- State:TexasCounty:Cameron CountyZips:78568,78553,78592,78523,78551,78578,78567,78535,78575,78593,78578,78575,78583,78559,78566,78578,78597,78552,78586,78526,78520,78521,78550Coordinates:26.15134122520825, -97.45296810958548Area total:1276.43 sq. mi., 3305.94 sq. km, 816915.20 acresArea land:891.64 sq. mi., 2309.34 sq. km, 570650.88 acresArea water:384.79 sq. mi., 996.60 sq. km, 246264.32 acresEstablished:1848Capital seat:
Brownsville
Address: PO BOX 2178
County Courthouse
Brownsville, TX 78522-2178
Governing Body: Commisioners Court with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Cameron County, Texas, United States
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- Population:421,017; Population change: 3.64% (2010 - 2020)Population density:472 persons per square mileHousehold income:$30,880Households:119,299Unemployment rate:10.20% per 169,074 county labor force
- Sales taxes:8.25%GDP:$10.37 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Cameron County's population of Texas of 77,540 residents in 1930 has increased 5,43-fold to 421,017 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 52.09% female residents and 47.91% male residents live in as of 2020, 61.66% in Cameron County, Texas are married and the remaining 38.34% are single population.
As of 2020, 61.66% in Cameron County, Texas are married and the remaining 38.34% are single population.
- Housing units:154,905 residential units of which 85.54% share occupied residential units.
22.4 minutes is the average time that residents in Cameron County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
72.99% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 19.76% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.67% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.44% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Cameron County, Texas 55.47% are owner-occupied homes, another 25.26% are rented apartments, and the remaining 19.27% are vacant.
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The 50.89% of the population in Cameron County, Texas who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 35.080%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 63.770%) of those eligible to vote in Cameron County, Texas.
