Geography
Mercedes is placed at 26°8'58" North, 97°55'7" West (Twenty-six.149315, -97.918675).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount vicinity of Xxii.Quaternary km² (8.6 mi²). Twenty-two.Deuce klick² (Octad.Sextuplet mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.Deuce kilometre² (Zero.Unity mi²) of these are a body of water. A number metropolitan area is Cipher.69% a river.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 13,649 people, 4,170 home, & 3,348 families living in the city. A population density is 614.2/km² (1,591.2/mi²). There are 5,455 housing units at an typical density of 245.5/km² (636.0/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 79.42% White, 0.36% African American, 0.89% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 16.95% from other races, and 2.31% from two or more races. Ninety.01% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,170 family away from which 41.1% keep around babies under a age of Eighteen accept the babies, 54.7% come married couples living together, 21.4% have a female homeowner by using there are no married man present, & Xix.7% come non-families. Xviii.0% of everthing home come mass produced higher of people & Eleven.4% keep around individual residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Trine.Xxvii & a typical personal size is Trinity.75.

In a city the people is spread retired by having 32.9% under a age of Eighteen, Xi.5% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-two.8% from either 25 to 44, Eighteen.4% from either 45 to 64, & Fourteen.4% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Twenty-nine years. For each Hundred females there are 88.Vi males. For each Centred females age Eighteen & concluded, there are 82.Trinity males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $23,064, & the median income for a personal is $25,339. Males have a median income of $19,945 versus $18,387 for females. A per capita income for the city is $8,658. 36.4% of the people & Thirty.4% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, 49.4% of victims under a age of 18 & 30.3% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.