Realitos ( ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Duval County, Texas, United States. The population was 121 at the 2020 census.
History
The population of Realitos had reached a total of 400 people in 1890, four years after the first post office was established there. The population peaked as an estimated 800 were living there just two years later. The population thereupon began to decrease, with numbers such as 225 residents being reported in 1914. In the 1960s, Realitos still had a running school, but it consolidated with Benavides in the middle of the next decade. Many buildings remain in the small, unincorporated community today including a pool hall (now closed), store, and gas station.
Geography
Realitos is located in southern Duval County at (27.445491, -98.528786). Texas State Highway 359 leads northeastward to Benavides and to San Diego, the county seat, as well as southwestward to Hebbronville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Realitos CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Realitos first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|15
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|7.18%
|3.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.83%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.83%
|-
|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; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.65%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|194
|176
|style='background: #ffffe6; |117
|92.82%
|95.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |96.69%
|-
|Total
|209
|184
|style='background: #ffffe6; |121
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census
Education
Realitos is served by the Benavides Independent School District.