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: 32.4%
(17.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 32.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 27.8% for other race residents, 8.8% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  3.6 people | | Texas: |  2.7 people |
| This city: | 87.8% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
| This city: | 1.2% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Roma, TX
Roma compared to Texas state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage 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.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Roma (2011 data):
- International Bank of Commerce: Ibc-Roma Branch at U.S. Highway 83 At Portaleza, branch established on 12/01/1994. Info updated 04/10/2007: Bank assets: $53.3 mil, Deposits: $34.9 mil, headquarters in Zapata, TX, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: International Bancshares Corporation
- Elsa State Bank and Trust Company: Roma Branch at 47 East Grant Street, branch established on 05/01/1994. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $15.9 mil, Deposits: $14.5 mil, headquarters in Elsa, TX, positive income, 6 total offices
- Citizens State Bank: at 1710 Grant Street, branch established on 05/15/1978. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $7.1 mil, Deposits: $6.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 2 total offices
- Lone Star National Bank: Roma Branch at 305 East Grant (U.S. Highway 83), branch established on 01/31/2005. Info updated 05/05/2010: Bank assets: $2,071.6 mil, Deposits: $1,707.5 mil, headquarters in Pharr, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 21 total offices, Holding Company: Lone Star National Bancshares--texas, Inc.
- Compass Bank: Roma Branch at 1004 East Highway 83, branch established on 12/16/1993. Info updated 09/30/2009: Bank assets: $64,282.4 mil, Deposits: $45,433.3 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 724 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (67%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:
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Religion statistics for Roma:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 78.77%
| Here | | 78.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Other |
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| Adherents | 95.0% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% |
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| Congregations | 48.4% | 19.4% | 3.2% | 9.7% | 19.4% |
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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:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
4 | $17,671 | $53,013 | 1 | $1,035 |
| Other Government Administration |
4 | $29,116 | $87,348 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
2 | $6,927 | $41,562 | 1 | $573 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
23 | $93,614 | $48,842 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
7 | $20,950 | $35,914 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
16 | $64,758 | $48,569 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
11 | $29,933 | $32,654 | 1 | $2,487 |
| Airports |
1 | $3,132 | $37,584 | 3 | $2,917 |
| Health |
1 | $3,892 | $46,704 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
15 | $46,107 | $36,886 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
5 | $11,892 | $28,541 | 7 | $4,148 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $16,057 | $38,537 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
4 | $9,250 | $27,750 | 1 | $1,128 |
| Other and Unallocable |
4 | $15,061 | $45,183 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
102 | $368,360 | $43,336 | 14 | $12,288 |
Roma government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Regular Highways: $994,000 ($87.69)
Sewerage: $310,000 ($27.35)
Solid Waste Management: $268,000 ($23.64)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $1,346,000 ($118.75)
Regular Highways: $763,000 ($67.31)
Police Protection: $760,000 ($67.05)
Fire Protection: $381,000 ($33.61)
Central Staff Services: $322,000 ($28.41)
Gas Utilities: $273,000 ($24.08)
Sewerage: $241,000 ($21.26)
Financial Administration: $215,000 ($18.97)
Solid Waste Management: $200,000 ($17.64)
General - Other: $28,000 ($2.47)
- General - Interest on Debt: $266,000 ($23.47)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $5,565,000 ($490.96)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,316,000 ($116.10)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $6,641,000 ($585.88)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $240,000 ($21.17)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $329,000 ($29.03)
Interest Earnings: $132,000 ($11.65)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $306,000 ($27.00)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,977,000 ($262.64)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,834,000 ($161.80)
Gas Utilities: $318,000 ($28.05)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $333,000 ($29.38)
Highways: $227,000 ($20.03)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $402,000 ($35.47)
Property: $330,000 ($29.11)
Public Utilities: $256,000 ($22.58)
NEC: $18,000 ($1.59)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,052,000 ($92.81)
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:
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Roma:
- 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 Roma:
- 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:
- K06MY (Channel 6; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX; Owner: FAITH PLEASES GOD CHURCH CORPORATION)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Roma, Texas:
- Fatal accident count: 22
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 30
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 27
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 51
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Texas average:
- Fatal accident count: 170
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 258
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 48
- Fatalities: 187
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 446
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 24
See more detailed statistics of Roma fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Roma, TX
| Businesses in Roma, TX |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Burger King | 1 | | Payless | 1 |
| Cricket Wireless | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| Jack In The Box | 1 | | | |
- #16 on the list of "Top 100 least racially diverse cities (pop. 5,000+)"
- #35 on the list of "Top 100 least-educated cities (pop. 5,000+)"
- #65 on the list of "Top 100 cities with highest percentage of foreign-born residents (pop. 5,000+)"
- #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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