BROWNSVILLE, Texas
Population: 183,046
Unemployment: 7.1 percent
Closest Port: Port of Brownsville
Home to one of the country’s top performing Foreign Trade Zones—FTZ No. 62 ranked tops in 2013 for exports to foreign countries—Brownsville is a member of the South Texas International Economic Development which pools the talents and capital of several cities to promote foreign investment, global trade while assessing infrastructure assets and promoting the region to the rest of the world. STIED was created by San Antonio Councilwoman Elisa Chan and Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez.