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Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, on the north bank of the Rio Grande , across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. As of the 2005 census, the city population was 207,787. Laredo is part of the Laredo / Nuevo Laredo metropolitan area with a total population of 575,585. Laredo has the distinction of having seven flags flown over the city. Having been founded in 1755, Laredo grew from a villa to the Capital of the defunct Republic of the Rio Grande to the largest inland port on the United States-Mexican Border. Today, it has four international bridges and one railway bridge. Laredo's weather is semi-arid during the summer and mild during the winter. Laredo International Airport is within the Laredo city limits, while the Quetzalcoatl International Airport is nearby in Nuevo Laredo in Mexico. The city has four semi-professional teams; Bucks, Broncos, Heat, and Lobos. Texas A&M International University and Laredo Community College call Laredo home. The...more

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Among the most common occupations in Laredo are Sales and office occupations, 29%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 23%. and Service occupations, 17%. Approximately 67 percent of workers in Laredo, Texas work for companies, 16 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Laredo Jobs are for drivers jobs, urology jobs, assistant manager jobs, assistant store manager jobs, sales associate jobs and occupational therapy jobs.

The leading industries in Laredo, Texas are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 23%; Retail trade, 14%; and Transportation and warehousing, and utilities, 13%. Simply Hired's Laredo job listings indicate that the following industries in Laredo are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Clinics & Outpatient Services, Reproductive Health Clinics, Psychiatric Hospitals and Mail Order Retailing.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Laredo, Texas is $23,131, and the median income of households in Laredo was $32,019.

Laredo has an unemployment rate of 10.2%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Laredo Trends data, the number of Laredo, Texas jobs has increased by 19% since March 2008.

Population of Laredo Total population 207,787 Male 47.97% Female 52.03% Median age 26.6     Laredo Housing Owner-occupied homes 60.1% Median cost of a home $89,800 Median mortgage payment $699 Renter-occupied homes 39.9% Vacant housing 7.5% Median monthly rent $578     Average Income Median for all workers $16,936 Median for all male full-time $25,538 Median for all female full-time $20,724     Household Income Less than $10,000 17% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 15% $25,000 to $34,999 12% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 5% $150,000 to $199,999 2% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 26% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 16% High school graduate 22% Some college, no degree 12% Associate's degree 5% Bachelor's degree 13% Graduate degree 5%     Marital Status Never married 27% Currently married 54% Separated 5% Widowed 5% Divorced 9%     Race White 87% Black or African American 0% Asian 0% Other 12%     Laredo Commute Carpool 10.9% Public transportation 2.5% Average travel time 18 minutes

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