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The city of Brownfield is located in Terry County and is the county seat.
Brownfield is 1,000 feet [304.8 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Brownfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Brownfield can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Brownfield had a population of 9,488 people<3> (or 74.62% of the total population of Terry County). The population of Brownfield represented 0.05% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 197th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Brownfield had a population of 8,947 people. This is a decrease of 5.7% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Brownfield.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 8,947 | -5.7% | -0.2% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 8,965 | -5.51% | -0.65% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 9,024 | -4.89% | |
| 2005 | 9,026 | -4.87% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 9,488 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Levelland |  N | 28 mi [45.06 km] | 12,450 | 3.23% decrease |
| | Meadow | N | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 618 | 6.08% decrease |
| | New Home |  NE | 23 mi [37.01 km] | 300 | 6.25% decrease |
| | Opdyke West | N | 28 mi [45.06 km] | 193 | 2.66% increase |
| | Ropesville | N | 17 mi [27.36 km] | 509 | 1.55% decrease |
| | Seagraves |  SW | 23 mi [37.01 km] | 2,348 | 0.6% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Brownfield.
Website for Brownfield
| Official Website: | www.ci.brownfield.tx.us/ |
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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brownfield - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brownfield, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Brownfield. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Brownfield and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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