Texas · Census place 4809448

Booker, Texas

Booker is a town in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 1,349 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 726th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,349
#726 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-5.1%
-73 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,285 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Booker. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Booker population, 2020 to 2024

Booker lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.1%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

1,42220201,35720211,33920221,36420231,3492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,433. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Booker covers 1.05 square miles of land, for 1,285 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Booker is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Booker spans

Booker crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,349 residents as follows; Lipscomb County holds 98.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Lipscomb County1,330
  2. 02Ochiltree County19
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Booker

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Booker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 79005. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Booker is

The Census internal point of Booker is at 36.456100, -100.540200. Austin, the capital, is 456.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Perryton, TX (8,219 people), 15.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 113.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.456100, -100.540200
DMS
36°27'21.96"N 100°32'24.72"W
UTM
14N 361984.2E 4035641.0N
Geohash
9y2x2hsu5
Plus code
858XFF45+CW

Daylight in Booker

At 36.46° N, Booker gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Booker

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Perryton, 15.0 miles away, with 8,219 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Booker, TX?

1,349 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 73 (5.1%) from 1,422 in July 2020.

What county is Booker in?

It spans 2 counties: Lipscomb County (1,330 residents), Ochiltree County (19 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Booker?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79005.

How far is Booker from Austin?

456.6 miles (734.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Booker.

What is the nearest larger city to Booker?

Perryton, TX, with 8,219 residents, 15.0 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.

  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.