Editing La Pryor, Texas

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = La Pryor, Texas
| settlement_type    = [[Census-designated place]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Zavala County Bank, LaPryor, TX IMG_4250.JPG
| imagesize          = 200px
| image_caption      = Zavala County Bank in La Pryor, Texas
| image_flag         = 
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| image_map          = TXMap-doton-LaPryor.PNG
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of La Pryor, Texas
| image_map1         = Zavala County LaPryor.svg
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Zavala County, Texas|Zavala]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
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| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 6.9
| area_land_km2      = 6.9
| area_water_km2     = 0.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.7
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.7
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1294
| population_density_km2 = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 227
| elevation_ft       = 745
| coordinates        = {{coord|28|56|38|N|99|50|40|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 78872
| area_code          = [[Area code 830|830]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-41452<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1360810<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
| website            = 
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}}

[[Image:La Pryor, TX, welcome sign IMG 4253.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Welcome sign in La Pryor]]

[[Image:Texas DOT office in La Pryor IMG 4255.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Texas Department of Transportation office in La Pryor]]

'''La Pryor''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|_|ˈ|p|r|aɪ|.|ər}} {{respell|lə|_|PRY|ər}}) is a [[census-designated place]] in [[Zavala County, Texas]], United States. Its population was 1,294 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

The town is named for Col. Isaac (Ike) T. Pryor, who in the 1880s owned a ranch that included the site of the community.

The [[Nueces River]] crosses [[U.S. Route 83 in Texas|U.S. Highway 83]] north of La Pryor.

The community has within its limits branches of the Texas Department of Transportation and the Zavala County Bank.

==Geography==
La Pryor is located at {{coord|28|56|38|N|99|50|40|W|type:city}} (28.943879, -99.844349).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 2.7&nbsp;square miles (6.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1980 = 1257
| 1990 = 1343
| 2000 = 1491
| 2010 = 1643
| 2020 = 1294
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850–1900<ref name=1900CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of Texas By Counties And Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/49-population-tx.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-tx-p1.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1920<ref name=1920CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-tx-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1930<ref name=1930CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch10.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br>
1950<ref name=1950CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-46.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/33255142v1p45ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00496492v1p45s1ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1980<ref name=1980CensusTX>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/texas/1980a_txab-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusTX>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Texas |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-45.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

La Pryor first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1980 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1980CensusTX/>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''La Pryor CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – La Pryor CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4841452&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – La Pryor CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4841452&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – La Pryor CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4841452&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|166
|138
|style='background: #ffffe6; |92
|11.13%
|8.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.11%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.07%
|0.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|5
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.34%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.07%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.13%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,316
|1,487
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,186
|88.26%
|90.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |91.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,491'''
|'''1,643'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,294'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,294 people, 365 households, and 286 families residing in the CDP.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, 1,491 people, 462 households, and 368 families were residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|556.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 571 housing units averaged 213.1 per mi<sup>2</sup> (82.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 52.72% White, 0.07% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 43.46% from other races, and 3.22% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 88.26% of the population.

Of the 462 households, 45.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were not families. About 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23, and the average family size was 3.74.

In the CDP, the age distribution was 35.2% under 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65  or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,385, and for a family was $21,304. Males had a median income of $19,125 versus $15,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $10,036. About 37.4% of families and 41.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 48.8% of those under age 18 and 36.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
La Pryor is served by the [[La Pryor Independent School District]].

==References==

<references />

{{notelist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.lapryor.net/ La Pryor ISD]

{{Zavala County, Texas}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Texas]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Zavala County, Texas]]