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The population in the city of Mission in 1990 was 31,552 and grew to 45,408 in 2000, which is an increase of nearly 44%. The population projection for 2010 is 61,610,which represents a change of about 36% from 2000.

	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate	2010 Projection
Mission Population	31,552	45,408	53,604	61,610
Mission/McAllen MSA Population	383,546	569,463	676,644	779,256
Population Density (Pop/Sq Mi)	1,307.2	1,881.3	2,220.9	2,552.6
Total Households	8,977	13,766	15,991	18,123
Median Age	28.8	31.3	31.5	31.9

Population by Race/Ethnicity

	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate	2010 Projection
Hispanic Ethnicity	25,141 (79.7%)	36,398 (80.2%)	44,366 (82.8%)	52,182 (84.7%)
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,411 (20.3%)	9,010 (19.8%)	9,238 (17.2%)	9,428 (15.3%)

Income

	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate	2010 Projection
Average Household Income	$23,117	$42,566	$40,929	$44,062
Median Household Income	$17,083	$30,824	$32,632	$35,232
Per Capita Income	$6,785	$12,904	$12,454	$13,226

Educational Attainment

	1990 Census	2000 Census	2005 Estimate	2010 Projection
Grade K-8	6,181 (35.4%)	5,124 (19.2%)	5,719 (18.2%)	4,640 (12.8%)
Grade 9-12	2,233 (12.8%)	3,850 (14.4%)	5,719 (8.4%)	1,850 (5.1%)
High School Graduate	4,192 (24.0%)	5,855 (21.9%)	10,850 (34.4%)	15,671 (43.1%)
Some College, No Degree	2,347 (13.4%)	4,385 (16.4%)	5,575 (17.7%)	6,510 (17.9%)
Associates Degree	446 (2.6%)	828 (3.1%)	1,110 (3.5%)	1,368 (3.8%)
Bachelor's Degree	1,432 (8.2%)	3,178 (12.2%)	3,840 (12.2%)	4,444 (12.2%)
Graduate Degree	625 (3.6%)	1,596 (6.0%)	1,762 (5.3%)	1,914 (5.3%)