
Zapata at a glance
What makes Zapata different: Zapata is an unincorporated, county-seat census-designated place rebuilt on higher ground in the 1950s after the original town was flooded by the creation of Falcon International Reservoir, and its economy still runs on Rio Grande natural-gas and oil fields plus bass fishing on Falcon Lake.
- Zapata population
- 4,900
- Zapata County Medicare
- 2,123
- MA penetration (county)
- 69%
- Spanish-speaking market
- Yes — bilingual