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Demographics
of South Texas
Housing
A significant percentage of the housing along the Texas-Mexico border lacks complete plumbing and kitchen facilities (Table 7). Poor plumbing and unsanitary conditions, especially in the border colonias1, factor into the high communicable disease rates.
Much of the housing is without heat and telephone service.
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7. Housing
Characteristics,
2000 |
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|
Population |
Total Housing
Units |
Incomplete
Plumbing
(%) |
Incomplete
Kitchen (%) |
Enumerated
Colonias
1996 |
|
LRGV |
978,369 |
336,628 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
1,041 |
|
MRG |
239,814 |
75,772 |
5.1 |
4.8 |
87 |
|
WGB |
138,267 |
50,549 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
84 |
|
South Central |
1,807,868 |
689,862 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
3 |
|
South Coastal |
505,567 |
196,673 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
51 |
|
South Texas
|
3,669,885 |
1,349,484 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
1,266 |
|
Texas |
20,851,820 |
8,157,575 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1,512 |
|
United States |
281,422,000 |
115,904,641 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
na |
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Sources: |
US Census
Bureau; Texas
Water
Development
Board (Estimated
Colonias)
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8.
Characteristics
of Occupied
Housing, 2000 |
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|
Population |
Occupied Housing
Units |
Without Heat
(%) |
Without
Telephone
Service (%) |
Without
Available
Vehicles (%) |
|
LRGV |
978,369 |
274,085 |
1.9 |
7.1 |
10.6 |
|
MRG |
239,814 |
65,953 |
1.5 |
6.8 |
12.4 |
|
WGB |
138,267 |
42,587 |
0.8 |
6.8 |
10.4 |
|
South Central |
1,807,868 |
636,796 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
8.6 |
|
South Coastal |
505,567 |
172,810 |
0.5 |
4.4 |
9.4 |
|
South Texas
|
3,669,885 |
1,192,231 |
0.8 |
4.4 |
9.5 |
|
Texas |
20,851,820 |
7,393,354 |
0.4 |
3.2 |
7.4 |
|
United States |
281,422,000 |
105,480,101 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
10.3 |
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Source: |
US Census Bureau
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