Editing Laguna Heights, Texas

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| name               = Laguna Heights, Texas
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron]]

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| postal_code        = 78578
| area_code          = [[Area code 956|956]]
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'''Laguna Heights''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron County]], [[Texas]], United States. The population was 962 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name=2020CensusP2/> significantly down from 3,488 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name=2010CensusTX/>

==History==
Laguna Heights was struck by a high-end [[List of United States tornadoes from April to May 2023#May 13 event|EF1 tornado]] on [[Tornadoes of 2023#May 10&ndash;13|May 13, 2023]], which caused major damage to properties, killed one person, and injured 11 others.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breen |first1=Kerry |title=2 dead, 10 hospitalized after tornado touches down in Laguna Heights, Texas |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-dead-10-hospitalized-after-tornado-touches-down-in-laguna-heights-texas/ |website=CBS NEWS |date=May 13, 2023 |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barber |first1=Katy |title=At least 1 dead after EF-1 tornado hits South Texas town, official say |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/laguna-heights-texas-tornado-18097864.php |newspaper=Mysa |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=*Preliminary damage assessment*: EF1 tornado damage with wind speeds around 86-105 mph possibly up to 110 mph occurred this morning between 4:01-4:06 AM in Laguna Heights. #rgvwx #txwx |url=https://twitter.com/NWSBrownsville/status/1657431855946412039?s=20 |website=NWS Brownsville on Twitter.com |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
Laguna Heights is located in eastern Cameron County at {{coord|26|4|48|N|97|15|22|W|type:city}} (26.080060, -97.256172),<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> on the south shore of [[Laguna Madre (United States)|Laguna Madre]], a large lagoon connected to the Gulf of Mexico. The CDP is bordered to the south and east by the city of [[Port Isabel, Texas|Port Isabel]] and to the west by the town of [[Laguna Vista, Texas|Laguna Vista]]. [[Texas State Highway 100]] passes through Laguna Heights, leading eastward {{convert|3|mi|0}} to the center of Port Isabel and {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[South Padre Island, Texas|South Padre Island]], and westward {{convert|21|mi}} to [[Interstate 69E]] between [[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]] and [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Laguna Heights CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.54|km2|order=flip|2}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4840300| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Laguna Heights CDP, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 21, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213052101/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4840300| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 1671
|2000= 1990
|2010= 3488
|2020= 962
|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> 
}}

Laguna Heights first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1990 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1990CensusTX/> It is part of the [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]&ndash;[[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]] [[Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Laguna Heights 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 – Laguna Heights CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4840300&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) – Laguna Heights CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4840300&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) – Laguna Heights CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4840300&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|127
|453
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58
|6.38%
|12.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.03%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.15%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.05%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.05%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.05%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,857
|3,006
|style='background: #ffffe6; |884
|93.32%
|86.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |91.89%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,990'''
|'''3,488'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''962'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 962 people, 575 households, and 371 families residing in the CDP.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 3,488 people, 528 households, and 459 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|7,202.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 572 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,070.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 67.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.85% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 29.40% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.21% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 93.32% of the population.

There were 528 households, out of which 56.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.9% were non-families. 10.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.77 and the average family size was 4.04.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 37.5% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 14.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,083, and the median income for a family was $19,491. Males had a median income of $15,677 versus $14,861 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $6,538. About 37.7% of families and 45.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 55.4% of those under age 18 and 25.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Children living in Laguna Heights are zoned to schools in [[Point Isabel Independent School District]]. Children go to Garriga Elementary School (Grades K-2), Derry Elementary School, (3-5), Port Isabel Junior High School (6-8), and [[Port Isabel High School]] (9-12). All of the schools are in [[Port Isabel, Texas|Port Isabel]].

In addition, [[South Texas Independent School District]] operates magnet schools that serve the community.

==References==
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{{Cameron County, Texas}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Cameron County, Texas]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Texas]]