[5] According to World Gazetteer this urban agglomeration ranked 157th largest in North and South America in 2010 with an estimated population of 675,481.

[7] Laredo–Nuevo Laredo area is formed by the following populated places: Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was founded in 1755 by Don Tomas Sanchez while the area was part of a region called Nuevo Santander in the Spanish colony of New Spain.

In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande, set up in rebellion to the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and brought back into Mexico by military force.

However, this petition was rejected, and in response the bulk of the population moved over the river into Mexican territory to found the new town of Nuevo Laredo.

Laredo is home to some of the most important transportation companies in the cross border industry .

[14][15] This is the reason that the borderplex's economy rotates around commercial and industrial warehousing, import, and export.

[17] According to Nielsen Media Research, the Laredo region (which includes Webb and Zapata counties) is ranked 185th market by population size in the United States.

KJTB was later bought by Entravision and affiliated the station to Telemundo and changed its callsign to KLDO.

[20] According to Arbitron, the Laredo region (which includes Jim Hogg, Webb, and Zapata counties) is ranked 191st market by population size.

The Laredo Heat is a Premier Development League soccer team in the Southern Conference's Mid South Division.

The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos were the Mexican Baseball League Champions in 1953, 1954, 1958, 1977, and 1989.