This document is the City of Brownsville’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. It contains the audited financial statements (with an unqualified audit opinion), a Management Discussion and Analysis, and extensive background on the city’s government structure, population, land area, historic annexations, and the component units that are consolidated with the city’s finances. The report also notes that a separate Single Audit was performed to satisfy federal grant requirements.
| Fiscal year end | September 30, 2008 |
| Population (2007) | 172,806 |
| Population increase (2000‑2007) | 23.68 % |
| Median age | 25.5 years |
| Net taxable property value increase (2002) | $40,737,312 |
| City area | approximately 145 square miles |
| Date of All‑America City award | June 23, 2001 |