Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville is the coonty seat o Cameron Coonty, Texas. It is the saxteent maist populous city in the state o Texas, wi a population at the 2010 census o 175,023[3] an an estimatit population in 2014 o 183,046.[4] It is locatit at the soothmaist tip o Texas, on the northren bank o the Rio Grande, directly north an across the border frae Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The 2014 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area population at 420,392, makkin it the nint maist populous metropolitan area in the state o Texas.[5] In addition, the internaitional Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area wis estimatit tae hae a population o 1,136,995.[6] Brownsville haes ane o the heichest poverty rates in the naition, an is frequently citit as haein the heichest percentage o residents belaw the federal poverty level oot o aw cities in the naition.[7]
Brownsville, Texas | |
|---|---|
| City of Brownsville | |
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| Eik-name(s): "The Green City" | |
| Motto(s): On the border by the sea | |
 Location in Cameron Coonty | |
  Brownsville Location in the contiguous Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′4″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°WCoordinates: 25°55′49″N 97°29′4″W / 25.93028°N 97.48444°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States o Americae |
| State |  Texas |
| Coonty | Cameron |
| Metropolitan area | Brownsville-Harlingen metropolitan area |
| Settled | 1848 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Council-Manager |
| • City Cooncil | Mayor: Antonio "Tony" Martinez Commissioner At-Large "A": Cesar de Leon Commissioner At-Large "B": Rose M. Z. Gowen Commissioner District 1: Ricardo Longoria, Jr. Commissioner District 2: Jessica Tetreau-Kalifa Commissioner District 3: Deborah Portillo Commissioner District 4: John Villarreal |
| • City Manager | Charlie Cabler |
| Area | |
| • City | 378.9 km2 (146.3 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 342.7 km2 (132.3 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.1 km2 (13.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2014 estimate) | |
| • City | 183,046 (US: 131st) |
| • Density | 534.1/km2 (1,383/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 420,392 (US: 126t) |
| • Metro density | 615.9/km2 (1602.2/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Brownsvillian |
| • CSA | 444059 (US: 93rd) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78520, 78521, 78522, 78523, 78526 |
| Area code(s) | 956 |
| FIPS code | 48-10768[1] |
| GNIS featur ID | 1372749[2] |
| Airport | Brownsville/South Padre Island Internaitional Airport KLRD (BRO) |
| Website | www |
Notes
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Brownsville city, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived frae the original on 13 Februar 2020. Retrieved 8 Julie 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 (PEPANNRES): Incorporated Places in Texas". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 13 Februar 2020. Retrieved 8 Julie 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - United States -- Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico (GCT-PEPANNRES)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived frae the original on 12 Februar 2020. Retrieved 8 Julie 2015.
- ↑ "Matamoros-Brownsville". World Gazetteer. Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011./
- ↑ "In America's Poorest City, a Housing Breakthrough - CityLab". Retrieved 30 Mey 2015.