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Starr County, Texas

Starr County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #3,075 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #247 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), hot days (high) and child poverty rate (high).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #3,075 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #247 of 254 in TX
Population: 66,319 (2025)
Land area: 1,223 mi²
Density: 54.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 48427

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 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.

Safety57#1,328/3,096
Economy0#3,142/3,143
Housing3#3,032/3,140
Health43#1,793/3,144
Healthcare0#3,139/3,143
Environment7#2,879/3,108
Education22#2,447/3,144
Infrastructure9#2,875/3,144
Community1#3,110/3,144
Leisure & amenities9#2,868/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Injury deaths · low40 /100k
100/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · low4.5 /100k
97/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Suicide rate · low8.4 /100k
94/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Traffic deaths · low7.9 /100k
91/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Job growth · high3.1%
88/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Math scores · high3.34
88/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low60.4%
0/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · high192 days
0/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Child poverty rate · high44.1%
0/100Texas 17.9%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · high35.4%
0/100Texas 13.4%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high47.6%
0/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Poor or fair health · high40.8%
0/100Texas 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.

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.2 /10k (2020) → 0.5 /10k (2025)
+198%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
33.8% (2010 & 2021) → 62.4% (2022 & 2024)
+29 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 1.1 /10k (2025)
+132%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
56.1% (2015-2019) → 78.6% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
48% (2021) → 67% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+19 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%

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, Starr County, Texas improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 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.

Improved10

Unemployment−7.6 points17.1% → 9.5%
High school++7.1 points53.3% → 60.4%
Broadband+22 points56.1% → 78.6%
Commute−4.4 min27.0 min → 22.6 min
Uninsured−4.1 points31.2% → 27.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Starr County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	0.5 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+132%	Within the margin of error	98%
Average commute time	27.0 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	−4.4 min	Improved	98%
Average weekly wage	$6572020	$8052025	+23%	Improved	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	67%
Broadband subscriptions	56.1%2015-2019	78.6%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	97%
Child poverty rate	43.2%2019	44.1%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Distance to an airport	40 mi2020	40 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.4 /100k2020	4.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−39%	Within the margin of error	63%
Effective property tax rate	1.34%2015-2019	1.22%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Firearm deaths	10.9 /100k2020	8.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−21%	Within the margin of error	80%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+24%	Within the margin of error	88%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.2 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	+198%	Within the margin of error	99%
High school diploma or higher	53.3%2015-2019	60.4%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	96%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	76%
Homicide rate	6.4 /100k2020	5.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.8%	Within the margin of error	28%
Income adjusted for local prices	$30,5922019	$38,9142024	+27%	Improved	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5102015-2019	0.5342020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$32,5162019	$37,3752024	+15%	Within the margin of error	9%
New business applications	4.2 /1k2020	7.0 /1k2025	+66%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	90%
Poverty rate	32.5%2019	35.4%2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Property crime rate	1,036 /100k2020	883 /100k2025	−15%	Improved	21%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−3.2%	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent as share of income	31.5%2015-2019	33.2%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Rent-burdened households	52.6%2015-2019	55.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Restaurants and bars	2.9 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	13.6×2019	13.3×2024	−0.3×	Little change	36%
Suicide rate	8.3 /100k2020	8.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+1.2%	Within the margin of error	55%
Traffic deaths	5.0 /100k2015-2019	7.9 /100k2020-2024	+57%	Within the margin of error	11%
Unemployment rate	17.1%2020	9.5%2025	−7.6 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	31.2%2019	27.1%2024	−4.1 points	Improved	91%
Violent crime rate	206 /100k2020	247 /100k2025	+20%	Within the margin of error	19%

“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 Starr County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Starr 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, Starr County, Texas itself moved +1.2 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

66,067 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

19,157 households (±453)

Starr County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k37%7,164
$25k–50k25%4,871
$50k–75k13%2,427

Homes

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

Owners and renters

19,157 households (±453)

Starr County, Texas
Texas share

Own70%13,320
Rent30%5,837

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−5.6 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

23,397 workers (±890)

Starr County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone72%16,812
Carpool13%2,993
Public transit0.0%0

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 Rio Grande City-Roma, 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.

Starr County has 594 employer establishments, 89.9 for every 10,000 residents (0.36× the US rate of 248; 0.41× Texas's), with 8,704 paid employees at an average annual pay of $26,981. The Census Bureau also counts 9,522 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 594; 9,522 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 89.9; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 8,704
Average annual pay: $26,981; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	71	10.7	0.52×Fewer than typical	869	$36,116	332
Restaurants and other eating places	58	8.8	0.48×Fewer than typical	1,053	$15,519	166
Limited-service restaurants	37	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	819	$15,560	23
Individual and family services	25	3.8	1.35×More than typical	2,752	$14,976	43
Grocery and convenience stores	22	3.3	1.12×About typical	576	$29,905	78
Offices of physicians	21	3.2	0.49×Fewer than typical	185	$64,476	27
Offices of other health practitioners	20	3	0.50×Fewer than typical	125	$34,456	104
General merchandise stores	19	2.9	1.63×More than typical	379	$30,559	43
Full-service restaurants	18	2.7	0.35×Fewer than typical	220	$15,986	74
Gasoline stations	17	2.6	0.79×Fewer than typical	166	$21,687	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	17	2.6	0.59×Fewer than typical	70	$31,357	117
Health and personal care stores	16	2.4	0.91×About typical	143	$37,294	48

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 66,062 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 $2.5B on contracts performed in Starr County, Texas: $37,990 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.5B; +2,019% vs FY2025
Per resident: $37,990; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 25%; 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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$2.5B100.0%
International Boundary and Water Commission: U.S.-Mexico$777.3K0.0%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$144.5K0.0%
Department of the Army$97K0.0%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$10.8K0.0%

Top recipients

SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC$1.7B66%
COCHRANE USA INC$641.3M25%
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION$158M6.3%
SLSCO, LTD.$36.4M1.4%
GULF SOUTH RESEARCH CORP$7.7M0.3%

Spending by fiscal year

21.2MFY2017
19.5MFY2018
482MFY2019
483.3MFY2020
8.4MFY2021
-174.6MFY2022
90MFY2023
48.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.5B99%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$10.8M0.4%
Individual and family services · 6241$4M0.2%
Facilities support services · 5612$3.7M0.1%
Special food services · 7223$1.3M0.1%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$325.4K

Largest awards

BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION$1.1B
SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC· Starr County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 18, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 70B01C26F00000261
RGV-3 WATERBORNE BARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT$641.3M
COCHRANE USA INC· Starr County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 5, 2026 – May 22, 2026· 70B01C26F00000188
BORDER WALL & WATERBORNE BARRIER CONSTRUCTION$512.1M
SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC· Starr County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 5, 2026 – May 28, 2026· 70B01C26F00000207
BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION$390.3M

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 $196.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Starr County, Texas: $2,959 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $196.2M; −28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,959; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$99.6M51%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$23.7M12%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.2M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$19.3M9.9%
66.202 · Congressionally Mandated Projects$17.5M8.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$12.7M6.5%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$4.3M2.2%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$1.1M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK$17.5M8.9%
SAN ANTONIO, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF STARR COUNTY$1.3M0.6%
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX
NETSYNC NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.$781.4K0.4%
HOUSTON, TX
SAN ISIDRO ISD$764.6K0.4%
SAN ISIDRO, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF ROMA$669.7K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$163.8M83%
Environmental Protection Agency$17.5M8.9%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$14.4M7.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$4.4M2.2%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

167.7MFY2021
200.2MFY2022
191.2MFY2023
223.9MFY2024
272.8MFY2025
196.2MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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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 Starr 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$332	$1,436
FY2018	$304	$1,552
FY2019	$7,498	$1,654
FY2020	$7,340	$1,880
FY2021	$127	$1,810
FY2022	-$2,658	$1,917
FY2023	$1,363	$2,079
FY2024	$727	$2,047
FY2025	$1,793	$2,165
FY2026	$37,990 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$37.44	$93.28
FY2018	$82.98	$105
FY2019	$7,366	$128
FY2020	$7,266	$145
FY2021	$58.54	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$282	$5,748
FY2022	-$2,053	$5,221
FY2023	$1,782	$5,364
FY2024	$1,483	$5,501
FY2025	$3,073	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$15.19	$298
FY2022	$390	$357
FY2023	-$0.09	$301
FY2024	$580	$319
FY2025	$1,107	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$41.81	$239
FY2022	$52.16	$185
FY2023	$87.53	$229
FY2024	$67.81	$229
FY2025	$43.58	$249
FY2026	$46.95

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$2.26	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$11.29	$2,267
FY2025	$11.11	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Starr County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$389	$1,186
FY2022	$213	$465
FY2023	-$6.33	$76.52
FY2024	$15.44	$120
FY2025	$34.76	$148
FY2026	$4.26

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Starr County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States

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

$7,366 per resident in FY2019, against an earlier average of $60.21 (122× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Starr 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/48427

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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.

Starr County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Henry CuellarD-TX-28 · 100% of residentsWith party 65%Missed 1.3%

Senate

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Metro area

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

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX1Central county

Cities and towns in Starr County

Places whose residents live mostly in Starr 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
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2014

0.8%

2.0%

2015

1.1%

2.1%

2016

1.9%

1.7%

2017

0.9%

1.4%

2018

−2.1%

1.6%

2019

0.5%

1.4%

2020

−4.0%

−6.1%

2021

−0.9%

3.4%

2022

2.2%

4.3%

2023

1.1%

2.1%

2024

−1.8%

1.2%

2025

2.1%

0.5%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	−3.7%	−4.2%
2015	−0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.9%	+3.3%
2018	+2.6%	+6.8%
2019	+5.8%	+10.5%
2020	+15.7%	+19.4%
2021	+24.3%	+26.1%
2022	+29.4%	+30.6%
2023	+30.3%	+35.0%
2024	+34.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	−0.2%	−5.5%
2015	+0.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+9.4%	+8.9%
2019	+14.2%	+13.5%
2020	+31.5%	+20.8%
2021	+40.4%	+32.1%
2022	+35.8%	+35.4%
2023	+38.0%	+42.9%
2024	+42.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	—	3.3/1k
2015	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	+0.0%	−6.9%
2015	+6.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.3%	+4.7%
2018	+14.2%	+7.5%
2019	+21.8%	+14.0%
2020	+33.8%	+16.9%
2021	+25.6%	+21.0%
2022	+34.0%	+29.7%
2023	+45.5%	+34.9%
2024	+40.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	−0.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+6.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−2.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+2.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+36.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+24.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+16.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+12.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+7.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	13.8%	6.2%
2015	13.6%	5.3%
2016	13.1%	4.9%
2017	11.6%	4.4%
2018	10.0%	3.9%
2019	9.7%	3.7%
2020	17.1%	8.1%
2021	15.2%	5.4%
2022	10.7%	3.7%
2023	9.2%	3.6%
2024	9.5%	4.0%
2025	9.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	35.4%	15.5%
2015	30.9%	14.7%
2016	39.9%	14.0%
2017	32.0%	13.4%
2018	33.2%	13.1%
2019	32.5%	12.3%
2020	25.2%	11.9%
2021	31.6%	12.8%
2022	32.8%	12.6%
2023	28.8%	12.5%
2024	35.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	32.4%	13.5%
2015	30.6%	10.9%
2016	28.2%	10.0%
2017	28.9%	10.2%
2018	29.9%	10.4%
2019	31.2%	10.8%
2020	28.9%	10.4%
2021	29.0%	10.2%
2022	25.0%	9.5%
2023	25.1%	9.5%
2024	27.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Starr County, Texas	United States
2014	3.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	2.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	3.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	3.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	3.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	5.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	6.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	5.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.0/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Starr County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+4.0 points	+3.6 points	+1.3 points to +4.8 points
Year −2	+3.0 points	+2.2 points	+0.5 points to +4.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+2.6 points	+1.9 points	+0.8 points to +4.1 points
Year +1	−1.9 points	−1.4 points	−4.6 points to +2.4 points
Year +2	+1.2 points	+5.3 points	0.0 points to +12.1 points

Year	Starr County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.03 per 1,000 people	+0.09 per 1,000 people	−0.34 per 1,000 people to +0.57 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.00 per 1,000 people	+0.02 per 1,000 people	−0.33 per 1,000 people to +0.45 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.02 per 1,000 people	+1.34 per 1,000 people	+0.33 per 1,000 people to +2.89 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.02 per 1,000 people	+2.49 per 1,000 people	−0.29 per 1,000 people to +8.39 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.03 per 1,000 people	+2.21 per 1,000 people	+0.64 per 1,000 people to +4.91 per 1,000 people

Year	Starr County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.0 points	−0.9 points	−1.7 points to +0.2 points
Year −2	+1.1 points	+0.4 points	−1.2 points to +2.9 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−2.9 points	−1.5 points	−4.1 points to −0.4 points
Year +1	+1.0 points	−0.7 points	−2.2 points to +2.7 points

Year	Starr County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−2.6%	−3.5%	−5.5% to −0.3%
Year −2	−1.7%	−2.1%	−4.3% to +1.2%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+3.1%	+3.3%	+1.2% to +5.2%
Year +1	+12.7%	+10.2%	+7.8% to +14.5%
Year +2	+21.1%	+14.3%	+9.0% to +21.5%

Year	Starr County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.6%	−8.6%	−10.2% to −5.9%
Year −2	−5.2%	−5.0%	−6.4% to −3.6%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+4.4%	+6.7%	+3.9% to +8.9%
Year +1	+20.1%	+12.6%	+8.6% to +17.3%
Year +2	+28.3%	+21.6%	+14.5% to +27.1%

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Compared with 8 similar counties

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Improved10

Declined0

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