Roma-Los Saenz, Texas

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Population in July 2007: 20,944.

Males: 9,906	(47.3%)
Females: 11,038	(52.7%)

Median resident age:	26.4 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $18,021 (it was $14,970 in 2000)

Roma-Los Saenz:	$18,021
Texas:	$47,548

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $8,320

Roma-Los Saenz:	$8,320
Texas:	$23,938

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $59,523 (it was $37,800 in 2000)

Roma-Los Saenz:	$59,523
Texas:	$120,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $76,706; Detached houses: $81,481; Townhouses or other attached units: $57,306; Mobile homes: $16,582; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

Roma-Los Saenz, TX residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Roma-Los Saenz:

Hispanic (97.6%)
White Non-Hispanic (90.7%)
Other race (7.5%)
Two or more races (1.3%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Roma-Los Saenz: 78.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 225 feet

Land area: 307.3 square miles.

Population density: 68 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Roma-Los Saenz

High school or higher: 30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
Unemployed: 23.3%
Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Roma-Los Saenz CCD

Never married: 23.9%
Now married: 64.2%
Separated: 3.5%
Widowed: 7.3%
Divorced: 4.6%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.1%
Texas:	13.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Roma-Los Saenz:	0.9% ($340)
Texas:	1.8% ($1,393)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: McAllen, TX (51.5 miles , pop. 106,414).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (131.3 miles , pop. 277,454).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (206.8 miles , pop. 1,144,646).

Nearest cities: Roma Creek, TX (2.2 miles ), North Escobares, TX (2.4 miles ), Roma, TX (2.5 miles ), Escobares, TX (2.5 miles ), Salineno, TX (2.6 miles ), Garceno, TX (2.6 miles ), Fronton, TX (2.7 miles ), Falcon Heights, TX (2.8 miles ).

Latitude: 26.49 N, Longitude: 99.01 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 956

Roma-Los Saenz household income distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (21%)
Educational services (13%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (29%)
Educational services (26%)
Social assistance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Carpenters (5%)
Construction laborers (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (22%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)

Magnitude types:

Hospitals/medical centers near Roma-Los Saenz:

STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX)
MISSION HOSPITAL INC (about 45 miles; MISSION, TX)
MC ALLEN HEART HOSP (about 47 miles; MC ALLEN, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Roma-Los Saenz:

SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles; MCALLEN, TX; Full-time enrollment: 7,142)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (about 55 miles; EDINBURG, TX; FT enrollment: 9,651)
LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; LAREDO, TX; FT enrollment: 4,449)
TEXAS A & M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; LAREDO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,107)
TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-HARLINGEN (about 94 miles; HARLINGEN, TX; FT enrollment: 2,167)
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE (about 97 miles; KINGSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,860)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE (about 98 miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,044)

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Notable locations in Roma-Los Saenz: Alto Windmill (A), Las Escobas Ranch (B), NRL Field Station (C), Casa Yankee Ruins (D), Paleta Windmill (E), Chapeno Gaging Station (F), La Precita Windmill (G), Roma Historic District (H), Falcon Dam Station (I), Roma Historical Museum (J). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Agua Dulce Cemetery (1), Cementerio San Antonio de Escobares (2), Una de Gato Cemetery (3), Chapeno Cemetery (4), Elizondo Cemetery (5), Los Arrierous Cemetery (6), Garcia Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: International Falcon Lake (A), Falcon Reservoir (B), Munoz Lake (C), Guerro Lake (D), Mangus Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Saremente Creek (A), Negros Creek, Los (B), Barrosos Creek, Los (C), Grande, Arroyo (D), Garceno, Arroyo (E), Retamoso Creek (F), Quemado, Arroyo (G), Las Escobas Creek (H), Morteros, Arroyo (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Roma-Los Saenz: Falcon State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	3.7 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	67.7%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	1.3%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	55.2%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	22.4%
Whole state:	6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Roma-Los Saenz, TX

17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Roma-Los Saenz 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 below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
Number of rooms per house below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (66%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%) Utility gas (9%) No fuel used (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Religion statistics for Roma-Los Saenz

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Assemblies of God	Other religions
Adherents	95.0%	1.9%	0.9%	0.8%	1.4%
Congregations	48.4%	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.

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 Roma-Los Saenz:

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)
KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
KRIO (910 AM; 5 kW; MCALLEN, TX; Owner: RIO GRANDE BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
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 Roma-Los Saenz:

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 Roma-Los Saenz:

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

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Edward G Roach, 0.14 Mi S Of Us Route 83, Type: Tower, Structure height: 24.7 m, Overall height: 27.7 m
Registrant: Sba Towers Ii LLC, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
Edward G Roach, 0.42 Mi S Of Us Route 83, Type: Tower, Structure height: 24.7 m, Overall height: 27.4 m
Registrant: Sba Towers Ii LLC, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:

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