La Joya, TX Population

Overview

4,486

Total Population

28.3

Median age

58.40%

Female population %

71.2:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

25-29 years

Largest age group

58.3

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

4,291

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

La Joya's population is young compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in La Joya is 28.3, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
La Joya's population under 18 was 33.77%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
La Joya's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 9.43% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in La Joya, 27.42% were under the age of 15, 28.40% aged 15 to 29, 34.75% aged 30 to 64, 7.98% aged 65 to 84, and 1.45% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 754 more females than males in La Joya:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 58.40% females and 41.60% males in La Joya, TX.
The La Joya, TX gender ratio is 71.2:100 i.e. 71.2 men to 100 women (0.712).
For male population, the largest age group is 0-4 years with a population of 279.
For the female population, the largest age group is 15-19 years with a population of 329.

La Joya's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of La Joya population: 70.26% are White, 1.20% are Asian, 1.11% are some other race and 27.42% are multiracial.
La Joya's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of White population in the city.
By ethnicity, 4,291 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 195 (4.35% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in La Joya is White with a population of 3,152 (70.26% of the total population).

La Joya's population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline:

The peak population was 4,955 in the year 2009
From 2000 to 2010, La Joya's population increased by 528 (14.98%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, La Joya's population increased by 436 (10.76%), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the United States was 7.17%.
Between the year 2000 and 2022, La Joya's population was lowest in year 2000 at 3,525.