Editing Hidalgo County, Texas (section)

===Metropolitan Statistical Area===
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| name               = McAllen MSA
| official_name      = McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area
| settlement_type    = [[Metropolitan statistical area]]
| image_skyline      = Chase Bank Tower in McAllen, TX.jpg
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| photo_1a           = Chase Bank Tower in McAllen, TX.jpg
| image_caption      = Chase Bank Tower in McAllen, the tallest building in the area.
| image_map          = Map of Texas highlighting Hidalgo County.svg
| map_alt            = Map of McAllen MSA
| map_caption        = Map of Texas highlighting the McAllen MSA covering Hidalgo County
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State(s)]]
| subdivision_name1  = Texas
| subdivision_type2  = Largest city
| subdivision_name2  = [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]]
| subdivision_type3  = Other cities
| subdivision_name3  = – [[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]]<br> – [[Mission, Texas|Mission]]<br> – [[Pharr, Texas|Pharr]]<br>– [[Weslaco, Texas|Weslaco]] <br> – [[Donna, Texas|Donna]]
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 1583
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| population_as_of   = 2020 including Hidalgo County
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| population_total   = 870,781
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| population_rank    = {{#if:67th|[[List of metropolitan statistical areas|66th in the U.S.]]}}
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|demographics2_info1      = $27.685 billion (2022)
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The '''McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area''' (MSA), is a U.S. [[metropolitan statistical area]] defined by the [[United States Census Bureau]], consisting of one county – [[Hidalgo County, Texas|Hidalgo]] – in the [[Lower Rio Grande Valley|Rio Grande Valley]] region of [[South Texas|South]] [[Texas]], anchored by the cities of [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], [[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]], [[Pharr, Texas|Pharr]] and [[Mission, Texas|Mission]]. [[List of Texas metropolitan areas|It is ranked the fifth most populated metropolitan area in the state of Texas.]] It is also part of the transnational metropolitan area of [[Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area|Reynosa–McAllen]].

It has the [[Highest-income metropolitan statistical areas in the United States|lowest per capita income of the 276 MSAs within the 50 states]] at $9,899. Its median household income is also the lowest within the 50 states at $24,863. In a survey done in over 190 metropolitan areas it had the highest obesity rate of residents at 38.8 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livescience.com/18886-obese-cities-list-2011.html |title=The List: The Most Obese Cities &#124; US Obesity Rate & Skinniest Cities |publisher=LiveScience |date=2011-12-29 |access-date=2012-03-09}}</ref> Today, the states with the highest poverty rates (of over 20 million living on $2 a day) are all in the southern part of the country (Table 1) [7], and the nation's poorest large metropolitan area is McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hotez |first1=Peter J. |title=Neglected Parasitic Infections and Poverty in the United States |journal=PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases |date=4 September 2014 |volume=8 |issue=9 |pages=e3012 |doi=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003012 |doi-access=free |pmid=25188455 |pmc=4154650 }}</ref>

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'''Major/Anchor cities'''
* [[McAllen, Texas|McAllen]]
* [[Mission, Texas|Mission]]
* [[Edinburg, Texas|Edinburg]]
* [[Pharr, Texas|Pharr]]
'''Minor/satelite cities'''
* [[Alamo, Texas|Alamo]]
* [[Alton, Texas|Alton]]
* [[Donna, Texas|Donna]]
* [[Edcouch, Texas|Edcouch]]
* [[Elsa, Texas|Elsa]]
* [[Granjeno, Texas|Granjeno]]
* [[Hidalgo, Texas|Hidalgo]]
* [[La Joya, Texas|La Joya]]
* [[La Villa, Texas|La Villa]]
* [[Mercedes, Texas|Mercedes]]
* [[Palmhurst, Texas|Palmhurst]]
* [[Palmview, Texas|Palmview]]
* [[Peñitas, Texas|Peñitas]]
* [[Progreso, Texas|Progreso]]
* [[Progreso Lakes, Texas|Progreso Lakes]]
* [[San Juan, Texas|San Juan]]
* [[Sullivan City, Texas|Sullivan City]]
* [[Weslaco, Texas|Weslaco]]
|}

'''Census-designated places'''
'''''Note''': All [[census-designated place]]s are [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]].''
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* [[Abram-Perezville, Texas|Abram-Perezville]]
* [[Alton North, Texas|Alton North]]
* [[Cesar Chavez, Texas|Cesar Chavez]]
* [[Citrus City, Texas|Citrus City]]
* [[Cuevitas, Texas|Cuevitas]]
* [[Doffing, Texas|Doffing]]
* [[Doolittle, Texas|Doolittle]]
* [[Havana, Texas|Havana]]
* [[Heidelberg, Texas|Heidelberg]]
* [[Indian Hills, Texas|Indian Hills]]
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* [[La Blanca, Texas|La Blanca]]
* [[La Homa, Texas|La Homa]]
* [[Laguna Seca, Texas|Laguna Seca]]
* [[Llano Grande, Texas|Llano Grande]]
* [[Lopezville, Texas|Lopezville]]
* [[Los Ebanos, Hidalgo County, Texas|Los Ebanos]]
* [[Midway North, Texas|Midway North]]
* [[Midway South, Texas|Midway South]]
* [[Mila Doce, Texas|Mila Doce]]
* [[Monte Alto, Texas|Monte Alto]]
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* [[Muniz, Texas|Muniz]]
* [[North Alamo, Texas|North Alamo]]
* [[Nurillo, Texas|Nurillo]]
* [[Olivarez, Texas|Olivarez]]
* [[Palmview South, Texas|Palmview South]]
* [[Relampago, Texas|Relampago]]
* [[San Carlos, Texas|San Carlos]]
* [[San Manuel-Linn, Texas|San Manuel-Linn]]
* [[Scissors, Texas|Scissors]]
* [[South Alamo, Texas|South Alamo]]
|}

'''Unincorporated places'''
* [[El Gato, Texas|El Gato]]
* [[Hargill, Texas|Hargill]]
* [[Runn, Texas|Runn]]
* [[Val Verde, Hidalgo County, Texas|Val Verde]]