Texas · Census place 4801000
Abilene, Texas
Abilene is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 130,501 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 130,501
- #29 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +5,271 people
- Land area
- 106.7 sq mi
- + 5.43 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,223 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Abilene population, 2020 to 2024
Abilene added 5,271 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,058. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 197th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Abilene is 8.5 times that size.
Abilene covers 106.67 square miles of land and 5.43 of water, for 1,223 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Abilene is less dense than the typical town.
The 2 counties Abilene spans
Abilene crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 130,501 residents as follows; Taylor County holds 95.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Taylor County124,702
- 02Jones County5,799
ZIP codes in Abilene
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Abilene by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79601, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606, 79607, 79699. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Abilene is
The Census internal point of Abilene is at 32.454500, -99.738100. Austin, the capital, is 191.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Worth, TX (1,008,106 people), 140.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Angelo, TX, 81.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 525 m (1,722 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.454500, -99.738100
- DMS
- 32°27'16.20"N 99°44'17.16"W
- UTM
- 14N 430627.8E 3591055.2N
- Geohash
- 9vc0dkhvj
- Plus code
- 8642F736+RQ
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Abilene
At 32.45° N, Abilene gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Abilene daylight page.
Places near Abilene
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Tye, 7.5 miles away, with 1,241 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Abilene, TX?
130,501 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,271 (4.2%) from 125,230 in July 2020.
What county is Abilene in?
It spans 2 counties: Taylor County (124,702 residents), Jones County (5,799 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Abilene?
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 79601, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606, 79607, 79699.
How far is Abilene from Austin?
191.3 miles (307.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Abilene.
What is the nearest larger city to Abilene?
Fort Worth, TX, with 1,008,106 residents, 140.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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