Texas · Census place 4805336

Baird, Texas

Baird is a city in Callahan County, Texas with an estimated 1,545 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 682nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,545
#682 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.5%
+66 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
581 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Baird. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Baird population, 2020 to 2024

Baird added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

1,47920201,50420211,51720221,53420231,5452024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,476. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Baird covers 2.66 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 581 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Baird is less dense than the typical town.

What county Baird is in

All of Baird's residents live in Callahan County, which had 14,615 residents in 2024. Baird holds 10.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Baird

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Baird by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79504. 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 Baird is

The Census internal point of Baird is at 32.396100, -99.396000. Austin, the capital, is 176.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clyde, TX (4,051 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Abilene, TX, 20.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.396100, -99.396000
DMS
32°23'45.96"N 99°23'45.60"W
UTM
14N 462757.3E 3584410.7N
Geohash
9vc261w0c
Plus code
86429JW3+CH

Daylight in Baird

At 32.40° N, Baird 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 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Baird

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clyde, 6.3 miles away, with 4,051 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Baird, TX?

1,545 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (4.5%) from 1,479 in July 2020.

What county is Baird in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Baird?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79504.

How far is Baird from Austin?

176.2 miles (283.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Baird.

What is the nearest larger city to Baird?

Clyde, TX, with 4,051 residents, 6.3 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.