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Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

423,029 Population
891.7 square miles 474.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$20,943 ±$974 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$48,115 ±$4,262 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

24.7% ±2.9% (103,540  ±12,063) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

21 minutes ±0.9 (3,216,835  ±181,632) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 25.9 295,281,060 (±0.2 / ±2,182,981)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

135,734 ±2,525 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
3.1 ±0.1 (420,694  ±1,519) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5% ±1.3% (5,005  ±1,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

157,370 ±499 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$103,500 ±$6,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

5.9% ±1.4% (24,525  ±5,628) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

72.1% ±3% (183,686  ±7,711.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
20.6% ±1.7% (52,427  ±4,215.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

22.9% ±1.4% (96,764  ±5,972) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

4.3% ±0.7% (12,736  ±2,116) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
12,736 Total veterans ±2,116 12,089 Male ±1,921 647 Female ±503

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