Editing Olmito, Texas

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{{Distinguish|Little Elm, Texas}}
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron]]

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| elevation_m        = 9
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 78575
| area_code          = [[Area code 956|956]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 48-53964<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Olmito''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron County]], [[Texas]], United States. ''Olmito'' is Spanish for "little elm". The population was 1,021 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]&ndash;[[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]] [[Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Olmito is the self-described "mesquite capital of the world."

==Geography==
Olmito is located in south-central Cameron County at {{coord|26|1|11|N|97|32|5|W|type:city}} (26.019655, -97.534690).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Interstate 69E]]/[[U.S. Route 77 in Texas|U.S. Route 77]]/[[U.S. Route 83 in Texas|U.S. Route 83]] runs along the eastern side of the community, leading northwestward {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[San Benito, Texas|San Benito]] and south {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.7|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 11.45%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Olmito CDP, Texas |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4853964 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213082547/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4853964 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref> Olmito Lake is in the northern part of the town, and the Resaca del Rancho Viejo, an ancient channel of the Rio Grande, forms the western edge of the community.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2000 = 1198
| 2010 = 1210
| 2020 = 1021
|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="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Olmito, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Olmito%20CDP,%20Texas |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
}}

Olmito first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2000 U.S. Census]].<ref name=2000CensusTX/>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Olmito 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 – Olmito CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4853964&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) – Olmito CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4853964&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) – Olmito CDP, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4853964&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|42
|44
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|3.51%
|3.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.60%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,156
|1,159
|style='background: #ffffe6; |966
|96.49%
|95.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |94.61%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,198'''
|'''1,210'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,021'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,198 people, 303 households, and 270 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,787.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 322 housing units at an average density of {{convert|480.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.25% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.34% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.42% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 96.49% of the population.

There were 303 households, out of which 56.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.6% were non-families. 9.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.95 and the average family size was 4.22.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 38.1% under the age of 18, 12.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $13,333, and the median income for a family was $15,000. Males had a median income of $13,125 versus $12,279 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $5,170. About 47.6% of families and 55.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 73.4% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Olmito is served by the [[Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District]].

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

==Government and infrastructure==
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Olmito Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/olmito-7955-n-expressway-77-olmito-tx-1376088 Post Office Location - OLMITO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817151653/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/olmito-7955-n-expressway-77-olmito-tx-1376088 |date=2010-08-17 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref>

==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Olmito has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=631114&cityname=Olmito%2C+Texas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Olmito, Texas]</ref>

==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]]