Census Reveals New Info About City
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 8:32PM McAllen, Texas-- McAllen residents make more money, stay in school longer, more are Hispanic and women are earning college degrees faster than men, according to new information provided by the U.S. Census Bureau using information from the decennial census.
The Census Bureau’s American Fact Finder 2 shows that City of McAllen median household earnings are up 22 percent more over 2000, the last time the national census was performed. Some information has been reported before, such as population, where McAllen grew by 23,463 to 129,877 residents.
The American Fact Finder 2 further breaks down information gathered into hundreds of categories using 2010 Census information and American Community Survey from its 1-year estimates. The latest numbers help provide a more accurate picture of the City of McAllen community – which is separate from the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area (Hidalgo County).
The selected categories below compare McAllen to other cities around Texas. The numbers show that McAllen residents are finishing high school and college at higher rates than in 2000. And the median household income is up significantly over the last decade, which may reflect the higher education rates.
McAllen competes well with cities such as Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Laredo, Brownsville, Waco, El Paso and the entire state when it comes to earning power and educational attainment. Still, the city is challenged in other categories by having an inordinate amount of poor families and a lower percentage of the population graduating from high school (GED included).
Other notable information shows that Asian and Black households in McAllen – although few in number – earn more than twice the city median household: Asian $91,250; Black/African American $82,263. White non-Hispanic households make $55,708. There are 3,288 (2.5%) Asians in McAllen along with 833 (.6%) Blacks. Non-Hispanic Whites are at 15,193 or (11.7%).
Also, individual high school grads earn an average of $17,186 compared to associates degree holders (or adults with some college) $22,346, bachelor’s degree $42,463 and graduate degree or higher make $58,676. All the educational attainment information is based on residents 25 years old and older. The Census also unveiled a new trend for women in McAllen: they increasingly hold more bachelor’s degree than men – 36% to 24% in the 25 to 34 age group. In older groups, men have the edge by far.
In another bit of information, almost two-thirds of McAllen residents (60%) live in a home they own, while nearly 40 percent live in a rented housing unit. As for the McAllen metro area, which includes the entire county, it records lower incomes and lower educational attainment rates than McAllen.
|
City or place |
Population |
Hispanic population |
Household income |
Families w/ health ins. |
Fams below poverty lev. |
4-yr degree/higher |
HS grad or higher |
|
McAllen 2010 |
129,877 |
85% |
$41,018 |
64% |
21% |
28.6% |
75% |
|
McAllen 2000 |
106,414 |
80% |
$33,641 |
N/A |
21% |
23.6% |
65% |
|
Brownsville |
175,027 |
93% |
$30,454 |
63% |
34% |
15.6% |
60% |
|
Corpus Christi |
305,215 |
60% |
$41,845 |
79% |
16% |
21.4% |
80% |
|
El Paso |
649,121 |
80% |
$37,278 |
72% |
18% |
21.5% |
75% |
|
Fort Worth |
741,206 |
34% |
$48,224 |
76% |
14% |
26.0% |
80% |
|
Laredo |
236,097 |
96% |
$36,000 |
64% |
27% |
17.5% |
65% |
|
Lubbock |
229,593 |
32% |
$40,712 |
82% |
14% |
29.9% |
86% |
|
San Antonio |
1,327,407 |
63% |
$43,748 |
77% |
15% |
23.8% |
80% |
|
Sugarland |
78,817 |
11% |
$118,190 |
87% |
3% |
52.9% |
94% |
|
Tyler |
96,900 |
21% |
$39,755 |
73% |
11% |
29.9% |
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