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Brownsville, TX

190,166 Population
131.8 square miles 1,442.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 33.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,571 ±$1,777 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $24,283 ±$1,162
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$49,920 ±$4,378 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $52,210 ±$2,610
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

22.7% ±3.1% (42,486  ±5,832) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.5% 99,450 (±2% / ±8,607)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

22 minutes ±0.9 (1,713,705  ±113,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.9 3,614,300 (±1 / ±194,435)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

64,083 ±2,435 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 143,033 ±2,516
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.9 ±0.1 (187,901  ±76) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3 423,261 (±0.1 / ±83)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

7.3% ±2.7% (3,535  ±1,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,513 (±1.5% / ±1,544)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

69,502 ±2,541 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 162,060 ±68
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$154,800 ±$8,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $154,200 ±$6,834
  • about half the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

7% ±1.7% (13,134  ±3,221.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 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

74.8% ±3.8% (88,204  ±5,176) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 74.9% 195,116 (±2.8% / ±7,308.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
24.7% ±2.4% (29,076  ±2,985) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.7% 59,270 (±1.6% / ±4,276.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

28.3% ±2.2% (53,770  ±4,209) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.4% † 99,865 (±30,470.2% / ±5,925)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

3.5% ±0.9% (4,898  ±1,249) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.1% † 15,517 (±0.7% / ±2,248)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
4,898 Total veterans ±1,249 4,209 Male ±1,119 689 Female ±426

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