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Brownsville, TX Urban Area

223,205 Population
62.1 square miles 3,595.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,384 ±$1,635 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$59,044 ±$4,520 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.9% ±2.7% (46,039  ±6,004) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,940,950  ±151,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

75,636 ±2,361 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0.1 (220,852  ±5,858) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±1.6% (1,977  ±869) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

80,453 ±2,492 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$174,300 ±$10,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.3% ±2.3% (16,218  ±5,165.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

75.2% ±3.4% (102,590  ±5,554.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.4% ±2.3% (38,703  ±3,345.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

27.7% ±2% (61,719  ±4,722) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.4% ±0.6% (3,919  ±929) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,919 Total veterans ±929 3,642 Male ±876 277 Female ±302

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