Arlington, Texas

Arlington population, 2020 to 2024

Arlington added 9,292 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2,469. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 233rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Arlington is 26.3 times that size.

Arlington covers 95.85 square miles of land and 3.60 of water, for 4,211 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Arlington is denser than the typical town.

What county Arlington is in

All of Arlington's residents live in Tarrant County, which had 2,230,708 residents in 2024. Arlington holds 18.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arlington

13 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Arlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76001, 76002, 76005, 76006, 76010, 76011, 76012, 76013, 76014, 76015, 76016, 76017, 76018. 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 Arlington is

The Census internal point of Arlington is at 32.700700, -97.124700. Austin, the capital, is 171.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Worth, TX (1,008,106 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Prairie, TX, 6.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 201 m (659 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Arlington

At 32.70° N, Arlington gets about 14 h 18 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Arlington daylight page.

Places near Arlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pantego, 2.0 miles away, with 2,495 people.