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McAllen was the most obese metropolitan area in the country in 2012, with 38.5% of the adult population considered obese. The high obesity rate has likely contributed to area residents' poor health. More than 21% of the population has been diagnosed with diabetes, more than any other metro area in the United States. Poverty may play a large ...
Metro McAllen (form. McAllen Express Transit) is the primary provider of mass transportation in Hidalgo County, Texas. The agency was established in 1997 in response ...
870,781. • Rank. 66th in the U.S. The McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), is a U.S. metropolitan statistical area defined by the United States Census Bureau, consisting of one county – Hidalgo – in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, anchored by the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr and Mission.
Hidalgo County (/ h ɪ ˈ d æ l ɡ oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation:) is located in the U.S. state of Texas.The county seat is Edinburg [2] and the largest city is McAllen.The county is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain. [3]
1,379,230. The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1] The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern ...
The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest two are ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Some metropolitan areas contain metropolitan divisions. Two metropolitan divisions exist within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA.
Reynosa–McAllen, [1] also known as McAllen–Reynosa, [2] or simply as Borderplex, [3] is one of the six international conurbations along the Mexico–U.S border. The city of Reynosa is situated in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, while the city of McAllen is located in the American state of Texas, directly north across the bank of the Rio Grande.
McAllen was served by Austin-based Conquest Airlines from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s; in 1989, it flew Beechcraft 1900Cs nonstop to San Antonio. [45] By 1994, Conquest was flying nonstop to Austin, Laredo and San Antonio and one-stop to Tyler, TX, all on Metroliners.