† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFalfurriasTexasUnited States
Mexican85.4%32.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%0.8%1.8%
Salvadoran0.6%1.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
German15.5%8.3%12.5%
French13.2%1.5%1.6%
English3.2%7.9%9.5%
Italian3.2%1.9%4.8%
American2.3%4.6%5.3%
Irish1.3%6.0%9.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Falfurrias
Texas
United States
Median age
36.7
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.2%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Falfurrias
Texas
United States
Median household income
$49,167
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.4%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Falfurrias
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
54.9%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
54.9%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Falfurrias
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Falfurrias, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+36.1%
2008
+51.8%
2012
+61.1%
2016
+55.3%
2020
+20.3%
2024
+12.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
55.8%Harris871
43.7%Trump682
0.6%
D+12.1
R+8.2
D+13.6
1,562
D
60.0%Biden974
39.7%Trump645
0.3%
D+20.3
R+35.1
D+15.8
1,624
D
76.8%Clinton1,315
21.5%Trump368
1.7%
D+55.3
R+5.8
D+53.2
1,712
D
80.4%Obama1,240
19.2%Romney297
0.4%
D+61.1
D+9.3
D+57.3
1,543
D
75.2%Obama1,134
23.4%McCain353
1.4%
D+51.8
D+15.7
D+44.5
1,508
D
68.0%Kerry1,203
31.9%Bush564
0.2%
D+36.1
—
D+38.6
1,770
Falfurrias anchors Brooks County, one of the most reliably Democratic small counties in Texas, where Hispanic voters make up roughly 90% of the population and ranching remains the dominant economic activity.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 61.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.1 points.
A population of 4,646, a 6% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,167 describe the city.
In 2024, Falfurrias, Texas voted Democratic by 12.1 points (D+12.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,562 votes cast, 871 went Democratic and 682 went Republican.
How many people live in Falfurrias, Texas?
Falfurrias, Texas has a population of 4,646 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Falfurrias, Texas?
Median household income in Falfurrias, Texas is $49,167 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Falfurrias, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Falfurrias, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
