Raymondville, Texas Raymondville, Texas City of Raymondville Location of Raymondville, Texas Location of Raymondville, Texas State Texas Raymondville is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Willacy County, Texas, United States. The populace was 11,284 at the 2010 census. It may be encompassed as part of the Brownsville Harlingen Raymondville and the Matamoros Brownsville urbane areas.
Raymondville is positioned at 26 28 53 N 97 46 59 W (26.481464, -97.783013) and is known as the "Gateway to the Rio Grande Valley." According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km ), all of it land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Raymondville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $19,729, and the median income for a family was $23,799.
About 32.7% of families and 36.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 45.0% of those under age 18 and 30.7% of those age 65 or over.
In 2010, Raymondville was 77% Catholic, 10.5% Southern Baptist, and 4% United Methodist. Raymondville is the locale of three private prisons, all adjoining to each other: the Willacy County Correctional Center (26.469897 N 97.762176 W), owned and directed by the Management and Training Corporation under contract with the U.S.
The Willacy County Regional Detention Center aka the Willacy Detention Center (26.470818 N 97.758837 W) opened in 2003.
The Willacy County State Jail (26.467076 N 97.767420 W), directed by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is a medium-security facility with a capacity of 1069. CCA has managed this facility since 2004.
The United States Postal Service operates the Raymondville Post Office. The Raymondville Independent School District serves the city.
The Raymondville Chronicle and Willacy County News, a weekly newspaper, is presented in Raymondville.
Raymondville's history was the subject of the film, Valley of Tears.
"Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Enumeration of Population and Housing" (PDF).
Edward Burleson Raymond, Texas Historical Marker Climate Summary for Raymondville, Texas "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Raymondville, Texas (TX 78580) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, homes, news".
"Willacy Detention Facility." Raymondville: Inside the Largest Immigration Prison Camp in the US.
The biggest immigrant prison camp is in Raymondville, Texas.
"Willacy County State Jail".
Raymondville Chronicle / Willacy County News.
"Most Popular People Born In "Raymondville/ Texas/ USA"".
Raymondville Chronicle and Willacy County News.
Raymondville, Texas.
The little town of Raymondville, Texas, ...near the Rio Grande which jokingly calls itself "The Breath of a Nation" is a little piece of America at its most troubling.
Municipalities and communities of Willacy County, Texas, United States County seats of Texas
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