| Official Name: | Brownsville, Florida |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Logo of Brownsville, Florida.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Image Map1: | Brownsville.png |
| Mapsize1: | 250x200px |
| Map Caption1: | U.S. Census Bureau map showing CDP boundaries |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Miami-Dade |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.90 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.90 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.28 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.28 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 16583 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 25.8214°N -80.2403°W |
| Elevation M: | 3 |
| Elevation Ft: | 10 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 33142 (Miami) |
| Area Code: | 305, 786, 645 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 12-09000[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1867121[4] |
Brownsville (also known as Brown Sub[5]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 US census, the population was 16,583,[2] up from 15,313 in 2010. After three decades of population loss, Brownsville gained population for the first time in over 40 years in the 2010 US Census.
Brownsville was originally a settlement for white families in the 1920s. Black families began moving into the neighborhood between the late 1940s and early 1960s as the population surrounding nearby Liberty Square expanded and many inner-city whites moved to newly built suburban subdivisions surrounding Miami city proper in the wake of World War II.
In 1945, two black couples who lived in Brownsville were arrested and jailed for allegedly mishandling their garbage disposal. That same year, members of the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses in lawns and marched against black home ownership in the area.[6]
By the mid-1960s, Brownsville was a thriving community for black professionals. However, the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 that outlawed restrictive covenants, and riots in 1968 and 1980 brought about the black flight of middle and upper-class families from the community. Brownsville experienced continued population loss from 1970 until 2000, as part of a greater suburbanization trend among the U.S. upwardly-mobile middle class. Between 2000 and 2010, Brownsville gained population for the first time in over 40 years, rising to 15,313 residents.[7]
Construction began on a transit-oriented development, "Brownsville Transit Village", in 2010, on the 5.8acres site of the Brownsville Metrorail station parking lot. The project cost $100 million to build, and is composed of 467 units in five high-rise residential towers with ground-floor retail centered around the Brownsville Metro station. The project was partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and is one of the largest transit-oriented and affordable housing projects in Miami.[8] [9]
Brownsville is located 6miles northwest of downtown Miami at 25.8214°N -80.2403°W (25.821275, -80.240220).[10] It is bordered to the east and southeast by the city of Miami, to the north by unincorporated Gladeview, to the west by the city of Hialeah, and to the south by unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Interstate 195 (Airport Expressway) forms the southern border of the community.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Brownsville CDP has a total area of 2.3sqmi, all of it land.[1]
| White (NH) | 181 | 362 | 1.18% | 2.18% | |
| Black or African American (NH) | 11,081 | 8,448 | 72.36% | 50.94% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 13 | 15 | 0.08% | 0.09% | |
| Asian (NH) | 7 | 16 | 0.05% | 0.10% | |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH) | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| Some other race (NH) | 10 | 45 | 0.07% | 0.27% | |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 82 | 154 | 0.54% | 0.93% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3,939 | 7,541 | 25.72% | 45.47% | |
| Total | 15,313 | 16,583 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2010 United States census, there were 15,313 people, 4,476 households, and 2,744 families residing in the CDP.[14]
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 14,393 people, 4,814 households, and 3,254 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 6275.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 5,506 housing units at an average density of 2400.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.23% African American, 5.76% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.02% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.45% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.22% of the population.
There were 4,814 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.1% were married couples living together, 39.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.66.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 35.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $16,902, and the median income for a family was $19,703. Males had a median income of $21,098 versus $21,182 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,722. About 37.4% of families and 42.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 54.6% of those under age 18 and 33.2% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 89.22% of residents, while Spanish made up 10.22% of the population, and French Creole made up 0.53% of all residents.[15]
Brownsville is home to Georgette's Tea Room House and the Seventh-day Adventist Church that owns it.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools.[16]
Miami-Dade Public Library operates area public libraries:
Brownsville is served by Miami-Dade Transit along major thoroughfares via Metrobus, and by the Miami Metrorail, Tri-Rail, and Amtrak at:
Metrorail:
Tri-Rail:
Amtrak: