 The per capita income for the city was $12,451.About 13.4% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.5% of those sixty five or over.“Laredo’s First 100 Years”, 1987, published by the City of Laredo and “Reflections”, 2017, Cary Clark, Sam Walton Fellow, University of Missouri-Kansas City.