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Saturday, July 09, 2011

Texas Colonias :: Under-served Neighborhoods

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | July 9, 2011 | Bryan TX

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Texas Colonias
Texas is home to more colonias residents than any other state. Approximately 500,000 Texans live in 2,300 colonia communities along the 1,248-mile stretch from Cameron County on the Gulf of Mexico to El Paso County in the west.

Most colonias people live without basic services taken for granted in the rest of the United States.


Las Lomas might resemble any of America's most impoverished rural areas, but along the border, the five recorded subdivisions that make up Las Lomas carry a special bureaucratic designation: "Colonias," the Spanish word for "neighborhood."

But the areas are growing fast. The population of Starr County, home to an estimated 55 colonias, has grown 13.8% in the past decade, from 53,597 to 60,968, according to Census data. Neighboring Hidalgo County, home to the most colonias in the state, has grown 36% since 2000, from 569,471 to 774,769.

Impoverished border town grows from shacks into community - CNN.com: "AandM is one of many agencies working in the colonias through various funding sources and partnerships to provide a multitude of services, from transporting residents to larger cities for medical care to building wind turbines and ceramic water filters. The university, which has 41 community resource centers concentrated on the border, is certified through the Department of Health Services to train and certify 'promotoras,' loosely translated as health advocates or community health leaders, to connect residents to services."

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