Rice Tracts, Texas

Rice Tracts is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[2]

Rice Tracts, Texas
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 26°3′30″N 97°37′37″W
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cameron
Area [1]
• Total	2.03 sq mi (5.25 km2)
• Land	1.87 sq mi (4.85 km2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)
Elevation	46 ft (14 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	78586 (San Benito)
Area code	956
FIPS code	48-61766
GNIS feature ID	2805754[2]

It is in the southern part of the county, bordered to the north and northeast by Brownsville, to the southeast, south, and southwest by Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz, and to the northwest by Palmer. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of San Benito and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Brownsville.

The Resaca del Rancho Viejo, a southeastward-flowing tributary of the Rio Grande, winds through the northern half of the community.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	733		—
U.S. Decennial Census[3] 1850–1900[4] 1910[5] 1920[6] 1930[7] 1940[8] 1950[9] 1960[10] 1970[11] 1980[12] 1990[13] 2000[14] 2010[15] 2020[16]

Rice Tracts first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.^[17][15][16]

2020 census

Rice Tracts CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020[16]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	94	12.82%
Black or African American alone (NH)	1	0.14%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	4	0.55%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	6	0.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	628	85.68%
Total	733	100.00%