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Brownsville, TX
191,967 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4810768 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Brownsville ranked #126 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Brownsville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Gainesville FL, Laredo TX, Athens GA, McAllen TX, Baton Rouge LA, Hartford CT, Syracuse NY, Tuscaloosa AL, Las Cruces NM, Dayton OH, Waco TX, Provo UT, Rochester NY · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #126 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #241 | #180 | #106 | #105 | #96 | #161 | #80 | #191 | #104 | #126 | #124 | #145 | #139 | #145 | #160 | #183 | #122 | #117 | #126 | #94 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 160,931 | 163,827 | 166,464 | 169,341 | 172,479 | 175,362 | 178,154 | 179,652 | 180,648 | 181,656 | 181,528 | 182,311 | 182,384 | 182,333 | 182,781 | 186,648 | 187,415 | 189,239 | 190,572 | 191,967 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #202 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.2 | — | -0.2 | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -0.4 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #82 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | — | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | — | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | — | 3.6 | 5.1 | — | — | 6.2 | 4.3 | 5.6 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #40 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 25.0% | 23.7% | 20.2% | 23.5% | 21.3% | 25.0% | 22.5% | 23.7% | 22.7% | 23.6% | 22.8% | 21.6% | 22.9% | 24.1% | 23.1% | — | 20.3% | 22.8% | 21.6% | 19.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #44 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | — | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 1.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #160 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.0 | 46.6 | 52.3 | 55.5 | 62.4 | 69.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 52,714 | 55,601 | 57,686 | 57,641 | 56,974 | 59,956 | 61,137 | 57,222 | 58,865 | 60,788 | 61,034 | 62,177 | 63,115 | 63,866 | 65,640 | 65,480 | 63,351 | 66,436 | 68,656 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #140 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | -1.6 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +2.1 | -0.0 | +0.4 | -1.1 | -7.1 | +0.8 | +2.5 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +1.1 | +0.3 | +1.6 | -0.5 | -3.3 | +0.5 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65,070 | 63,540 | 65,980 | 67,070 | 69,211 | 65,193 | 71,764 | 72,373 | 75,956 | — | 74,034 | 75,986 | 86,668 | 83,766 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #187 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | 14.5% | 12.7% | 7.1% | 6.0% | 8.7% | 5.2% | 6.3% | 4.8% | — | 9.0% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 5.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #156 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 12% | 8% | 18% | 23% | 11% | 24% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 17% | 16% | 24% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #144 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | $4,973 | $4,354 | $4,216 | $4,281 | $4,568 | $4,288 | $4,071 | $3,867 | $3,652 | $3,334 | $3,198 | $3,167 | $2,185 | $2,758 | $2,653 | $2,244 | $2,607 | $2,544 | $2,637 | $2,514 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Brownsville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.