The Geography of Poverty USA - Brownsville, TX. “My husband didn’t have a job and he wanted to work in the drug business and I told him that we should go to the US instead. That's why we came here. Can you imagine what would have become of us? We might not even be alive.” Brownsville is a city in Cameron County, Texas. The population is 175,023 and 35.3% live below the poverty level. Photo by @mattblack_blackmatt #IdentityUSA #geographyofpoverty by everydayusa