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Brownsville, TX

189,381 Population
131.7 square miles 1,438.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$18,068 ±$1,065 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $21,787 ±$805
  • about half the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
$46,912 ±$5,106 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $50,649 ±$3,925
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443

24.2% ±4.2% (45,085  ±7,799) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.3% † 93,839 (±2.6% / ±10,799)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)

20.4 minutes ±0.8 (1,431,975  ±39,087) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.3 3,139,370 (±0.4 / ±72,038)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

56,576 ±2,230 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 137,982 ±2,500
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
3.3 ±0.1 (187,482  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 422,190 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404

4.2% ±2% (2,031  ±986) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.2% † 4,202 (±1.3% / ±1,295)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)

Housing

61,908 ±2,320 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 159,560 ±42
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261

$133,300 ±$9,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $133,400 ±$8,274
  • about half the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356

11.8% ±3% (22,069  ±5,542.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 9.6% † 40,285 (±1.6% / ±6,686.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)

Social

71.2% ±3.9% (75,346  ±4,742.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 74% 188,834 (±3% / ±7,679.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
22.5% ±2.2% (23,762  ±2,484.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.6% 55,225 (±1.6% / ±3,999.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)

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

26.2% ±2.3% (49,515  ±4,414) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.9% 93,289
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126

2.9% ±0.9% (3,810  ±1,144) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4% † 12,104 (±0.5% / ±1,634)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
3,810 Total veterans ±1,144 3,653 Male ±1,095 157 Female ±172

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