Texas · Census place 4803600

Aransas Pass, Texas

Aransas Pass is a city in 3 counties of Texas with an estimated 8,742 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 277th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,742
#277 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.6%
+387 people
Land area
13.2 sq mi
+ 39.79 sq mi water
Density
663 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Aransas Pass. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Aransas Pass population, 2020 to 2024

Aransas Pass added 387 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +131. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 188th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Aransas Pass is 57% of it.

8,35520208,39520218,47820228,61120238,7422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,321. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Aransas Pass covers 13.19 square miles of land and 39.79 of water, for 663 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Aransas Pass is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Aransas Pass spans

Aransas Pass crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 8,742 residents as follows; San Patricio County holds 90.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01San Patricio County7,903
  2. 02Aransas County820
  3. 03Nueces County19
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Aransas Pass

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aransas Pass by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78336. 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 Aransas Pass is

The Census internal point of Aransas Pass is at 27.915000, -97.103200. Austin, the capital, is 167.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ingleside, TX (10,155 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Corpus Christi, TX, 11.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.915000, -97.103200
DMS
27°54'54.00"N 97°06'11.52"W
UTM
14N 686663.6E 3089233.4N
Geohash
9ufyy3g8e
Plus code
76V4WV7W+XP

Daylight in Aransas Pass

At 27.92° N, Aransas Pass gets about 13 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Aransas Pass

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Aransas, 6.6 miles away, with 3,616 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Aransas Pass, TX?

8,742 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 387 (4.6%) from 8,355 in July 2020.

What county is Aransas Pass in?

It spans 3 counties: San Patricio County (7,903 residents), Aransas County (820 residents), Nueces County (19 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Aransas Pass?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78336.

How far is Aransas Pass from Austin?

167.5 miles (269.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Aransas Pass.

What is the nearest larger city to Aransas Pass?

Ingleside, TX, with 10,155 residents, 7.1 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)

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