Texas · Census place 4803372

Anson, Texas

Anson is a city in Jones County, Texas with an estimated 2,544 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 533rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,544
#533 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+16 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
922 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Anson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Anson population, 2020 to 2024

Anson added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,529. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Anson covers 2.76 square miles of land, for 922 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Anson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Anson is in

All of Anson's residents live in Jones County, which had 20,850 residents in 2024. Anson holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Anson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Anson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79501. 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 Anson is

The Census internal point of Anson is at 32.754500, -99.896200. Austin, the capital, is 213.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Abilene, TX (130,501 people), 22.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.754500, -99.896200
DMS
32°45'16.20"N 99°53'46.32"W
UTM
14N 416048.2E 3624426.6N
Geohash
9vbfqfcbc
Plus code
8642Q433+RG

Daylight in Anson

At 32.75° N, Anson gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Anson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hamlin, 16.6 miles away, with 1,875 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Anson, TX?

2,544 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (0.6%) from 2,528 in July 2020.

What county is Anson in?

Jones County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Anson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79501.

How far is Anson from Austin?

213.3 miles (343.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Anson.

What is the nearest larger city to Anson?

Abilene, TX, with 130,501 residents, 22.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.