Zapata County is located in the South Texas Region of Texas. The County Seat is Zapata and the largest city is Zapata. The 2014 population estimate is 14,319 and the 2010 census population was 14,018. The land area is 998.41 square miles and there are 14 persons per square mile.
98.6% of the population is White, 0.5% is Black or African American, 93.5% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 0.2% is two or more races. 54.8% have a high school degree or higher, and 8.5% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $55,700, there are 4,460 households, an average of 3.17 persons per household. The per capita income is $16,671, the median household income is $31,109, and 34.7% of the persons in Zapata County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 1,177. Retail sales (in $1000) were $62,126, and sales per capita were $4,586. The percentage of black-owned firms is 0%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 26.9%.
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