Texas · Census place 4808212
Big Lake, Texas
Big Lake is a city in Reagan County, Texas with an estimated 2,762 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 516th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,762
- #516 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -8.1%
- -245 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,156 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Big Lake population, 2020 to 2024
Big Lake lost 245 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.1%. In the latest year it moved by -32.
Big Lake covers 2.39 square miles of land, for 1,156 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Big Lake is less dense than the typical town.
What county Big Lake is in
All of Big Lake's residents live in Reagan County, which had 3,139 residents in 2024. Big Lake holds 88.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Big Lake
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Big Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76932. 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 Big Lake is
The Census internal point of Big Lake is at 31.194100, -101.453400. Austin, the capital, is 229.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crane, TX (3,375 people), 54.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Angelo, TX, 61.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.194100, -101.453400
- DMS
- 31°11'38.76"N 101°27'12.24"W
- UTM
- 14N 266226.0E 3453706.7N
- Geohash
- 9txc7qeyu
- Plus code
- 853W5GVW+JJ
Daylight in Big Lake
At 31.19° N, Big Lake gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Big Lake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Iraan, 32.8 miles away, with 1,014 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Big Lake, TX?
2,762 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 245 (8.1%) from 3,007 in July 2020.
What county is Big Lake in?
Reagan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Big Lake?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76932.
How far is Big Lake from Austin?
229.5 miles (369.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Big Lake.
What is the nearest larger city to Big Lake?
Crane, TX, with 3,375 residents, 54.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.