McAllen-Edinburg-Mission-Brownsville, TX


Total Population: 1,271,978

(An increase of 7.7 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

  • Foreign Born - 337,826
  • Language Spoken at Home - 353,297

  • 26.6% of Total Population are Foreign Born
  • 27.8% of Total Population Speak Another Language Other than English at Home

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

  • Over 90% of the foreign-born population come from Latin American countries.

  • Almost 85% percent of the population over the age of eighteen speak a language other than English at home.

  • Over 80% of foreign-born population settled in the area after 1990.

People Group Profiles

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PG Name Country Of Birth Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Baseline Population Total
Arab, YemeniYemenArab WorldIslam - Shia15
Arab, MoroccanMoroccoArab WorldIslam - Sunni20
PanamanianPanamaLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity36
Ethiopian, AmharaEthiopiaHorn of AfricaChristianity - Orthodox40
GhanaianGhanaSub-Saharan AfricanChristianity - Protestant45
Arab, EgyptianEgyptArab WorldIslam70
EcuadorianEcuadorLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic70
TurkTurkeyTurkic PeoplesIslam - Sunni80
Cambodian, KhmerCambodiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism100
DutchNetherlandsEurasian PeoplesNon-Religious100
Arab, SaudiSaudi ArabiaArab WorldIslam100
Arab, LebaneseLebanonArab WorldIslam100
PersianIranPersian-MedianIslam105
ItalianItalyEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic115
Jew, IsraeliIsraelJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism120
NigerianNigeriaSub-Saharan AfricanChristianity - Protestant140
ThaiThailandSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism - Theravada155
RomanianRomaniaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox160
EnglishUnited KingdomEurasian PeoplesChristianity200
KeralaIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesChristianity - Coptic200
HindiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism205
DominicanDominican RepublicLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Other / Marginal250
PeruvianPeruLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic280
BolivianBoliviaLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic300
Gujarati (Hindu)IndiaSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism300