Brownsville, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Brownsville had a population of 139,722 people^<1>. This represents 0.67% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 16th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
13	Laredo	NW	164 mi [263.9 km]	221,659	25.53% increase
14	Amarillo	N	686 mi [1,104 km]	187,236	7.84% increase
15	Pasadena	NE	289 mi [465.1 km]	146,439	3.36% increase
-16-	Brownsville			175,494	25.6% increase
17	Grand Prairie	N	462 mi [743 km]	160,641	26.07% increase
18	Mesquite	N	470 mi [756 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
19	Abilene	N	466 mi [749 km]	116,484	0.48% increase

Brownsville had 42,323 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Brownsville has a total area of 83 square miles [215 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 80.4 square miles [208.2 km²]2.62 square miles [6.78 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Brownsville had a 2000 population density of 1,737 people per square mile [670 people/km²], making it the state's 186th most densely populated area.

Cameron County

The city of Brownsville is located in Cameron County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 336,516 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 139,722 people, Brownsville contained 41.52% of the Cameron County total.

In addition, where the community of Brownsville has a population density of 1,737 people per square mile [670 people/km²], Cameron County averages 371.5 people per square mile [143.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cameron County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Brownsville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Brownsville. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Brownsville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Brownsville, it also contains a comparison between Brownsville and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Brownsville QuickFact (QF-4810768).

A Census Quickfact is available for Cameron County (QF-48061).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Brownsville:

Brownsville is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Brownsville.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Brownsville. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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