Industry in Brownsville Texas

Recent economic data shows a 22% increase in employment and a 36% income hike for the manufacturing sector over the last three years. These numbers were calculated prior to Titan Wheel and other manufactures announced that they would add a combined 1,000 jobs in the upcoming year.

This will continue to place Brownsville at the nation's forefront of economic growth and attractiveness to new companies. Brownsville is the front door to free trade. A quality, award-winning workforce provides cost effectiveness and productivity unmatched along the border. Opportunities abound for manufacturing and assembly production on both sides of the border through Mexico's Production Sharing Program, the U.S. Foreign Trade Zone, and excellent transportation and communication facilities that link manufactures and suppliers to the global marketplace.

With more than 230 days of sunshine per year, Brownsville has a multi-million dollar agriculture industry. Approximately 455,000 of the 573,000 acres of land in the county are dedicated to farming and ranching. Major crops include cotton, grain sorghum, corn for grain, sugarcane, cabbage, onions, bell peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, carrots, and citrus. The citrus industry provides a cash crop, as well as a beautiful landscape of orchards of orange, grapefruit, tangerines, lemon and lime trees. The Shrimping Industry pumps an average of $60 million dollars a year into Brownsville's economy, and indirectly contributes to the creation of thousands of jobs throughout the community.