Weslaco, TX

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4877272, place: Weslaco city, Texas)

Total Population: 26,935
Male: 12,598 (46.77%)
Female: 14,337 (53.23%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 2,550 (9.47%)
5 to 9 years: 2,437 (9.05%)
10 to 14 years: 2,231 (8.28%)
15 to 19 years: 2,158 (8.01%)
20 to 24 years: 1,861 (6.91%)
25 to 34 years: 3,826 (14.2%)
35 to 44 years: 3,162 (11.74%)
45 to 54 years: 2,710 (10.06%)
55 to 59 years: 971 (3.6%)
60 to 64 years: 953 (3.54%)
65 to 74 years: 2,018 (7.49%)
75 to 84 years: 1,447 (5.37%)
85 years and over: 611 (2.27%)

Median age: 30.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 18,377 (68.23%)
21 years and over: 17,193 (63.83%)
62 years and over: 4,665 (17.32%)
65 years and over: 4,076 (15.13%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 18,377 (68.23%)
--Male: 8,304 (30.83%)
--Female: 10,073 (37.4%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 4,076 (15.13%)
--Male: 1,663 (6.17%)
--Female: 2,413 (8.96%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 26,345 (97.81%)
--White: 3,961 (14.71%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 22,560 (83.76%)
--Black or African American: 72 (0.27%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 133 (0.49%)
--Asian: 308 (1.14%)
----Asian Indian: 49 (0.18%)
----Chinese: 30 (0.11%)
----Filipino: 183 (0.68%)
----Japanese: 5 (0.02%)
----Korean: 9 (0.03%)
----Vietnamese: 14 (0.05%)
----Other Asian: 18 (0.07%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 15 (0.06%)
----Native Hawaiian: 13 (0.05%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 5,638 (20.93%)
Two or more Races: 590 (2.19%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 22,560 (83.76%)
--Mexican: 18,157 (67.41%)
--Puerto Rican: 47 (0.17%)
--Cuban: 4 (0.01%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 4,352 (16.16%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 4,375 (16.24%)
--White Alone: 3,961 (14.71%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 26,594 (98.73%)
--Householder: 8,295 (30.8%)
--Spouse: 4,907 (18.22%)
--Child: 9,929 (36.86%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 7,073 (26.26%)
--Other relatives: 2,886 (10.71%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 1,395 (5.18%)
--Nonrelatives: 577 (2.14%)
----Unmarried partner: 243 (0.9%)
Living in group quarters: 341 (1.27%)
--Institutionalized Population: 339 (1.26%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 2 (0.01%)
Total households: 8,295
Family households (families): 6,606 (79.64%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,409 (41.1%)
--Married-couple families: 4,907 (59.16%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,522 (30.4%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,411 (17.01%)
----With own children under 18 years: 753 (9.08%)
Nonfamily households: 1,689 (20.36%)
--Householder living alone: 1,530 (18.44%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 899 (10.84%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 3,976 (47.93%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,733 (32.95%)
Average household size: 3.21 people
Average family size: 3.68 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 10,230
Occupied housing units: 8,295 (81.09%)
Vacant housing units: 1,935 (18.91%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 1,047 (10.23%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.5%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 9.2%
Occupied housing units: 8,295 (81.09%)
Owner occupied housing units: 5,423 (53.01%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,872 (28.07%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 3.29 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 3.06 people

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