Official Name: | Rice Tracts, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Rice Tracts |
Coordinates: | 26.0583°N -97.6269°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cameron |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.25 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.85 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.40 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 46 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 78586 (San Benito) |
Area Code: | 956 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-61766 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2805754 |
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.
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 6miles south of San Benito and 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.
Rice Tracts first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.
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% |