Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety58#1,286/3,096
Economy1#3,113/3,143
Housing18#2,563/3,140
Health66#1,083/3,144
Healthcare23#2,423/3,143
Environment1#3,080/3,108
Education31#2,162/3,144
Infrastructure35#2,031/3,144
Community4#3,017/3,144
Leisure & amenities24#2,396/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cameron County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Injury deaths · low40 /100k
100/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · low6.8 /100k
95/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Firearm deaths · low6.6 /100k
94/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low9.8 /100k
94/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Distance to an airport · low16 mi
93/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Depression · low19.1%
92/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low72.6%
1/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high26.6%
1/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Hot days · high152 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Food insecurity · high35.2%
1/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · high33.2%
1/100Texas 17.9%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · high17.1%
2/100Texas 10.5%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
34% (2021) → 64% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.5% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Distance to an airportImproving
44 mi (2020) → 16 mi (2025)
−64%5 yearsUS 33 mi → 33 mi
New business applicationsImproving
6.0 /1k (2020) → 9.5 /1k (2025)
+58%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
71 /100k (2021) → 110 /100k (2025)
+56%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
3.8 /100k (2021) → 2.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cameron County, Texas improved on 14 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 13 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Broadband+27 points57.5% → 84.4%
Uninsured−4.2 points30.8% → 26.6%
High school++4.6 points67.9% → 72.5%
Airport−28 mi44 mi → 16 mi
Bachelor's++4.8 points17.3% → 22.1%

Declined3

Overdose deaths+79%3.8 /100k → 6.8 /100k
Commute+1.5 min19.9 min → 21.3 min
Price / income+0.4×2.2× → 2.6×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Cameron County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	66%
Average commute time	19.9 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Declined	29%
Average weekly wage	$7052020	$9052025	+28%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	82%
Broadband subscriptions	57.5%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+27 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	36.3%2019	33.2%2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Distance to an airport	44 mi2020	16 mi2025	−28 mi	Improved	99%
Drug overdose deaths	3.8 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+79%	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	1.71%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	94%
Firearm deaths	7.1 /100k2020	6.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7%	Within the margin of error	60%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−8.6%	Within the margin of error	30%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+39%	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	67.9%2015-2019	72.5%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	50%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	2.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−44%	Within the margin of error	68%
Income adjusted for local prices	$34,4492019	$46,5142024	+35%	Improved	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4712020-2024	−0.012	Within the margin of error	73%
Median household income	$40,8932019	$52,9732024	+30%	Improved	73%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+58%	Improved	67%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	25.5%2019	24.3%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Property crime rate	1,960 /100k2020	1,576 /100k2025	−20%	Improved	26%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	40%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	42%
Rent as share of income	31.9%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−2 points	Improved	76%
Rent-burdened households	53.5%2015-2019	49.8%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Improved	74%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+9%	Within the margin of error	71%
Students per teacher	14.9×2019	14.6×2024	−0.4×	Little change	37%
Suicide rate	7.8 /100k2020	9.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+26%	Within the margin of error	16%
Traffic deaths	7.5 /100k2015-2019	8.4 /100k2020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	9.9%2020	6.9%2025	−3 points	Improved	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	30.8%2019	26.6%2024	−4.2 points	Improved	92%
Violent crime rate	364 /100k2020	334 /100k2025	−8.2%	Improved	41%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Cameron County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cameron County, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cameron County, Texas itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

426,120 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

426,120 residents

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

White8.7%36,979
Black0.5%2,175
Hispanic or Latino89%380,524
Asian0.8%3,314
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%342
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†118
Other or two or more races0.6%2,668

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+0.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

257,360 residents (±230)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma27%70,657
High school or GED26%66,464
Some college17%43,632
Associate degree7.7%19,788
Bachelor's degree15%38,820
Graduate degree7.0%17,999

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−4.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

138,433 households (±877)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k25%34,497
$25k–50k23%32,321
$50k–75k17%23,020
$75k–100k12%17,007
$100k–150k13%18,255
$150k–200k5.7%7,855
$200k or more4.0%5,478

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

138,433 households (±877)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Own65%90,278
Rent35%48,155

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

44,231 households (±1,508)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75030%13,283
$750–1,00029%12,635
$1,000–1,50031%13,675

Home values

90,278 homes (±1,475)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k54%48,636
$150k–250k27%24,204
$250k–400k13%11,361

Age of homes

159,679 homes (±95)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later16%26,191
2000–200921%34,206
1980–199932%51,740

Size of homes

159,679 homes (±95)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Studio3.0%4,825
1 bedroom10%16,403
2 bedrooms26%41,474

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

172,205 workers (±2,115)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone76%130,269
Carpool12%20,183
Public transit0.4%†734
Walk1.6%2,799
Bike0.1%†241
Work from home9.1%15,633
Other1.4%2,346

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

156,572 workers (±2,082)

Cameron County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min31%48,217
15–29 min46%71,844
30–44 min15%24,145

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Cameron County has 6,732 employer establishments, 157 for every 10,000 residents (0.63× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Texas's), with 123,749 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,649. The Census Bureau also counts 40,580 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,732; 40,580 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 157; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 123,749
Average annual pay: $36,649; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cameron County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	755	17.6	0.84×About typical	19,466	$34,177	1,501
Restaurants and other eating places	685	16	0.87×About typical	14,174	$18,945	433
Offices of physicians	339	7.9	1.22×About typical	3,360	$77,137	238
Limited-service restaurants	311	7.3	0.90×About typical	7,513	$17,416	87
Full-service restaurants	282	6.6	0.86×About typical	5,644	$21,142	230
Lessors of real estate	273	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	1,005	$33,441	2,022
Specialty trade contractors	215	5	0.32×Fewer than typical	1,811	$49,038	4,011
Insurance agencies and brokerages	180	4.2	0.96×About typical	1,433	$47,576	616
Legal services	178	4.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	758	$58,084	281
Construction of buildings	164	3.8	0.51×Fewer than typical	801	$57,733	2,572
Child day care services	157	3.7	1.50×More than typical	1,453	$25,502	1,060
Truck transportation	142	3.3	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,820	$53,987	2,099

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 428,906 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $995.9M on contracts performed in Cameron County, Texas: $2,295 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $995.9M; +156% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,295; US $1,995
Sole-source: 6.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$632.4M64%
U.S. Coast Guard$207M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cameron County, Texas: $4,740 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.1B; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,740; US $12,975
Loan face value: $68.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$936.1M46%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$299.4M15%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$141.5M6.9%
93.566 · Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs$136M6.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$129.3M6.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$126.2M6.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$48.8M2.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$38.6M1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

COMPASS CONNECTIONS$95.7M4.7%
SAN ANTONIO, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$63.7M3.1%
AUSTIN, TX
SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME$54.7M2.7%
SAN BENITO, TX
NEIGHBORS IN NEED OF SERVICES, INC N.I.N.O.S$27.6M1.3%
RIO HONDO, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.3B65%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$334.8M16%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families$180.6M8.8%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$64M3.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
1.8BFY2024
2.1BFY2025
2.1BFY2026

County aggregates

82%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Cameron County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Cameron County, Texas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$238	$1,436
FY2018	$162	$1,552
FY2019	$304	$1,654
FY2020	$464	$1,880
FY2021	$370	$1,810
FY2022	$468	$1,917
FY2023	$350	$2,079
FY2024	$567	$2,047
FY2025	$897	$2,165
FY2026	$2,295 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$17.31	$93.28
FY2018	$80.55	$105
FY2019	$117	$128
FY2020	$70.37	$145
FY2021	$82.34	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$817	$5,748
FY2022	$911	$5,221
FY2023	$885	$5,364
FY2024	$1,141	$5,501
FY2025	$1,435	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$75.86	$298
FY2022	$164	$357
FY2023	$102	$301
FY2024	$132	$319
FY2025	$86.77	$360
FY2026	$129

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$148	$239
FY2022	$111	$185
FY2023	$141	$229
FY2024	$135	$229
FY2025	$136	$249
FY2026	$132

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$202	$2,304
FY2022	$222	$2,197
FY2023	$306	$2,274
FY2024	$339	$2,267
FY2025	$401	$2,397
FY2026	$476

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cameron County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$656	$1,186
FY2022	$322	$465
FY2023	$30.09	$76.52
FY2024	$39.30	$120
FY2025	$89.40	$148
FY2026	$31.26

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Cameron County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cameron County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	1.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48061

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cameron County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Vicente GonzalezD-TX-34 · 100% of residentsWith party 73%Missed 5.2%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Cameron County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX10Central county

Cities and towns in Cameron County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cameron County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
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Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	−3.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+3.3%
2018	+4.7%	+6.8%
2019	+8.1%	+10.5%
2020	+14.3%	+19.4%
2021	+22.2%	+26.1%
2022	+28.7%	+30.6%
2023	+31.9%	+35.0%
2024	+38.9%	+41.0%
2025	+46.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.3%	+4.1%
2018	+5.7%	+8.9%
2019	+10.3%	+13.5%
2020	+22.6%	+20.8%
2021	+39.4%	+32.1%
2022	+37.5%	+35.4%
2023	+41.2%	+42.9%
2024	+46.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	3.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	4.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	−11.9%	−6.9%
2015	−7.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.1%	+4.7%
2018	+4.2%	+7.5%
2019	+11.8%	+14.0%
2020	+21.5%	+16.9%
2021	+26.9%	+21.0%
2022	+35.5%	+29.7%
2023	+41.4%	+34.9%
2024	+44.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	34.5%	15.5%
2015	32.0%	14.7%
2016	29.1%	14.0%
2017	27.7%	13.4%
2018	27.9%	13.1%
2019	25.5%	12.3%
2020	24.4%	11.9%
2021	24.6%	12.8%
2022	22.6%	12.6%
2023	23.5%	12.5%
2024	24.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	8.4%	6.2%
2015	7.2%	5.3%
2016	7.0%	4.9%
2017	6.8%	4.4%
2018	6.0%	3.9%
2019	5.4%	3.7%
2020	9.9%	8.1%
2021	7.8%	5.4%
2022	5.6%	3.7%
2023	5.3%	3.6%
2024	5.2%	4.0%
2025	6.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	−5.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+3.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+60.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+64.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+65.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2015	−1.4% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.9% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.3% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.7% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+41.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.6% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+53.3% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+57.9% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	32.8%	13.5%
2015	28.6%	10.9%
2016	29.5%	10.0%
2017	29.0%	10.2%
2018	30.2%	10.4%
2019	30.8%	10.8%
2020	29.9%	10.4%
2021	30.1%	10.2%
2022	25.2%	9.5%
2023	26.0%	9.5%
2024	26.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cameron County, Texas	United States
2014	4.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

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