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1876–2024
Alice, TX·Texas

Alice, TX delivered R+12 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

Deep South Texas hub where border demography shapes every ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+12
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
45,793
2024 ACS

Alice, TX, Texas: Tossup metro. In 2024, voted R+12%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+12MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
45,7932024 5-year
Median household income
$51,2702024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
61.3%2024 5-year
Black
1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
81.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+78 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+12 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−11.7%
6,8858,71315,670
R
−5.3%
7,5898,45116,166
D
+17.3%
8,6316,03314,975
D
+24.1%
8,3785,10513,569
D
+22.0%
8,4535,39713,921
D
+12.9%
8,6476,66215,365
D
+29.2%
9,2725,05414,454
D
+47.4%
10,0613,40214,060
D
+41.5%
10,6683,89616,326
D
+39.2%
11,3544,94316,375
D
+21.4%
10,4976,79217,329
D
+28.5%
9,7555,38615,346
D
+43.8%
10,7434,18814,979
R
−2.7%
6,0616,40012,479
D
+38.3%
8,2083,36112,654
D
+58.6%
9,1482,39011,540
D
+36.9%
7,2643,34010,623
R
−3.6%
3,8604,1508,042
D
+9.5%
5,3224,4019,726
D
+48.5%
4,8101,6196,581
D
+27.6%
2,3111,2553,826
D
+42.6%
2,7751,1153,901
D
+63.5%
2,0564552,521
D
+78.0%
2,0572482,318
D
+29.8%
1,0795831,665
D
+46.6%
8592721,260
D
+32.7%
431206688
D
+42.6%
436163641
D
+64.8%
64337935
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.2%
Irish
3.2%
English
2.2%
Italian
1.3%
American
1.3%
French
1.2%
Polish
0.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.1%
2.1%
75–84
3.1%
4.5%
65–74
5.2%
5.4%
55–64
6.0%
5.2%
45–54
5.5%
6.8%
35–44
6.6%
6.1%
25–34
6.4%
5.1%
18–24
3.6%
10.6%
5–17
9.6%
3.1%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$51,270
Alice, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Alice, TX$51,270
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
23.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1836.4%
Working age (18–64)19.3%
Seniors (65+)16.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
50.2%
speak English only
Spanish48.2%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
53.5%
Baptist
11.6%
Other Christian
6.4%
Methodist
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alice anchors Jim Wells County in the Eagle Ford Shale belt, where a majority-Hispanic electorate has historically backed Democratic candidates by wide margins while economic cycles tied to oil extraction complicate straightforward partisan alignment.

The metro's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-eight points in 1932; the Republican margin reached twelve points in 2024. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 45,793, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $51,270 — situate the metro close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Alice, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Alice, TX, Texas voted Republican by 11.7 points (R+12), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,670 votes cast, 6,885 went Democratic and 8,713 went Republican.
What is Alice, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Alice, TX, Texas as a "Tossup" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 4 times, and other 0 times.
When did Alice, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Alice, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in Alice, TX, Texas?
Alice, TX, Texas has a population of 45,793 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alice, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Alice, TX, Texas is $51,270 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Alice, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Alice, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.