Los Alvarez is a

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(CDP) in

Starr County, Texas Starr County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,920. Its county seat is Rio Grande City. The county was created in 1848. It is named for James Harper Starr, who served as secretary of the tre ...

, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census, a decline from the figure of 1,434 tabulated in

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Geography

Los Alvarez is located at (26.385936, -98.899036). Before the 2010 census, parts of the CDP were taken to form new CDPs and additional area was also lost, reducing the total area of 0.1 square mile (0.3 km²), all land.

Demographics

Los Alvarez first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census. Prior to the 2010 U.S. Census 4 CDPs (

Barrera Barrera is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian surname, meaning " barrier". The name has many variant spellings of the name which include: Barrios, de Barrios, Barrio, de Barrio, Barro, Barros, de Barros, Barroso, Barrera, de Barrera, de la Barrera ...

, El Quiote, Flor del Rio, and Palo Blanco) were carved out from its territory.

2020 census

2000 census

At the 2000

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, there were 1,434 people, 379 households and 344 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 453 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.60%

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, 0.07%

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, 32.57% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 99.44% of the population. There were 379 households, of which 61.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.2% were

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living together, 19.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.0% were non-families. 8.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.78 and the average family size was 4.01. 38.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males. The

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was $20,427 and the median family income was $21,738. Males had a median income of $20,313 and females $12,679. The

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was $8,969. About 34.4% of families and 38.0% of the population were below the

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, including 47.4% of those under age 18 and 67.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Half of the current Los Alvarez CDP is in the

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, while the other half is in the

Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (RGCGISD), formerly Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District, is a public school district based in Rio Grande City, Texas (USA). In 2009, the school district was " recognize ...

(formerly the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District). The zoned elementary school for the Roma part is Delia Gonzalez (DG) Garcia Elementary School. Roma High School is the Roma district's sole comprehensive high school. Most of the former Los Alvarez CDP was part of Roma ISD. Zoned campuses include: Anna S. Canavan Elementary School (pre-kindergarten), R.T. Barrera Elementary School (grades K-5), Ramiro Barrera Middle School (grades 6-8) and Roma High School (grades 9-12).
- The eastern portion of the former CDP was served by the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District.

References

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