La Paloma, Texas

La Paloma (Spanish: The Dove) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,903 at the 2010 census, up from 354 at the 2000 census, when it was drawn to cover a much smaller area. By the 2020 census, the population further increased to 3,218. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

La Paloma is located in southwestern Cameron County at (26.048605, -97.667017). It is on the north side of U.S. Route 281, northwest of the center of Brownsville and east of Los Indios. It is less than one mile north of the Rio Grande, the Mexico–United States border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the La Paloma CDP has a total area of , all land. 1850–1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

La Paloma first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.

!Pop 2010

!% 2000

!% 2010

|White alone (NH)

|18

|41

|style='background: #ffffe6; |37

|5.08%

|1.41%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.15%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%

|Asian alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |8

|0.00%

|0.28%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|Other race alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4

|0.28%

|0.07%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3

|2.54%

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.09%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|326

|2,852

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,165

|92.09%

|98.24%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |98.35%

|Total

|354

|2,903

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,218

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

As of the census