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Population (year 2000): 234. Estimated
population in July 2005: 247 (+5.6% change)
Males: 114 (48.7%), Females: 120 (51.3%)
Hidalgo County
Zip code:
78579
Median resident age: 43.2 years
Median household income: $68,125 (year 2000)
Median house value: $138,500 (year 2000)
Races in Progreso Lakes:
- White Non-Hispanic (59.8%)
- Hispanic (39.7%)
- Other race (1.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (24.8%), English (12.4%),
Irish (8.1%), United States (3.4%), French (2.6%), Scotch-Irish
(1.7%).
Elevation: 75 feet
Land area: 2.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Progreso Lakes
- High school or higher: 87.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Progreso Lakes city
- Never married: 21.7%
- Now married: 72.2%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 3.9%
- Divorced: 2.2%
4.7% Foreign born (4.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +73 (+45.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Progreso Lakes:
- KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; WESLACO, TX)
- RIO GRANDE STATE CENTER (about 22 miles; HARLINGEN,
TX)
- SOUTH TEXAS HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; HARLINGEN, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Progreso Lakes:
- MC ALLEN MILLER INTL (about 20 miles; MC ALLEN, TX;
ID: MFE)
- VALLEY INTL (about 24 miles; HARLINGEN, TX; ID: HRL)
- BROWNSVILLE/SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INT'L (about 40
miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; ID: BRO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Progreso Lakes:
- MID VALLEY (about 7 miles; WESLACO, TX; ID: T65)
- EDINBURG INTL (about 27 miles; EDINBURG, TX; ID:
25R)
- PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY (about 44 miles; PORT
ISABEL, TX; ID: PIL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Progreso Lakes:
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-HARLINGEN (about 22
miles; HARLINGEN, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,167)
- SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles;
MCALLEN, TX; FT enrollment: 7,142)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (about 24
miles; EDINBURG, TX; FT enrollment: 9,651)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE (about 33
miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,044)
- TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
BROWNSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,556)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE (about 98 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,860)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (about 121
miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 5,282)
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