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Cameron County, Texas

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Overview for Cameron County, TX
Part of: Brownsville-Harlingen TX, Metropolitan Area
Part of: Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville TX, Combined Statistical Area
 
Map of Cameron County Cameron County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 905.8 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 417.7 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 138.8%. On the 2000 census form, 97.7% of the population reported only one race, with 0.5% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 84.3% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 3.40 persons compared to an average family size of 3.81 persons.

In 2005 health care and social assistance was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $21,942. Per capita income grew by 11.3% between 1994 and 2004 (adjusted for inflation).

 

People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value Industry Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2005) 378,311 Covered Employment 116,185
   Growth (%) since 1990 45.4%    Average wage per job $24,893
Households (2000) 97,267 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 6.2%
Labor Force (persons) (2005) 141,440    Average wage per job $29,807
Unemployment Rate (2005) 7.5 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 3.7%
Per Capita Personal Income (2004) $16,994    Average wage per job $30,947
Median Household Income (2003) $26,330 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County D
Poverty Rate (2003) 29.5    Average wage per job D
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 55.2 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County 2.3%
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 13.4    Average wage per job $32,275

 
 

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