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Brownsville Independent School District, TX

196,294 Population
98.6 square miles 1,990.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cameron County: 33.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,230 ±$1,603 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cameron County: $24,283 ±$1,162
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$45,662 ±$4,709 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cameron County: $52,210 ±$2,610
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

26.1% ±3.6% (50,783  ±7,159) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cameron County: 23.5% 99,450 (±2% / ±8,607)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

23.6 minutes ±1.7 (1,811,435  ±172,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cameron County: 21.9 3,614,300 (±1 / ±194,435)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

66,044 ±2,826 Number of households
  • Cameron County: 143,033 ±2,516
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3 ±0.2 (195,080  ±6,417) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cameron County: 3 423,261 (±0.1 / ±83)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

6.6% ±2.6% (3,200  ±1,264) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cameron County: 5.4% † 5,513 (±1.5% / ±1,544)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

71,793 ±2,792 Number of housing units
  • Cameron County: 162,060 ±68
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$147,200 ±$14,264 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cameron County: $154,200 ±$6,834
  • about half the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

7.6% ±2% (14,739  ±3,938.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cameron County: 9.7% † 40,813 (±1.6% / ±6,928.3)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

69.8% ±3.3% (84,232  ±5,089.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cameron County: 74.9% 195,116 (±2.8% / ±7,308.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
21.8% ±2.3% (26,341  ±2,918.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cameron County: 22.7% 59,270 (±1.6% / ±4,276.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

30.6% ±2.2% (60,012  ±4,711) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cameron County: 23.4% 99,865
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

2.9% ±0.7% (4,187  ±966) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cameron County: 5.1% † 15,517 (±0.7% / ±2,248)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
4,187 Total veterans ±966 3,822 Male ±998 365 Female ±300

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