† 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
GroupFrionaTexasUnited States
Mexican63.9%32.1%11.3%
Guatemalan5.3%0.4%0.5%
Spaniard1.1%0.3%—
Venezuelan0.4%——
Honduran0.2%0.8%0.3%
Peruvian0.2%——
German8.3%8.3%12.5%
American6.9%4.6%5.3%
English5.5%7.9%9.5%
Irish3.5%6.0%9.4%
Scottish1.7%1.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
Lebanese0.5%——
Welsh0.3%——
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
Friona
Texas
United States
Median age
39.9
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.3%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Friona
Texas
United States
Median household income
$66,801
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.9%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Friona
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
58.8%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
58.1%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Friona
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.
Friona, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−67.4%
2008
−59.5%
2012
−58.8%
2016
−49.0%
2020
−54.3%
2024
−59.3%
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
R
20.0%Harris178
79.3%Trump707
0.8%
R+59.3
R+5.0
R+57.8
892
R
22.4%Biden212
76.7%Trump726
1.0%
R+54.3
R+5.2
R+58.7
947
R
23.2%Clinton216
72.3%Trump672
4.5%
R+49.0
D+9.8
R+51.1
930
R
20.3%Obama183
79.1%Romney713
0.6%
R+58.8
D+0.7
R+62.7
901
R
19.0%Obama269
78.5%McCain1,114
2.5%
R+59.5
D+7.8
R+66.8
1,419
R
16.0%Kerry170
83.4%Bush887
0.7%
R+67.4
—
R+64.9
1,064
Friona anchors one of the Texas Panhandle's most cattle-dense corridors, and its heavily Hispanic, agriculture-dependent workforce sits within a county that routinely posts some of the widest Republican margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 67.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.3 points.
A population of 4,102, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,801 describe the city.
In 2024, Friona, Texas voted Republican by 59.3 points (R+59.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 892 votes cast, 178 went Democratic and 707 went Republican.
How many people live in Friona, Texas?
Friona, Texas has a population of 4,102 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Friona, Texas?
Median household income in Friona, Texas is $66,801 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Friona, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Friona, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
