Institutional foundations of adaptive planning: exploration of flood planning in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Figures & data

Figure 1. Study Area: Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, U.S.A.

Table 1. County Population Characteristics.

	AVERAGE U.S. COUNTIES	CAMERON CO.	HIDALGO CO.	STARR CO.	WILLACY CO.
GEOGRAPHY
Area (square miles)	1,182	892	1,571	1,223	591
POPULATION
Total	102,398	423,029	880,356	66,049	20,316
Under 18 years	22.0%	29.3%	31.6%	32.5%	23.4%
65 years and older	19.3%	14.0%	11.3%	11.3%	14.0%
Female	50.0%	50.8%	50.7%	50.9%	44.1%
Hispanic	11.7%	90.0%	92.6%	96.3%	88.1%
INCOME & POVERTY
Median household income	$54,172	$41,200	$41,846	$30,931	$37,906
Poverty rate	15.4%	24.4%	23.9%	25.2%	24.7%
EDUCATION
High school or higher	87.3%	68.6%	66.9%	57.6%	70.1%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	22.6%	18.2%	19.3%	10.9%	9.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5 year estimates (2016–2020)

Figure 2. LDA Results for Corpus 1 – Hazard & Flood Plans.

Figure 3. LDA Results for Corpus 2 – Flood Planning Meeting Transcripts.

Data availability statement

Data is available from DesignSafe-CI: https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-5x0c-2v08 v1