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Brownsville, TX

187,840 Population
131.7 square miles 1,426.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$19,429 ±$1,710 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $20,943 ±$974
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
$47,435 ±$5,351 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $48,115 ±$4,262
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513

22% ±4% (41,178  ±7,373) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.7% † 103,540 (±2.9% / ±12,063)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)

21.2 minutes ±1.3 (1,439,040  ±127,328) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21 3,216,835 (±0.9 / ±181,632)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 25.9 295,281,060 (±0.2 / ±2,182,981)

Families

56,522 ±2,324 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 135,734 ±2,525
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
3.3 ±0.1 (187,037  ±676) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 420,694 (±0.1 / ±1,519)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772

4.3% ±2% (2,148  ±968) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5% † 5,005 (±1.3% / ±1,302)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)

Housing

62,000 ±2,740 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 157,370 ±499
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642

$104,100 ±$9,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $103,500 ±$6,784
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389

7% ±2.4% (13,009  ±4,452.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.9% † 24,525 (±1.4% / ±5,628)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)

Social

70.7% ±4.5% (76,874  ±5,437.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 72.1% 183,686 (±3% / ±7,711.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
20.9% ±2.6% (22,764  ±2,897.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.6% 52,427 (±1.7% / ±4,215.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

25.9% ±2.3% (48,728  ±4,400) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.9% 96,764 (±1.4% / ±5,972)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)

2.8% ±0.8% (3,682  ±1,124) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.3% † 12,736 (±0.7% / ±2,116)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
3,682 Total veterans ±1,124 3,498 Male ±1,063 184 Female ±203

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