Zapata County

 

County Facts

Location:Zapata County is on U.S. Highway 83 south of Laredo in the Rio Grande Plain region of South Texas. Bounded by: Webb County on the north, on the east by Jim Hogg and Starr counties, and on the west by Mexico. The county was named for local rancher Antonio Zapata.
People Map Stats Zapata County Texas
Population, 2000 12,182 20,851,820
Population, 2003 estimate 13,236 22,016,911
Population, net change, 1990 to 2003 3,957 5,030,576
Population, net change, 2000 to 2003 1,054 1,165,091
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2003 42.6% 29.6%
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2003 8.7% 5.6%
Population under 5 years old, 2000 1,117 1,624,628
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 9.2% 7.8%
Population 65 years old and over, 2000 1,742 2,072,532
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.3% 9.9%
Persons under 18 years old, 2000 4,025 5,886,759
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 33.0% 28.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000 50.8% 50.4%
White persons, 2000 (a) 10,241 14,799,505
Black or African American persons, 2000 (a) 50 2,404,566
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 (a) 39 118,362
Asian persons, 2000 (a) 23 562,319
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 (a) 5 14,434
Persons reporting some other race, 2000 (a) 1,540 2,438,001
Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 284 514,633
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 (b) 10,328 6,669,666
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 84.1% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 12.6% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.3% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 84.8% 32.0%
Births, 1997 221 333,974
Deaths, 1997 95 142,776
Infant deaths, 1997 1 2,150
Food Stamp program participants, 2002 2,684 1,582,547
TANF program participants , 2002 555 330,418
Family Violence,  Residents & Non-residents, 2002 5 72,646
Medicaid Eligibles, 2002    
                     Families & Children 2,043 1,388,046
                     Aged & Disabled 857 687,722
Long-Term Care Information, 2002    
                     Nursing Facilities 35 64,982
                      Medicaid Related 425 122,057
                     Non-Medicaid Related 58 15,802
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, persons age 5+, 2000 7,214 9,545,367
Foreign born persons, 2000 2,931 2,899,642
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000 8,728 6,010,753
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 78.7% 31.2%
High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 3,689 9,676,332
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 53.1% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, persons age 25+, 2000 603 2,972,293
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 8.7% 23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 2,924 3,605,542
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 22.6 25.4
Housing units, 2000 6,167 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 81.9% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $46,500 $82,500
Households, 2000 3,921 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 3.10 2.74
Median household money income, 2000 $24,470 $39,090
Per capita money income, 2000 $10,206 $19,617
Median earnings (dollars)    
              Male, 2000 14,191 34,925
              Female, 2000 9,417 26,168
Persons below poverty, 2000 4,027 3,041,115
Persons below poverty, percent, 2000 32.3% 14.6%
People Under Age 18 in Poverty, 2000 1,718 1,237,626
People Under Age 18 in poverty, percent, 2000 41.8% 20.7%

 

Business Map Stats Zapata County Texas
Personal income, 1997 ($1000) 134,438 459,585,481
Personal income per capita, 1997 12,007 23,707
Civilian labor force, 2002 5017 10,750,664
Unemployment, 2002 414 6,80,864
Unemployment rate, 2002 8.3 6.3
Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 1997 3,722 11,238,887
Full-time and part-time employment, net change 1990 to 1997 1,107 1,952,213
Employment in government, 1997 909 1,631,335
Private non-farm establishments, 1999 140 467,087
Change in private non-farm establishments, 1990 to 1999 31 72,605
Private non-farm establishments, percent change 1990-1999 28.4% 18.4%
Private non-farm establishments with less than 20 employees, 1999 129 398,194
Total number of firms, 1997 696 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, 1997 F 365,450
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 F 23.9%
Women-owned firms, 1997 134 381,453
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 19.3% 25.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA 297,657,003
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 26,710 122,156,540
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $2,399 $9,430
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 X 141,231
Value of new private housing units, 2000 X 15,418,421
Farm land, 1997 (acres) 403,273 131,308,286
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)  53,083

123,431,163

 

Geography MapStats Zapata County Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 997 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 12.2 79.6
Metropolitan Area None  

 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

Figures are in absolute numbers unless otherwise indicated.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau,
             State comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas State Data Center, Texas Workforce Commission.

 

Demographic and Socio-economic Profile: 2000 publications

Click on a file below to download Four page Demographic and Socio-economic Profile for the cities or CDP(Census Designated Place) within the county.

Falcon Lake Estates Falcon Mesa Lopeno Medina Morales Sanchez
New Falcon San Ignacio Siesta Shores Zapata
Zapata County

 

SF1 Data Download

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Data tables provided in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls) format.

 

Map Files

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External Links

Zapata County Government

South Texas Development Council

More datasets from the US Government's Fed Stats

Handbook of Texas online for Zapata County

Texas Highway Maps for Zapata County