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McAllen Demographics

City Chartered: January 31, 1927

Form of Government: City Manager/City Council

Population: 130,831

Land Area: 46.7 square miles

Education

McAllen ISD
21 Elementary Schools
6 Middle Schools
3 High Schools

South Texas Community College

University of Texas Pan American

Golf Courses

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Palm View Golf Course – Public

McAllen Country Club – Private

Hospitals

Rio Grande Regional Hospital

McAllen Medical Center

McAllen Heart Hospital

McAllen Medical Cancer Institute

Texas Children’s Hospital Tele-Health Clinic

Clinics

Driscoll Children’s Sub-Specialty Clinic

Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children's Cancer and Hematology Clinic

Health Related Services

Texas A&M South Texas Center

Texas Veteran’s Nursing Home

Climate

Average Minimum Temperature: 70° F

Average Maximum Temperature: 90° F

Annual Precipitation: 22.96 inches

Banks (alphabetical order)

  • Alamo Bank of Texas
  • A&G Edwards & Sons
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of South Texas
  • Border Capital Bank
  • Capital One Bank
  • CITI Financial
  • Chase Manhattan Bank
  • Coastal Banc SSB
  • Falcon International Bank
  • First National Bank
  • Frost Bank
  • IBC Bank
  • Inter National Bank
  • International Bank of Commerce
  • Laredo National Bank
  • Lone Star National Bank
  • McAllen National Bank
  • Texas State Bank
  • Rio Bank
  • Wells Fargo Bank

Hotels: 38

Parks & Recreation

Number of facilities maintained by Parks Division: 149
Number of developed acres of parkland maintained: 456
Number of undeveloped acres of parkland maintained: 88
2nd Street Hike and Bike Trail: 8.25 Miles
Bicentennial Blvd Hike and Bike Trail: 3.675 Miles

Central Fire Station

101 S. Bicentennial Blvd.

Fire Sub-Stations:
Station 2 2811 N. Main Street
Station 3 213 E. Dallas
Station 4 2800 S. 10th Street
Station 5 5521 N. 23rd Street
Station 6 5500 S. 23rd Street

Police Department

1601 N. Bicentennial Blvd.

Police Sub-Stations: Sub-Station Borderview (Balboa) at 3501 Helena St.
Sub-Station Suarez at 409 S. 27th St
Sub-Station Chicago at 2133 W. Chicago St.
Sub-Station Las Palmas at 2500 W. Quince St.
Sub-Station Rey Lopez at 1121 S. 16th St.
Sub-Station Down Town at 327 S. 16th St.
Sub-Station Palm City at 2601 S. 22nd St.

City Employees: 626
Firefighters: 157
Police Officers: 263

McAllen Chamber of Commerce: 1700 Members

McAllen Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

McAllen Economic Development Corporation