2024 population: 431,874 ( 10,748 from 2020)
Land area: 891.7 square miles
Population density: 484.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	38,123	8.83%	1.0%
Black:	3,040	0.70%	57.6%
Indian:	471	0.11%	4.5%
Asian:	3,916	0.91%	21.1%
2+ races:	1,064	0.25%	17.4%
Hispanic:	385,260	89.21%	2.2%

Total non-White:	393,751	91.17%	2.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	25,436	15.1
Deaths:	15,517	9.2
Net Migration:	-5,418	-3.2
Net Immigration:	6,027	3.6

Change in White population:	385	0.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,363	2.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
421,126
37,738	8.96%
1,929	0.46%
493	0.12%
3,234	0.77%
906	0.22%
376,826	89.48%
383,388	91.04%

2010
406,220
43,427	10.69%
1,192	0.29%
385	0.09%
2,562	0.63%
716	0.18%
357,747	88.07%
362,793	89.31%

2000
335,227
48,679	14.52%
909	0.27%
334	0.10%
1,563	0.47%
888	0.26%
282,736	84.34%
286,548	85.48%

1990
260,120
45,741	17.58%
622	0.24%
224	0.09%
941	0.36%
n/a
212,592	81.73%
214,379	82.42%

1980
209,727
46,366	22.11%
820	0.39%
123	0.06%
440	0.21%
n/a
161,701	77.10%
163,361	77.89%

1970
140,368
32,339	23.04%
327	0.23%
23	0.02%
31	0.02%
n/a
107,000	76.23%
108,029	76.96%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
65,142	16.0
23,919	5.9
-28,610	-7.0
4,200	1.0

-5,689	-1.4
20,595	5.1

Number	Rate
2000's
79,503	23.7
19,083	5.7
-11,575	-3.5
14,625	4.4

-5,252	-1.6
76,245	22.7

Number	Rate
1990's
76,366	29.4
18,084	7.0
-8,514	-3.3
25,574	9.8

2,938	1.1
72,169	27.7

Number	Rate
1980's
55,348	26.4
14,569	6.9
11,017	5.3
n/a

-625	-0.3
51,018	24.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
33,438	23.8
n/a

14,027	10.0
55,332	39.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
32.0
124,250	28.8%
307,624	71.2%
57,772	13.4%

132,538
3.16

101,544	76.6%
64,192	63.2%
14,630	14.4%
30,994	23.4%

2010
Number	Percent
30.6
134,199	33.0%
272,021	67.0%
44,891	11.1%

119,631
3.36

96,579	80.7%
66,105	68.4%
13,420	13.9%
23,052	19.3%

2000
Number	Percent
29.2
113,101	33.7%
222,126	66.3%
37,516	11.2%

97,193
3.41

80,213	82.5%
60,207	75.1%
9,228	11.5%
16,980	17.5%

1990
Number	Percent
27.5
92,019	35.4%
168,101	64.6%
27,331	10.5%

73,550
3.47

60,903	82.8%
47,124	77.4%
6,898	11.3%
12,647	17.2%

1980
Number	Percent
25.1
80,538	38.4%
129,189	61.6%
20,102	9.6%

58,785
3.53

49,251	83.8%
40,357	81.9%
4,288	8.7%
9,534	16.2%

2022 Housing Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,160	7.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,359	7.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	8,982	6.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	8,022	6.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,950	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,879	5.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,026	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,064	4.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,152	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	9,154	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	13,864	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,173	11.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,744	6.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,710	5.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,837	4.4%
$200,000 or more	4,462	3.4%

Median Household Income	47,435
Per Capita Income	21,440

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	70

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,345	7.8%
Public Assistance	3,166	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	34,316	25.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	14,008	64.9%
Unemployed	613	2.8%
In Armed Forces	96	0.4%

Total Labor Force	14,717	68.2%
Not in Labor Force	6,878	31.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	60,308	49,316	55.0%
Non-Profit	3,615	4,774	43.1%
Self-Employed	12,425	6,496	65.7%

Local Government	8,349	11,050	43.0%
State Government	2,874	3,932	42.2%
Federal Government	3,566	1,528	70.0%

Total Private + Self	72,733	55,812	56.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	18,404	21,284	46.4%
Total	91,137	77,096	54.2%

Pct. Govt.	18.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	17,096	10.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	36,578	21.7%
Professional, Technical	32,438	19.2%
Service Occupations	43,410	25.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	933	0.6%
All others	39,028	23.2%

White Collar		51.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	31,181	18.5%
Educational services	21,763	12.9%
Retail trade	19,504	11.6%
Accommodation and food services	12,755	7.6%
Construction	12,599	7.5%
Manufacturing	10,735	6.4%
Public administration	9,669	5.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,113	5.4%
Other services	8,830	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	7,956	4.7%
Finance and insurance	5,494	3.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,347	3.2%
Wholesale trade	3,158	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,313	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,894	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,847	1.1%
Information	1,610	1.0%
Utilities	1,428	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,218	0.7%
Management	136	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	358,925	85.08%
Puerto Rican	1,624	0.38%
Cuban	630	0.15%
Dominican	383	0.09%

Total Central American	2,965	0.70%
Costa Rican	19	0.00%
Guatemalan	1,004	0.24%
Honduran	761	0.18%
Nicaraguan	337	0.08%
Panamanian	22	0.01%
Salvadoran	822	0.19%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	748	0.18%
Argentinean	86	0.02%
Bolivian	32	0.01%
Chilean	48	0.01%
Colombian	138	0.03%
Ecuadorian	106	0.03%
Paraguayan	8	0.00%
Peruvian	41	0.01%
Uruguayan	12	0.00%
Venezuelan	277	0.07%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	14,316	3.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	924	0.22%
Indian	801	0.19%
Vietnamese	673	0.16%
Chinese	202	0.05%
Japanese	75	0.02%
Korean	21	0.00%
Bangladeshi	17	0.00%
Thai	8	0.00%
Taiwanese	1	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
Spanish	273,744	70.1%
English	113,406	29.0%
Tagalog	723	0.2%
Other Indo-European	606	0.2%
Vietnamese	514	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	401	0.1%
Other Asian	267	0.1%
Chinese	251	0.1%
Arabic	162	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	8,412	2.0%
American	8,005	1.9%
German	7,860	1.9%
Irish	4,679	1.1%
Italian	1,918	0.5%
French	1,852	0.4%
Scottish	1,299	0.3%
European	1,077	0.3%
Polish	867	0.2%
African	843	0.2%
Swedish	739	0.2%
Scotch-Irish	701	0.2%
Norwegian	568	0.1%
Dutch	556	0.1%
British	486	0.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	362,367	85.9%
Not a citizen	59,487	14.1%

Native	326,927	77.5%
Foreign-born	94,927	22.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
41,455	16.6%	31,439	12.6%	64,955	26.0%	63,568	25.4%	33,806	13.5%	14,906	6.0%
Average years of education: 11.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	41,455	16.6%
9-12 Years	31,439	12.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	64,955	26.0%
Some College	63,568	25.4%
Bach. Degree	33,806	13.5%
Grad Degree	14,906	6.0%
Average years of education: 11.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	208,200	181,506	26,694	12.8%
1991	218,794	185,818	32,976	15.1%
1992	227,478	193,974	33,504	14.7%
1993	235,496	203,596	31,900	13.5%
1994	245,032	213,112	31,920	13.0%
1995	245,526	213,992	31,534	12.8%
1996	248,842	216,960	31,882	12.8%
1997	253,816	221,904	31,912	12.6%
1998	255,592	222,534	33,058	12.9%
1999	254,968	229,410	25,558	10.0%

2000	255,050	237,040	18,010	7.1%
2001	262,156	241,660	20,496	7.8%
2002	276,508	251,684	24,824	9.0%
2003	284,164	256,978	27,186	9.6%
2004	283,538	258,758	24,780	8.7%
2005	281,732	260,028	21,704	7.7%
2006	286,144	267,042	19,102	6.7%
2007	285,842	268,720	17,122	6.0%
2008	292,182	272,706	19,476	6.7%
2009	303,638	274,232	29,406	9.7%

2010	325,044	288,620	36,424	11.2%
2011	331,888	292,622	39,266	11.8%
2012	331,720	297,746	33,974	10.2%
2013	333,620	300,120	33,500	10.0%
2014	332,408	304,350	28,058	8.4%
2015	326,382	302,966	23,416	7.2%
2016	332,222	308,338	23,884	7.2%
2017	332,510	309,272	23,238	7.0%
2018	331,792	311,258	20,534	6.2%
2019	333,250	314,888	18,362	5.5%

2020	338,148	303,710	34,438	10.2%
2021	352,636	324,378	28,258	8.0%
2022	355,090	334,992	20,098	5.7%
2023	362,540	342,908	19,632	5.4%
2024	379,648	359,796	19,852	5.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	155,572
Median Value	$109,600

Occupied	132,538	85.2%
Vacant	23,034	14.8%

Owned	86,523	65.3%
Rented	46,015	34.7%
Median Rent	$855

Single-Family Units	104,626	67.3%
Detached	100,061	64.3%
Attached	4,565	2.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	21,742	14.0%
Mobile Homes	16,871	10.8%

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area