Los Villareales is a former

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Starr County,

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, United States. The population was 930 at the 2000 census. The CDP was deleted prior to the 2010 census.

Geography

Los Villareales is located at (26.401720, -98.878187). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 20.5 square miles (53.1 km²), of which 20.5 square miles (53.0 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (0.19%) is water.

Demographics

Los Villareales was first listed as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census. The CDP was deleted prior to the 2010 census. Part was annexed to

Rio Grande City Rio Grande City is a city in and the county seat of Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,317 at the time of the 2020 census. The city is west of McAllen. It is connected to Camargo, Tamaulipas, via the Rio Grande City–C ...

and parts were taken to form all of La Escondida, La Esperanza, and Santel CDPs and parts of Mi Ranchito Estate and Ranchitos del Norte CDPs. According to the

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of 2000, there were 930 people, 238 households, and 211 families were residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 286 housing units at an average density of 14.0/sq mi (5.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 75.59%

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, 23.23% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 96.45% of the population. There were 238 households, out of which 58.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were

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living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.3% were non-families. 10.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.91 and the average family size was 4.23. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 40.3% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 15.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,352, and the median income for a family was $20,063. Males had a median income of $16,250 versus $33,594 for females. The

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for the CDP was $5,763. About 39.5% of families and 45.6% of the population were below the

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, including 49.3% of those under age 18 and 31.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Most of Los Villareales is part of the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District. A small portion of the community is served by the

Roma Independent School District Roma Independent School District is a public school district based in Roma, Texas (USA). The district currently serves over 6,000 students. In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. Ca ...

. Zoned campuses in the Roma ISD portion includ
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 Schoolbr>
(grades 9-12).

References

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