County · Texas

Hidalgo County, Texas

Hidalgo County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,609 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #191 of 254 counties. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and suicide rate (low). It ranks worst on high school diploma or higher (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and hot days (high).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,609 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #191 of 254 in TX
Population: 921,549 (2025)
Land area: 1,571 mi²
Density: 586.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 48215

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety63#1,146/3,096
Economy2#3,081/3,143
Housing26#2,316/3,140
Health67#1,049/3,144
Healthcare30#2,213/3,143
Environment0#3,101/3,108
Education24#2,376/3,144
Infrastructure46#1,692/3,144
Community1#3,103/3,144
Leisure & amenities14#2,702/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hidalgo County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Injury deaths · low35 /100k
100/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · low4.1 /100k
100/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low6.9 /100k
99/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Distance to an airport · low9 mi
97/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Firearm deaths · low5.7 /100k
96/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Traffic deaths · low7.6 /100k
91/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low70.2%
0/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high26.7%
0/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Hot days · high182 days
0/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Food insecurity · high37.5%
1/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.8 µg/m³
1/100Texas 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Poor or fair health · high34.1%
1/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
872,753 (2020) → 921,549 (2025)
+5.6%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
38% (2021) → 67% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+29 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.4% (2015-2019) → 88.0% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
7.2 /1k (2020) → 10.8 /1k (2025)
+51%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
70 /100k (2021) → 101 /100k (2025)
+43%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 37.0% (2023)
−8 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hidalgo County, Texas improved on 15 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 13 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Uninsured−6.5 points33.2% → 26.7%
Broadband+20 points68.4% → 88.0%
Unemployment−5.2 points11.5% → 6.3%
Poverty−2.7 points26.9% → 24.2%
High school++4.5 points65.7% → 70.2%

Declined2

Violent crime+9.8%259 /100k → 284 /100k
Price / income+0.4×2.2× → 2.6×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Hidalgo County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	52%
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Average weekly wage	$7182020	$8452025	+18%	Improved	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Improved	36%
Broadband subscriptions	68.4%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	37.4%2019	32.6%2024	−4.8 points	Improved	87%
Distance to an airport	10 mi2020	9 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	97%
Drug overdose deaths	6.4 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−36%	Improved	59%
Effective property tax rate	1.94%2015-2019	1.63%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	90%
Firearm deaths	6.4 /100k2020	5.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	66%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	25%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+24%	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	65.7%2015-2019	70.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	47%
Homicide rate	4.1 /100k2020	3.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Within the margin of error	49%
Income adjusted for local prices	$32,3752019	$41,0852024	+27%	Improved	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4872015-2019	0.4772020-2024	−0.010	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$41,6562019	$55,8292024	+34%	Improved	88%
New business applications	7.2 /1k2020	10.8 /1k2025	+51%	Improved	59%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	26.9%2019	24.2%2024	−2.7 points	Improved	90%
Property crime rate	1,811 /100k2020	1,317 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	36%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+0.9%	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent as share of income	31.4%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Improved	77%
Rent-burdened households	52.5%2015-2019	48.7%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Improved	75%
Restaurants and bars	5.3 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+9.5%	Within the margin of error	73%
Students per teacher	15.9×2019	15.7×2024	−0.1×	Little change	29%
Suicide rate	5.4 /100k2020	6.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Within the margin of error	14%
Traffic deaths	7.0 /100k2015-2019	7.6 /100k2020-2024	+9.3%	Within the margin of error	43%
Unemployment rate	11.5%2020	6.3%2025	−5.2 points	Improved	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	33.2%2019	26.7%2024	−6.5 points	Improved	98%
Violent crime rate	259 /100k2020	284 /100k2025	+9.8%	Declined	24%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Hidalgo County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hidalgo County, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hidalgo County, Texas itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

891,977 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

270,210 households (±1,465)

Hidalgo County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k25%67,721
$25k–50k22%58,987
$50k–75k17%44,925

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

270,210 households (±1,465)

Hidalgo County, Texas
Texas share

Own67%182,271
Rent33%87,939

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

345,428 workers (±3,940)

Hidalgo County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%258,204
Carpool11%37,722
Public transit0.2%†819

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Hidalgo County has 13,393 employer establishments, 149 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Texas's), with 227,682 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,895. The Census Bureau also counts 107,444 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,393; 107,444 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 149; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 227,682
Average annual pay: $36,895; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hidalgo County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,724	19.1	0.92×About typical	33,045	$39,352	3,995
Restaurants and other eating places	1,131	12.6	0.68×Fewer than typical	25,547	$19,380	1,095
Offices of physicians	687	7.6	1.18×About typical	7,740	$79,343	592
Limited-service restaurants	522	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	14,061	$17,456	253
Lessors of real estate	498	5.5	0.45×Fewer than typical	2,093	$77,275	4,718
Full-service restaurants	455	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	9,662	$22,198	463
Specialty trade contractors	437	4.8	0.31×Fewer than typical	3,539	$48,686	11,157
Truck transportation	377	4.2	0.83×About typical	4,505	$47,601	7,577
Insurance agencies and brokerages	363	4	0.92×About typical	1,716	$48,142	1,544
Legal services	357	4	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,799	$56,669	574
Clothing and accessories stores	354	3.9	1.08×About typical	6,020	$19,371	1,498
Offices of other health practitioners	350	3.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	2,421	$39,921	1,561

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 901,096 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1B on contracts performed in Hidalgo County, Texas: $1,233 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.1B; −63% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,233; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$626M55%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$234.5M21%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$214.3M19%
Defense Logistics Agency$25.3M2.2%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$13.9M1.2%
Public Buildings Service$6.6M0.6%
U.S. Coast Guard$4.1M0.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$3.4M0.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

95.7MFY2017
167.6MFY2018
856.3MFY2019
253MFY2020
880.6MFY2021
629.4MFY2022
785.3MFY2023
621.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$784.8M69%
Investigation and security services · 5616$235.7M21%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$50.5M4.4%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$25.3M2.2%
Facilities support services · 5612$10.8M0.9%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$5M

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER BARRIER WALL SYSTEM.$873.5M
BCCG A JOINT VENTURE· Hidalgo County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 24, 2025 – Aug 7, 2026· 70B01C25F00001121
CONSTRUCT 23 MILES OF BORDER WALL SYSTEM AND 81 MILES OF SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES.$668.2M
BARNARD SPENCER JOINT VENTURE· Hidalgo County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 19, 2025 – Aug 21, 2026· 70B01C25F00001008
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WORLD SCREWWORM (NWS) FACILITY TO PRODUCE 300 MILLION STERILE FLIES PER WEEK.$610M
M. A. MORTENSON COMPANY· Hidalgo County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 6, 2026 – Mar 6, 2026· W9126G26CA011
CONSTRUCTION BORDER BARRIER

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hidalgo County, Texas: $3,666 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.4B; +5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,666; US $12,955
Loan face value: $129.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.5B45%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$420.8M12%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hidalgo County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hidalgo County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$112	$1,436
FY2018	$195	$1,552
FY2019	$987	$1,654
FY2020	$290	$1,880
FY2021	$1,001	$1,810
FY2022	$708	$1,917
FY2023	$872	$2,079
FY2024	$680	$2,047
FY2025	$3,292	$2,165
FY2026	$1,233 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$13.51	$93.28
FY2018	$38.11	$105
FY2019	$728	$128
FY2020	$34.74	$145
FY2021	$46.33	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,764	$5,748
FY2022	$985	$5,221
FY2023	$1,141	$5,364
FY2024	$1,033	$5,501
FY2025	$3,463	$5,732
FY2026	$1,603

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$177	$298
FY2022	$97.26	$357
FY2023	$45.32	$301
FY2024	$140	$319
FY2025	$88.76	$360
FY2026	$244

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$97.83	$239
FY2022	$77.35	$185
FY2023	$95.07	$229
FY2024	$108	$229
FY2025	$96.20	$249
FY2026	$79.04

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$80.77	$2,304
FY2022	$58.96	$2,197
FY2023	$74.54	$2,274
FY2024	$82.50	$2,267
FY2025	$88.83	$2,397
FY2026	$68.55

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$709	$1,186
FY2022	$523	$465
FY2023	$13.07	$76.52
FY2024	$29.38	$120
FY2025	$68.72	$148
FY2026	$47.07

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hidalgo County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hidalgo County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	2.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2019

$728 per resident in FY2019, against an earlier average of $25.81 (28× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Hidalgo County, Texas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2018

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48215

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hidalgo County, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Hidalgo County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX11Central county

Cities and towns in Hidalgo County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hidalgo County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/48215

Year

Hidalgo County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−0.7 points

+0.1 points

−1.8 points to +1.3 points

Year −2

−0.2 points

−0.1 points

−1.0 points to +2.0 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−0.5 points

+0.9 points

−0.7 points to +2.8 points

Year +1

−5.7 points

−5.3 points

−8.4 points to −2.9 points

Year +2

+1.6 points

Year

Hidalgo County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Hidalgo County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

+1.1 points

+0.9 points

+0.6 points to +1.1 points

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	−3.1%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+3.3%
2018	+4.1%	+6.8%
2019	+6.6%	+10.5%
2020	+13.1%	+19.4%
2021	+18.4%	+26.1%
2022	+23.5%	+30.6%
2023	+26.3%	+35.0%
2024	+29.9%	+41.0%
2025	+33.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	−2.9%	−5.5%
2015	−0.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.9%	+4.1%
2018	+6.0%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+22.9%	+20.8%
2021	+37.7%	+32.1%
2022	+33.5%	+35.4%
2023	+35.9%	+42.9%
2024	+39.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	4.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	7.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	8.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	7.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.3%	−6.9%
2015	−1.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.7%
2018	+8.0%	+7.5%
2019	+15.9%	+14.0%
2020	+29.9%	+16.9%
2021	+23.2%	+21.0%
2022	+35.9%	+29.7%
2023	+48.0%	+34.9%
2024	+55.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	33.5%	15.5%
2015	31.1%	14.7%
2016	31.2%	14.0%
2017	29.5%	13.4%
2018	30.0%	13.1%
2019	26.9%	12.3%
2020	23.9%	11.9%
2021	28.8%	12.8%
2022	27.4%	12.6%
2023	26.9%	12.5%
2024	24.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	8.9%	6.2%
2015	8.0%	5.3%
2016	7.7%	4.9%
2017	7.4%	4.4%
2018	6.6%	3.9%
2019	6.2%	3.7%
2020	11.5%	8.1%
2021	8.9%	5.4%
2022	6.5%	3.7%
2023	6.1%	3.6%
2024	6.0%	4.0%
2025	6.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	−10.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+69.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+81.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+85.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+82.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2015	+0.4% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.6% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+6.4% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+10.6% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+21.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+29.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+33.5% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+34.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+35.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	33.8%	13.5%
2015	32.0%	10.9%
2016	29.7%	10.0%
2017	31.2%	10.2%
2018	32.1%	10.4%
2019	33.2%	10.8%
2020	33.1%	10.4%
2021	32.0%	10.2%
2022	30.2%	9.5%
2023	27.5%	9.5%
2024	26.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hidalgo County, Texas	United States
2014	5.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Hidalgo County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.7 points	+0.4 points	−1.0 points to +1.6 points
Year −2	−0.2 points	+0.4 points	−0.7 points to +2.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.5 points	+0.6 points	−0.8 points to +2.8 points
Year +1	−5.7 points	−5.5 points	−6.5 points to −4.1 points
Year +2	+1.6 points	+2.7 points	+0.7 points to +4.6 points

Year	Hidalgo County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	0.0 per 1,000 people	+0.0 per 1,000 people	−0.8 per 1,000 people to +0.6 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.4 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people	−0.6 per 1,000 people to +1.9 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.8 per 1,000 people	+1.1 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people to +2.1 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.2 per 1,000 people	+2.2 per 1,000 people	−2.8 per 1,000 people to +10.3 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+1.5 per 1,000 people	+3.1 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people to +7.8 per 1,000 people

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