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Donna, TX
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Living in Donna



Donna is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,774 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Donna is the 174th largest community in Texas.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.60% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Donna, just 11.75% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Donna in 2018 was $13,659, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $54,636 for a family of four. However, Donna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Donna also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.18% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Donna is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Donna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Donna, accounting for 93.56% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Donna residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Donna include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.

In addition, Donna has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.40%).

The most common language spoken in Donna is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.