Santa Maria is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 651 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Santa Maria is located near the southwestern corner of Cameron County at (26.077955, -97.847926). U.S. Route 281 passes through the CDP, leading southeastward to Brownsville and west to Hidalgo. The community is approximately one mile north of the Rio Grande, which forms the Mexico–United States border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Santa Maria first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.12%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.23%
|-
|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
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.14%
|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; |4
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.61%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.12%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.92%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|844
|729
|style='background: #ffffe6; |633
|99.76%
|99.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |97.24%
|-
|Total
|846
|733
|style='background: #ffffe6; |651
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the census