Alice (Texas)
| Alice | |||
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 Jim Wells County Courthouse |
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| Location of Alice in Texas | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1888 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Jim Wells County | ||
| Coordinates : | 27 ° 45 ′ N , 98 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 19,104 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 620.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 31.9 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 30.8 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 65 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 78332, 78333 | ||
| Area code : | +1 361 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-01852 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1329361 | ||
| Website : | www.alicetx.org | ||
| Mayor : | Juan Rodriguez, Jr. | ||
Alice is a city in Jim Wells County in the US state of Texas in the United States and the seat of the county seat .
geography
The city is located in southeast Texas, about 60 km to the east from the Gulf of Mexico and about 90 km to the southwest from Mexico . It has an area of 31.9 km², of which 1.0 km² is water.
history
Alice was founded as a bandana in 1888 and later renamed Kleberg . After that, the city was renamed again to Alice, named after the daughter of Richard King , the founder of the King Ranch, who built one of the largest ranches (600,000 acres or around 2400 km² in size).
religion
In Alice there are currently 29 different churches from 10 different denominations. Among the churches belonging to a denomination, the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with 9 churches. There are also 10 churches that do not belong to any denomination (as of 2004 ).
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 2136 | - | |
| 1920 | 1880 | -12% | |
| 1930 | 4239 | 125.5% | |
| 1940 | 7792 | 83.8% | |
| 1950 | 16,449 | 111.1% | |
| 1960 | 20,861 | 26.8% | |
| 1970 | 20.121 | -3.5% | |
| 1980 | 20,961 | 4.2% | |
| 1990 | 19,788 | -5.6% | |
| 2000 | 19,010 | -3.9% | |
| 2010 | 19,337 | 1.7% | |
| 1910-2000, 2010 | |||
The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,365 , and the median family income is $ 34,276. Males have a median income of $ 32,409 versus females a median of $ 17,101. The per capita income is $ 13,118. 21.9% of the population and 17.9% of families live below the poverty line.
30.3% of the population are under 18 years old and for every 100 women aged 18 and over there are 91.0 men. The average age is 33 years. (Status: 2000 ).
crime
The crime rate has an index of 587.6 points. (Compare US national average: 330.6 points) (higher points mean higher crime) In
2002 there were 0 murders, 6 rapes, 4 robberies, 197 physical attacks on people, 318 break-ins, 1059 thefts and 51 car thefts.
sons and daughters of the town
- Robert F. Curl (* 1933), Professor of Chemistry at Rice University and Nobel Prize Winner
- James P. Allison (born 1948), immunologist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of March 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 4, 2012
