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Brownsville Population 2024

Brownsville is a city in Texas State of United States, lies on the western Gulf Coast in South Texas. Brownsville population in 2024 is estimated to be 190,678, covers city area of 145.19 sq mi (376.03 sq km), ranks eighteenth largest in Texas State and one-hundred-thirty-ninth city in the United States. Brownsville was founded by American entrepreneur Charles Stillman in 1848. Brownsville is in Cameron County and part of the Brownsville-Harlingen and is the Metropolitan Statistical Area with population of 421,017 in 2020.

Below is the Brownsville population by year:

YearPopulationChange %
2010175,400
2011178,2411.62
2012179,8280.89
2013180,9130.60
2014182,0090.61
2015181,984-0.01
2016182,8880.50
2017183,0660.10
2018183,3920.18
2019182,781-0.33
2020186,7382.16
2021 *187,8400.590
2022 *189,3900.83
2023 *190,5660.63
2024 *190,6780.06
Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019, 2020 US Census & 2021 estimates updated


Brownsville Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Brownsville population is 182,781, out of these 86,674 are male, 96,107 are female, The sex ratio of Brownsville is 90. The median age of the Brownsville population is 31.1, Brownsville population by age are, under 18 years is 53,610, 16 years and over is 135,383, 18 years and over is 129,171, 21 years and over is 120,711, 65 years and over is 28,364. 47.4% are male, 52.6% are female, Population of Brownsville by age percent-wise is, 29.3% are under 18 years old, 74.1% are 16 years and over, 70.7% are 18 years and over, 66.0% are 21 years and over, 12.7% are 65 years and over. There are total 59,943 housing units, The voting population of Brownsville are 99,624, out of these 45,752 are male voters, 53,872 are female voters, 45.9% are male, 54.1% are female. Brownsville population in 2023 is estimated to be 190,006, population in 2022 is estimated to be 189,390, and in 2021 is estimated to be 187,840.

Age GroupPopulationPercent
0 -515,7388.6%
5 - 912,9867.1%
10 - 1415,4788.5%
15 - 1915,7718.6%
20 - 2413,4307.3%
25 - 3425,31913.9%
35 - 4424,40813.4%
45 - 5418,49810.1%
55 - 599,5635.2%
60 - 648,4244.6%
65 - 7413,7967.5%
75 - 846,9213.8%
85 and over2,4491.3%
Source: 2019 US population by age estimates


Brownsville Population by Race

According to 2019 population of Brownsville by race are:

White Population

White population in Brownsville, Texas are 171,537, percentage wise 93.8 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Brownsville, Texas are 780, percentage wise 0.4 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Brownsville, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Brownsville are 1,876, percentage wise 1.0 percent are asians, out of these are Asian Indians, are Chinese, are Filipinos, are Japanese, are Korean, are Vietnamese and are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Brownsville, Texas are 170,570. Percentage wise 93.3 percent are hispanics, out of these 163,123 are Mexican people, 36 are Puerto Ricans, 754 are Cubans, and 6,657 are other Hispanic or Latinos.

Population by Race182,781Percent
White171,53793.8%
Black or African American7800.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native1130.1%
Asian Population1,8761.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander630.0%
Hispanic or Latino170,57093.3%
Mexican163,12389.2%
Puerto Rican360.0%
Cuban7540.4%
Other Hispanic or Latino6,657
Source: US Census population estimates(2019)


Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Brownsville native population is 132,379, out of these 120,004 born in the Texas state and 9,454 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 50,402, out of these 19,648 are Naturalized US citizen, 41 are in Europe, 1,084 in Asia, 0 in Africa, 18,523 in Latin America and 0 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Brownsville are 30,754, out of these 252 are from Europe, 779 are from Asia, 57 from Africa, 29,666 are from Latin America and 0 are from Northern America.

Nativity by Place of BirthPopulation
Native132,379
Born in state of residence120,004
Born in other state in the United States9,454
Northeast788
Midwest2,453
South3,680
West2,533
Born outside the United States2,921
Puerto Rico947
U.S. Island Areas63
Born abroad of American parent(s)1,911
Foreign born
Born outside of United States50,402
Naturalized U.S. citizen19,648
Europe41
Asia1,084
Africa0
Oceania0
Latin America18,523
Northern America0
Foreigner
Not a U.S. citizen30,754
Europe252
Asia779
Africa57
Oceania0
Latin America29,666
Northern America0
Source: US Census 2019 estimates

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