Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Brownsville city GEOCODE:48-0595 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 84,997 100.0% 98,962 100.0% 13,965 16.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 80,276 94.4% 92,484 93.5% 12,208 15.2 -1.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 504 0.6% 1,696 1.7% 1,192 236.5 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 67,491 79.4% 83,760 84.6% 16,269 24.1 5.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 178 0.2% 180 0.2% 2 1.1 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 166 0.2% 346 0.3% 180 108.4 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 106 0.1% 337 0.3% 231 217.9 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 71,215 83.8% 89,186 90.1% 17,971 25.2 6.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 8,999 10.6% 8,935 9.0% -64 -0.7 -1.6 5-17.................. 24,397 28.7% 27,259 27.5% 2,862 11.7 -1.2 18-24.................. 10,173 12.0% 11,574 11.7% 1,401 13.8 -0.3 25-44.................. 21,061 24.8% 27,728 28.0% 6,667 31.7 3.2 45-64.................. 13,199 15.5% 14,915 15.1% 1,716 13.0 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 7,168 8.4% 8,551 8.6% 1,383 19.3 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 33,396 39.3% 36,194 36.6% 2,798 8.4 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 24,554 28.9% 29,454 29.8% 4,901 20.0 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.2 26.2 2.0 8.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,978 $15,890 -4,088 -20.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,832 $16,889 -4,943 -22.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,052 $6,284 -768 -10.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 28,065 33.3% 42,594 43.9% 14,529 51.8 10.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 22,998 100.0% 26,519 100.0% 3,521 15.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 19,243 83.7% 22,224 83.8% 2,981 15.5 0.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,396 40.9% 10,640 40.1% 1,244 13.2 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,324 66.6% 16,340 61.6% 1,016 6.6 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 10,143 44.1% 10,551 39.8% 408 4.0 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,325 14.5% 4,990 18.8% 1,665 50.1 4.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,022 8.8% 2,991 11.3% 969 47.9 2.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,387 14.7% 3,897 14.7% 510 15.1 -0.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.7 3.7 -0.0 -0.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 41,428 100.0% 51,194 100.0% 9,766 23.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,564 18.3% 8,187 16.0% 623 8.2 -2.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,659 11.2% 6,251 12.2% 1,592 34.2 1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,440 100.0% 37,648 100.0% 6,208 19.7 FEMALE................ 13,565 43.1% 16,974 45.1% 3,409 25.1 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 29,070 92.5% 31,884 84.7% 2,814 9.7 -7.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,727 18.2% 7,639 20.3% 1,912 33.4 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,974 12.6% 5,245 13.9% 1,271 32.0 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 24,060 100.0% 28,992 100.0% 4,932 20.5 OCCUPIED.............. 22,882 95.1% 26,322 90.8% 3,440 15.0 -4.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,715 55.6% 14,681 55.8% 1,966 15.5 0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,761 $48,920 -7,842 -13.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 10,167 44.4% 11,641 44.2% 1,474 14.5 -0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $317 $292 -25 -7.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 15,822 65.8% 19,238 66.4% 3,416 21.6 0.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 943 3.9% 1,807 6.2% 864 91.6 2.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.7 1973.0 9.3 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis