Texas · Census place 4807528

Benavides, Texas

Benavides is a city in Duval County, Texas with an estimated 1,137 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 771st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,137
#771 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-4.0%
-47 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
642 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Benavides. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Benavides population, 2020 to 2024

Benavides lost 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

1,18420201,17320211,15520221,14420231,1372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,187. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Benavides covers 1.77 square miles of land, for 642 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Benavides is less dense than the typical town.

What county Benavides is in

All of Benavides's residents live in Duval County, which had 9,585 residents in 2024. Benavides holds 11.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Benavides

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Benavides by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78341. 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 Benavides is

The Census internal point of Benavides is at 27.596900, -98.413800. Austin, the capital, is 189.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Diego, TX (3,620 people), 15.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Laredo, TX, 65.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.596900, -98.413800
DMS
27°35'48.84"N 98°24'49.68"W
UTM
14N 557850.3E 3052687.3N
Geohash
9ufhbxc78
Plus code
76V3HHWP+QF

Daylight in Benavides

At 27.60° N, Benavides gets about 13 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Benavides

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is San Diego, 15.6 miles away, with 3,620 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Benavides, TX?

1,137 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 47 (4.0%) from 1,184 in July 2020.

What county is Benavides in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Benavides?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78341.

How far is Benavides from Austin?

189.4 miles (304.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Benavides.

What is the nearest larger city to Benavides?

San Diego, TX, with 3,620 residents, 15.6 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.