.8%
  • Separated: 5.5%
  • Widowed: 1.8%
  • Divorced: 6.7%

616 residents are foreign born (36.4% Latin America).

This place:  36.4%
Texas:  13.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $129 (0.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $261 (0.9%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: McAllen, TX (48.1 miles , pop. 106,414).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (133.7 miles , pop. 277,454).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (211.9 miles , pop. 1,144,646).

Nearest cities: Escobares, TX (1.0 miles ), Roma, TX (1.3 miles ), Garceno, TX (1.5 miles ), Roma Creek, TX (1.7 miles ), La Rosita, TX (1.9 miles ), Los Alvarez, TX (2.3 miles ), Roma-Los Saenz, TX (2.4 miles ), Los Villareales, TX (2.5 miles ).

Latitude: 26.42 N, Longitude: 98.98 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 956

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

14.7%
Texas:

7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Construction (63%)
  • Retail trade (11%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Other services, except public administration (7%)
  • Health care and social assistance (4%)
  • Utilities (3%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (0%)
  • Health care and social assistance (44%)
  • Educational services (23%)
  • Other services, except public administration (19%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Retail trade (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (0%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (20%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Carpenters (11%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (29%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (8%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)

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Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Starr County (12) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 6

Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 8, Flood: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Fire: 1, Flood: 1, Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near North Escobares:

  • STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, about 18 miles away; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX)
  • MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 42 miles away; MISSION, TX)
  • RIO GRANDE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 43 miles away; MCALLEN, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to North Escobares:

  • South Texas College (about 48 miles; McAllen, TX; Full-time enrollment: 8,613)
  • The University of Texas-Pan American (about 48 miles; Edinburg, TX; FT enrollment: 12,559)
  • Texas State Technical College Harlingen (about 80 miles; Harlingen, TX; FT enrollment: 2,185)
  • Laredo Community College (about 83 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,416)
  • Texas A & M International University (about 85 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,518)
  • The University of Texas at Brownsville (about 99 miles; Brownsville, TX; FT enrollment: 6,237)
  • Texas A & M University-Kingsville (about 103 miles; Kingsville, TX; FT enrollment: 5,342)

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Starr County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 68.2%
(68.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 41.4% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:
This place:  3.7 people
Texas:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  87.5%
Whole state:  70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  1.2%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

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North Escobares compared to Texas state average:

  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (86%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
  • No fuel used (5%)


2004 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:


2008 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:
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Religion statistics for North Escobares (based on Starr County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 78.77%
Here78.8%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameCatholic ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of GodOther
Adherents95.0%1.9%0.9%0.8%1.4%
Congregations48.4%19.4%3.2%9.7%19.4%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 9
Starr County:

1.47 / 10,000 pop.
State:

1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:

0.16 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 13
This county:

2.12 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 17
Starr County:

2.77 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 15
This county:

2.45 / 10,000 pop.
State:

6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Starr County:

8.5%
Texas:

8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Starr County:

27.1%
State:

26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

14.7%
State:

15.7%

4.07% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($22,183 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

4.07%
Texas average:

8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Hidalgo County, TX  1.17% ($20,333 average AGI)
from Harris County, TX  0.54% ($18,511)
from Bexar County, TX  0.11% ($23,167)


4.88% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,773 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

4.88%
Texas average:

7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.


Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Hidalgo County, TX  2.11% ($29,718 average AGI)
to Harris County, TX  0.53% ($17,393)
to Bexar County, TX  0.17% ($20,393)

Strongest AM radio stations in North Escobares:

  • KGBT (1530 AM; 50 kW; HARLINGEN, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KURV (710 AM; 10 kW; EDINBURG, TX; Owner: VOICE OF VALLEY AGRICULTURE, INC.)
  • KUBR (1210 AM; 10 kW; SAN JUAN, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL)
  • KRIO (910 AM; 5 kW; MCALLEN, TX; Owner: RIO GRANDE BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
  • KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
  • KVJY (840 AM; 5 kW; PHARR, TX; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MCALLEN LICENSE CORP.)
  • KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KVOZ (890 AM; 12 kW; DEL MAR HILLS, TX; Owner: CONSOLIDATED RADIO, INC.)
  • WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KQXX (1700 AM; 10 kW; BROWNSVILLE, TX; Owner: LA NUEVA KBOR, INC.)
  • KRGE (1290 AM; 5 kW; WESLACO, TX; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES OF THE VALLEY)
  • KBOR (1600 AM; 10 kW; BROWNSVILLE, TX; Owner: LA NUEVA KBOR, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in North Escobares:

  • KBMI (97.7 FM; ROMA, TX; Owner: HORIZON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KQBO (103.1 FM; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX; Owner: SOUND INVESTMENTS UNLIMITED, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around North Escobares:

  • K06MY (Channel 6; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX; Owner: FAITH PLEASES GOD CHURCH CORPORATION)


North Escobares on our top lists:

  • #39 on the list of "Top 100 least-educated cities"
  • #96 on the list of "Top 100 cities with youngest residents"
  • #4 (78584) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of taxpayers reporting profit/loss from business in 2004 (pop 5,000+)"
  • #35 (78584) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of residents speaking Spanish at home"
  • #49 (78584) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of taxpayers using paid preparers for 2004 taxes (pop 5,000+)"
  • #94 (78584) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Other groups first ancestries"
  • #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
  • #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
  • #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
  • #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
  • #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"

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