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Cameron County, TX

431,874 Population
891.7 square miles 484.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • 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

$25,221 ±$990 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,267 ±$3,027 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.7% ±2.2% (105,279  ±9,455) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.6 minutes ±1.2 (3,523,600  ±222,981) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

147,101 ±2,027 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.9 ±0 (427,677  ±135) Persons per household
  • 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

4.8% ±1.3% (4,883  ±1,353) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

164,078 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$163,300 ±$6,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8% ±1.6% (34,061  ±7,032.2) Moved since previous year
  • 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

74.7% ±2.8% (197,636  ±7,314.6) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
23.8% ±1.5% (62,993  ±4,073) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

23.5% (101,674  ±5,685) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±0.4% (11,959  ±1,361) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,959 Total veterans ±1,361 10,975 Male ±1,410 984 Female ±455

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