Clint is a town in
El Paso County,
Texas
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, United States. The population was 923 at the
2020 census. It is part of the
El Paso
El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.51% is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 923 people, 244 households, and 168 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 980 people, 308 households, and 255 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 337 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 75.41%
White
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, 0.20%
African American
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, 0.41%
Native American, 0.41%
Asian, 0.10%
Pacific Islander
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, 20.71% from
other races, and 2.76% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 83.98% of the population.
There were 308 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.6% were
married couples
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living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.9% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.58.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $34,000, and the median income for a family was $36,635. Males had a median income of $29,205 versus $20,313 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the town was $14,784. About 16.6% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 25.6% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The Town of Clint is served by the
Clint Independent School District. It is zoned to Clint High School, Clint Junior High School, and Surratt Elementary School, all located in Clint. Clint Early College High School, which serves the Clint Independent School District, is also located in Clint.
Children detention camp

In 2019, approximately 250
unaccompanied migrant children were held at a
Customs and Border Patrol
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facility near Clint. According to authorities, children received "
hygiene
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ...
products and food — including new clothing, hand sanitizer, soap and water;" showers were available at least "every three days," depending on the level of crowding. However, other visitors to the facility, including visitors affiliated with
Human Rights Watch
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, reported "unsanitary, crowded living conditions," in which children lacked
toothbrush
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es,
shower
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s, and
soap
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, and suffered from
flu
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and
lice
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.
One
pediatric
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emergency physician
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described the treatment of children in the facility as reportable
child neglect
Child neglect is an act of caregivers (e.g., parents) that results in depriving a child of their basic needs, such as the failure to provide adequate supervision, health care, clothing, or housing, as well as other physical, emotional, social, ...
.
According to the Pacific Standard, "Sarah Fabian, the senior attorney in the Department of Justice's
Office of Immigration Litigation, argued that the sorts of conditions children were experiencing in Customs and Border Protection custody in Clint were perfectly legal," as "safe and sanitary" in ''
Reno v. Flores'' is a vague requirement which doesn't specify toothbrushes, soap, etc.
Educational programs for children in this type of facility were canceled by the
Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the US federal government created to protect the health of the US people and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...
in June 2019.
History
According to Martin Donell Kohout of ''
The Handbook of Texas Online'':
Notable person
*
Jan Herring (1923–2000), artist
[ and ]
References
External links
Town of Clint
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Towns in El Paso County, Texas
Towns in Texas