# Employer firms in Cameron County

Employer firms in Cameron County was 5,041 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-48061`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/cameron-county-texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-48061

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,041 |
| 2022 | 4,949 |
| 2021 | 4,815 |
| 2020 | 4,745 |
| 2019 | 4,736 |
| 2018 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 4,718 |
| 2016 | 4,750 |
| 2015 | 4,760 |
| 2014 | 4,746 |
| 2013 | 4,702 |
| 2012 | 4,686 |
| 2011 | 4,701 |
| 2010 | 4,719 |
| 2009 | 4,756 |
| 2008 | 4,801 |
| 2007 | 4,805 |
| 2006 | 4,782 |
| 2005 | 4,742 |
| 2004 | 4,665 |
| 2003 | 4,650 |
| 2002 | 4,577 |
| 2001 | 4,464 |
| 2000 | 4,374 |
| 1999 | 4,395 |
| 1998 | 4,347 |
| 1997 | 4,329 |
| 1996 | 4,289 |
| 1995 | 4,263 |
| 1994 | 4,168 |
| 1993 | 4,048 |
| 1992 | 3,956 |
| 1991 | 3,863 |
| 1990 | 3,825 |
| 1989 | 3,739 |
| 1988 | 3,669 |
| 1987 | 3,587 |
| 1986 | 3,640 |
| 1985 | 3,627 |
| 1984 | 3,683 |
| 1983 | 3,719 |
| 1982 | 3,633 |
| 1981 | 3,495 |
| 1980 | 3,304 |
| 1979 | 3,162 |
| 1978 | 3,054 |