Laredo, Texas demographics

Laredo, TX demographics: median age 29.9; 22.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Laredo city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4841464. The survey estimates a population of 257,619 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Laredo is 29.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 78,082 households (±675). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	29.9 ±0.2	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 257,619
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	80,537 ±1,525	31.3% ±0.6 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	66,029 ±1,101	25.6% ±0.4 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	85,233 ±1,717	33.1% ±0.7 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	25,820 ±1,056	10.0% ±0.4 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 257,619
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	127,665 ±413	49.6% ±0.2 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	129,954 ±418	50.4% ±0.2 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 257,619
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	53,182 ±3,112	20.6% ±1.2 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,282 ±187	0.5% ±0.1 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	904 ±400	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,339 ±143	0.5% ±0.1 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	3 ±6 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	27,478 ±2,753	10.7% ±1.1 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	173,431 ±4,316	67.3% ±1.7 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 257,619
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,708 ±257	4.9% ±0.1 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	244,911 ±261	95.1% ±0.1 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 78,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	38,571 ±1,389	49.4% ±1.7 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	5,232 ±548	6.7% ±0.7 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	18,044 ±1,165	23.1% ±1.5 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	13,724 ±970	17.6% ±1.2 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,511 ±497	3.2% ±0.6 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 78,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	37,772 ±1,077	48.4% ±1.3 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	40,310 ±1,120	51.6% ±1.4 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 78,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	13,724 ±970	17.6% ±1.2 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	17,385 ±1,009	22.3% ±1.3 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	14,910 ±1,013	19.1% ±1.3 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	14,569 ±983	18.7% ±1.2 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	9,950 ±931	12.7% ±1.2 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	4,760 ±708	6.1% ±0.9 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	2,784 ±504	3.6% ±0.6 pp	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 257,619
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	192,872 ±2,317	74.9% ±0.9 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	64,747 ±2,316	25.1% ±0.9 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 236,696
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	31,337 ±2,068	13.2% ±0.9 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	203,226 ±2,040	85.9% ±0.9 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	104 ±118 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	0 ±35 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	190 ±215 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	121 ±87 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	30 ±36 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	148 ±134 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	358 ±235 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	424 ±253 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	537 ±339 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	115 ±105 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	106 ±71 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 147,414
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	41,698 ±1,991	28.3% ±1.3 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	32,918 ±1,689	22.3% ±1.1 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	29,179 ±1,638	19.8% ±1.1 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	11,208 ±974	7.6% ±0.7 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	22,858 ±1,497	15.5% ±1.0 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9,553 ±911	6.5% ±0.6 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 254,030
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	231,011 ±2,861	90.9% ±1.1 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	18,437 ±2,573	7.3% ±1.0 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,997 ±452	0.8% ±0.2 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	664 ±273	0.3% ±0.1 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,921 ±530	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

27.3% of Laredo residents (±0.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 87.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Laredo	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	27.3% ±0.9 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	87.4% ±0.9 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.9% ±0.4 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Laredo . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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