Brownsville

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Brownsville is easily the biggest city within the lower Rio Grande Valley and is a prospering, international seaport. It is also the county seat of Cameron County. Brownsville City lies about 33 feet above see level and is located around 25 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Matamoros, Tamaulipas lies adjacent to Brownsville across the Mexican border.

The city of Brownville has one of the most beautiful and appealing climates in the state of Texas. The average temperature is around 74 degrees, with nearly 25.55 inches of precipitation per year. The city experiences an average relative humidity of about 75.25%. This beautiful weather conditions encourages people to partake in various outdoor recreational activities during the year. South Padre Island and Matamoros are situated just minutes away and are perfect vacation spots for the residents of Brownsville.

The population of Brownsville City has almost reached the 200,000 mark and Matamoros, their sister city, has a population exceeding 750,000. Brownsville is considered amongst the fastest growing areas in the nation.

In Brownsville City, there are a host of fascinating local attractions the Gladys Porter Zoo, the Port of Brownsville, the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, the Children's Museum of Brownsville and Camille Lightnery Payhouse.

The largest shopping center within the city, and the main mall in the Brownsville-Harlingen metroplex, is Sunrise Mall. There used to be another mall in the city of Brownsville, Amigoland Mall, but the University of Texas bought the building after several of the tenants moved to Sunrise Mall after it was remodeled in 2000.

Around 52.38% of the population of the city of Brownsville is part of the active workforce. Among them, approximately 24% of them are females. An anticipated 71.69% of workers 16 years of age or over, commute to work alone by van, truck, or car. A mere 1.27% of the people make use of public transportation, like for instance taxicabs. The percentage of people who work from home is around 2.18%.

The average household income is estimated to be $24,468. 27.56% of the residents is involved with management, professional, and related occupations. Maintenance, construction and extraction occupations make up 9.42% of Brownsville. 26.73% of the workforce is involved with office and sales occupations, and approximately 16.86% of the population is involved with production, transportation, and material moving occupations.

Situated 2 miles from downtown is the Port of Brownsville, that plays a very important role in the city's economy. It links the road networks from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway of Texas and Mexico to Brownsville City.

Monterrey City within Mexico is only 198 miles to the West of Brownsville. Monterrey is one of the biggest Latin American cities and is a main source from which the city of Brownsville draws its cargo.