Cameron County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cameron County	Texas
Population, 2003 estimate	363,092	22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	8.3%	6.1%
Population, 2000	335,227	20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	28.9%	22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	9.5%	7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	33.8%	28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.1%	9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.1%	50.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	80.3%	71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	16.0%	11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	84.3%	32.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	14.5%	52.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	58.5%	49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	25.6%	13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	79.0%	31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	55.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.4%	23.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	65,392	3,605,542
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.7	25.4?
Housing units, 2002	126,674	8,502,060
Homeownership rate, 2000	67.7%	63.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	20.1%	24.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$53,000	$82,500?
Households, 2000	97,267	7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000	3.40	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$26,155	$39,927
Per capita money income, 1999	$10,960	$19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	33.1%	15.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,847	473,868
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	86,874	8,161,321
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.4%	1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	16,122	1,271,401
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,732,776	297,657,003
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,903,987	182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,993	$9,430
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	66.6%	23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.0%	25.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,917	165,027
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,585,252	123,431,164
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	906	261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000	370.1	79.6
Metropolitan Area	Brownsville-Harlinge	?
FIPS Code	061	48

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