Demographics of Harlingen city, Texas

Harlingen city, Texas had 72,467 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +543 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Harlingen city, in four figures

72,467
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 72,087 ±50.; +0.8%
Change since July 2020: +543 people.; 33.4 ±0.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $53,645 ±$5,116
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Harlingen city, Texas's population grew 0.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Harlingen city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Harlingen city, Texas's population grew 0.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Harlingen city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	71,924	100.0	100.0
2021	72,058	100.2	100.2
2022	71,865	99.9	100.7
2023	71,933	100.0	101.6
2024	72,355	100.6	102.5
2025	72,467	100.8	103.1

Population of Harlingen city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	71,924	—
2021	72,058	+134
2022	71,865	−193
2023	71,933	+68
2024	72,355	+422
2025	72,467	+112

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 33.4 ±0.9: for men 32.0 ±1.3 and for women 35.8 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Harlingen city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	6,238 ±771	8.7% ±1.1	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	14,511 ±1,121	20.1% ±1.6	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	5,579 ±640	7.7% ±0.9	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	18,938 ±1,144	26.3% ±1.6	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	15,024 ±964	20.8% ±1.3	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	11,797 ±803	16.4% ±1.1	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $53,645 ±$5,116, and income per person $26,512 ±$1,555, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Harlingen city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	6,189 ±704	23.8% ±2.6	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	6,230 ±711	24.0% ±2.6	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,318 ±577	16.6% ±2.2	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,276 ±384	12.6% ±1.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,793 ±577	14.6% ±2.2	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,238 ±273	4.8% ±1.0	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	963 ±266	3.7% ±1.0	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Harlingen city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	17,865 ±1,982	25.1% ±2.8	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	8,130 ±1,192	39.9% ±4.9	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,265 ±742	20.7% ±1.9	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,470 ±474	15.8% ±2.8	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Harlingen city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Harlingen city	Texas	United States
Housing units	29,595 ±812	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	87.9% ±1.1	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	12.1% ±1.4	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	56.1% ±2.9	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	43.9% ±2.1	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$140,600 ±$10,004	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$928 ±$40	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1988 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Harlingen city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	59,314 ±1,038	82.3% ±1.4	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,021 ±820	13.9% ±1.1	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,112 ±413	1.5% ±0.6	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	732 ±211	1.0% ±0.3	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	64 to 228	0.1% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 182	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 294	0% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	534 ±242	0.7% ±0.3	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Harlingen city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	51,532 ±1,387	71.5% ±1.9	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,865 ±907	12.3% ±1.3	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,137 ±333	1.6% ±0.5	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	10,553 ±1,155	14.6% ±1.6	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4,341 ±580	6.0% ±0.8	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	6,212 ±991	8.6% ±1.4	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Harlingen city among the places of Texas

58th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Harlingen city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Flower Mound town	78,389 ±243
Cedar Park city	78,301 ±70
Mansfield city	77,510 ±577
Missouri City city	76,558 ±79
Leander city	74,067 ±88
Harlingen city	72,087 ±50
San Marcos city	70,897 ±80
North Richland Hills city	70,780 ±95
Spring CDP	68,580 ±4,281
Pflugerville city	65,971 ±100
Victoria city	65,625 ±40

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Harlingen city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 46 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 88 Places by poverty rate
No. 94 Places in Texas by foreign-born share
No. 109 Places by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 166 Places in Texas by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026