Lyford South is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Willacy County,

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, United States. It was formerly classified as a

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). The population was 172 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Lyford South is located at (26.399174, -97.792150). According to the

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, the former CDP has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.5 km²), all land. Prior to the 2010 census, part of this area was annexed to the city of Lyford.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 172 people, 49 households, and 44 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 54 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.77%

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, 5.23% from other races.

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or Latino of any race were 98.84% of the population. There were 49 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were

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living together, 24.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 8.2% were non-families. 6.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.51 and the average family size was 3.60. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $15,156, and the median income for a family was $15,156. Males had a median income of $15,125 versus $20,278 for females. The

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for the CDP was $6,466. About 39.7% of families and 47.9% of the population were below the

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, including 67.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 16.7% of those 65 or over.

Education

Lyford South is served by the

Lyford Consolidated Independent School District Lyford Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) is a school district headquartered in Lyford, Texas, United States. LCISD serves the city of Lyford and unincorporated areas in Willacy County, list2010 mapan2010 list/ref> Cameron Count ...

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South Texas Independent School District South Texas Independent School District (STISD) is a magnet school district headquartered in Mercedes, Texas ( USA). STISD operates magnet schools that draw students from three counties: Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy. STISD covers an area o ...

operates magnet schools that serve the community.

References

{{Willacy County, Texas Former census-designated places in Texas Populated places in Willacy County, Texas