El Chaparral, Texas Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids El Chaparral, Texas
CDP
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Starr
Area
• Total	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
• Land	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2020)
• Total	467
• Density	4,700/sq mi (1,800/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip Code	78582

El Chaparral is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. It was a new CDP for the 2010 census, with a population of 464. It was formed, along with Santa Rosa CDP from the old Santa Cruz CDP. (Not to be confused with the new Santa Cruz CDP.)

Geography

El Chaparral is located at 26°20′56″N 98°46′2″W / 26.34889°N 98.76722°W / 26.34889; -98.76722 (26.348795, -98.767339).

El Chaparral was one of two CDPs (along with the Santa Rosa CDP) formed out of the deleted Santa Cruz CDP prior to the 2010 U.S. Census.

**El Chaparral CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition**
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010	Pop 2020	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	3	6	0.65%	1.28%
Black or African American alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	0	3	0.00%	0.64%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	461	458	99.35%	98.07%
Total	464	467	100.00%	100.00%

The CDP is within the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (formerly Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District)