Texas · Census place 4808536
Blanco, Texas
Blanco is a city in Blanco County, Texas with an estimated 2,077 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 595th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,077
- #595 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +22.8%
- +385 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 595 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Blanco population, 2020 to 2024
Blanco added 385 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.8%. In the latest year it moved by +61.
Blanco covers 3.49 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 595 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Blanco is less dense than the typical town.
What county Blanco is in
All of Blanco's residents live in Blanco County, which had 13,358 residents in 2024. Blanco holds 15.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Blanco
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blanco by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78606. 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 Blanco is
The Census internal point of Blanco is at 30.098600, -98.417100. Austin, the capital, is 42.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Johnson City, TX (2,092 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 33.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.098600, -98.417100
- DMS
- 30°05'54.96"N 98°25'1.56"W
- UTM
- 14N 556164.2E 3329854.4N
- Geohash
- 9v650rqc5
- Plus code
- 86233HXM+C5
Daylight in Blanco
At 30.10° N, Blanco gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Blanco
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Johnson City, 12.0 miles away, with 2,092 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Blanco, TX?
2,077 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 385 (22.8%) from 1,692 in July 2020.
What county is Blanco in?
Blanco County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Blanco?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78606.
How far is Blanco from Austin?
42.2 miles (67.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Blanco.
What is the nearest larger city to Blanco?
Johnson City, TX, with 2,092 residents, 12.0 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.