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Brownsville CCD, Cameron County, TX

221,459 Population
134.9 square miles 1,641.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cameron County: 32.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$21,236 ±$424 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cameron County: $23,142 ±$469
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$48,295 ±$1,875 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cameron County: $51,334 ±$1,640
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

25.6% ±1.4% (56,100  ±3,180) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Cameron County: 24.4% 102,583 (±1% / ±4,345)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

21.3 minutes ±0.5 (1,772,425  ±58,063) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cameron County: 20.6 3,227,715 (±0.4 / ±81,643)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

67,913 ±1,243 Number of households
  • Cameron County: 135,435 ±1,061
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.2 ±0.1 (219,962  ±2,799) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cameron County: 3.1 420,104 (±0 / ±58)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.5% ±1% (3,067  ±572) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Cameron County: 5.3% † 5,273 (±0.7% / ±701)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

73,957 ±1,063 Number of housing units
  • Cameron County: 157,565 ±81
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$119,000 ±$4,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cameron County: $120,000 ±$2,519
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

9.6% ±1.1% (20,935  ±2,306.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cameron County: 8.8% 36,781 (±0.7% / ±3,029.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

68.6% ±1.8% (88,765  ±2,580.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cameron County: 71.6% 182,021 (±1.4% / ±3,648.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
21.7% ±1.1% (28,071  ±1,450.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cameron County: 20.6% 52,232 (±0.8% / ±1,982.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

27.8% ±0.8% (61,501  ±1,915) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cameron County: 22.7% 95,956
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.8% ±0.3% (4,283  ±521) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cameron County: 4.2% 12,632 (±0.3% / ±995)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
4,283 Total veterans ±521 3,953 Male ±486 330 Female ±133

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