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Brownsville, TX Urban Area

223,416 Population
62.1 square miles 3,598.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,030 ±$1,603 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$50,315 ±$3,702 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

23.9% ±3.3% (52,689  ±7,436) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.3 minutes ±0.8 (1,978,360  ±126,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

73,587 ±2,835 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3 ±0.1 (221,175  ±5,506) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.2% ±2.3% (3,469  ±1,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

79,539 ±2,806 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$157,900 ±$7,941 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.1% ±1.9% (17,857  ±4,233.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

72.6% ±3.1% (99,122  ±5,385.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24.1% ±2.1% (32,937  ±3,067) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

28.8% ±2% (64,264  ±4,693) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.5% ±0.8% (5,715  ±1,357) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,715 Total veterans ±1,357 5,008 Male ±1,242 707 Female ±431

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