Emergency Biohazard Cleanup Services in Lago, TX

Lago is a tiny census-designated place in west-central Cameron County, Texas — the southernmost county in Texas — about 4 miles south of San Benito and 18 miles northwest of downtown Brownsville.

Lago takes its name from the Spanish word for 'lake,' fitting a community where about 7% of its small area is water from the resacas of the Rio Grande delta.

The entire CDP covers only about 0.05 square miles, yet at the 2020 census it held 161 people, a density of roughly 3,500 people per square mile.

Lago first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2000 census, which counted 246 people in 56 households and 53 families, with an average household size of 4.39 people.

Lago's population has steadily declined since then, falling to 204 in 2010 and 161 in 2020, when the CDP had just 51 housing units.

Lago is one of the most heavily Hispanic communities in Texas: Hispanic or Latino residents made up 99.6% of the population in 2000, 100% in 2010, and about 92.6% in 2020, and more than 90% of residents speak Spanish at home.

Census figures show a dramatic aging of the community: the median age rose from 26 years in 2000 to about 66 in 2020, with roughly three-quarters of residents over age 65.

At the 2000 census Lago was deeply poor, with a per capita income of just $3,346 and about 70% of residents living below the poverty line.

Lago is part of the Brownsville-Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its students are served by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, while South Texas Independent School District magnet schools also serve the community.