People QuickFacts Brownsville Texas Population, 2011 estimate 178,430 25,674,681 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 175,027 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.9% 2.1% Population, 2010 175,023 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 9.0% 7.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 34.0% 27.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.9% 10.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.8% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 88.0% 70.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 11.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.5% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 93.2% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 5.7% 45.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 86.4% 81.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 30.9% 16.1% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 88.5% 34.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 59.2% 80.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 15.3% 25.8% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 19.3 24.8  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 63.1% 64.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 22.8% 24.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $77,200 $123,500 Households, 2006-2010 45,976 8,539,206 Persons per household, 2006-2010 3.66 2.78 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $12,130 $24,870 Median household income 2006-2010 $30,134 $49,646 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 35.8% 16.8%     Business QuickFacts Brownsville Texas Total number of firms, 2007 14,645 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 66.4% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 928,632 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 783,009 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,024,297 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,866 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 200,860 42,054,592     Geography QuickFacts Brownsville Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 132.33 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,322.6 96.3 FIPS Code 10768 48 Counties Cameron County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts