Looking at the Rio Grande Wikipedia

I looked at the Wikipedia page for the Rio Grande Valley and noticed that there many flaws in it. As the first place that a person who is researching the Valley would look, this is unacceptable. First, the page appears to just be the Brownsville Wikipedia with only the opening paragraphs changed to reflect the Rio Grande Valley. This is especially evident when you look at the demographics section. Early in the article, the author says that "the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population of the Rio Grande Valley at 1,305,782". However, in the next section there is a demographic breakdown in which provides a much smaller number closer to the population of Brownsville.

Below you can see the section that I am referring to:

As of the census^[10] of 2010, there were 175,023 people, 49,871 households, and 41,047 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,207.1 people per square mile (466.0/km²). There were 53,936 housing units at an average density of 372.0 per square mile (143.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was:

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) – 91.28%

Mexican – 73.93%

Puerto Rican – 0.15%

Cuban - 0.11%

Other Hispanic or Latino – 17.08%

Not Hispanic or Latino – 8.72%

White alone - 7.75%^[11]

This is vastly different from the figure before, so I decided to change the article myself based on research I found.

With my edits the article looks like this:

As of the census^[1] of 2010, there were 1,264,091 people, 358,867 households, and 295,334 families residing in the Area. The population density was 295.7 people per square mile (114.1/km²). There were 416,777 housing units at an average density of 97.5 per square mile (37.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was:

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) – 89.99%

Mexican – 83.81%

Puerto Rican – 0.23%

Cuban - 0.10%

Other Hispanic or Latino – 10.01%

Not Hispanic or Latino – 5.85%

White alone - 8.60%^[31]

After looking at the 2010 Census, which the article also used, I added up the demographics for the four counties that make up the Rio Grande Valley to give my these numbers. And now the Wikipedia page is a little bit more accurate.