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Brownsville, TX

191,968 Population
133.4 square miles 1,439.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 33.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,959 ±$1,801 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $25,221 ±$990
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$59,491 ±$4,185 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $53,267 ±$3,027
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.4% ±2.8% (38,644  ±5,299) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.7% 105,279 (±2.2% / ±9,455)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.4 minutes ±0.4 (1,541,430  ±47,272) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.3 3,342,005 (±0.4 / ±75,136)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

65,105 ±2,208 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 147,101 ±2,027
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0.1 (189,615  ±122) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 2.9 427,677 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.7% (1,589  ±768) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,883 (±1.3% / ±1,353)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

68,583 ±2,258 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 164,078 ±59
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$176,300 ±$11,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $163,300 ±$6,123
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±2.7% (15,677  ±5,148.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8% † 34,061 (±1.6% / ±7,032.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

76.2% ±3.9% (90,017  ±5,376.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 74.7% 197,636 (±2.8% / ±7,314.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.2% ±2.6% (33,261  ±3,277.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.8% 62,993 (±1.5% / ±4,073)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

27.1% ±2.2% (51,925  ±4,164) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.5% 101,674
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.7% ±0.7% (3,744  ±945) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.8% † 11,959 (±0.4% / ±1,361)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,744 Total veterans ±945 3,413 Male ±860 331 Female ±314

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