Laredo, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Laredo had a population of 176,576 people^<1>. This represents 0.84% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Garland	NE	407 mi [655 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
11	Lubbock	N	439 mi [706 km]	220,483	10.48% increase
12	Irving	N	396 mi [637 km]	201,358	5.08% increase
-13-	Laredo			221,659	25.53% increase
14	Amarillo	N	545 mi [877 km]	187,236	7.84% increase
15	Pasadena	NE	300 mi [482.8 km]	146,439	3.36% increase
16	Brownsville	SE	164 mi [263.9 km]	175,494	25.6% increase

Laredo had 50,319 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Laredo has a total area of 79.6 square miles [206 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 78.5 square miles [203.2 km²]1.09 square miles [2.82 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Laredo had a 2000 population density of 2,250 people per square mile [868 people/km²], making it the state's 105th most densely populated area.

Webb County

The city of Laredo is located in Webb County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 194,556 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 176,576 people, Laredo contained 90.8% of the Webb County total.

In addition, where the community of Laredo has a population density of 2,250 people per square mile [868 people/km²], Webb County averages 58 people per square mile [22.38 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Webb County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Laredo and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Laredo. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Laredo. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Laredo, it also contains a comparison between Laredo and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Laredo QuickFact (QF-4841464).

A Census Quickfact is available for Webb County (QF-48479).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Laredo:

Laredo is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Laredo.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Laredo. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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