Lasara is a census-designated place (CDP) in Willacy County, Texas, United States. The population was 909 at the 2020 census.
Lasara was named after Laura Harding and Sarah Gill, the wives of German settlers William Harding and Lamar Gill.
Geography
Lasara is located at (26.465449, -97.912001).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.
Demographics
Lasara first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|30
|49
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45
|2.93%
|4.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.95%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|6
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.59%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|5
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.49%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.10%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.10%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|981
|987
|style='background: #ffffe6; |861
|95.80%
|95.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |94.72%
|-
|Total
|1,024
|1,039
|style='background: #ffffe6; |909
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census
Education
Lasara is within the Lasara Independent School District (Pre-K through 12). Lasara ISD was approved on March 18, 1925.
Previously high school students went to Raymondville Independent School District or Lyford Consolidated Independent School District. Lasara ISD eventually received a high school, with 2011 being the year of the first graduation.
In addition, South Texas Independent School District operates magnet schools that serve Lasara and many surrounding communities.