Texas · Census place 4809628

Bovina, Texas

Bovina is a city in Parmer County, Texas with an estimated 1,661 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 664th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,661
#664 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-27 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,408 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Bovina. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Bovina population, 2020 to 2024

Bovina lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,690. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bovina covers 1.18 square miles of land, for 1,408 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Bovina is close to the typical town.

What county Bovina is in

All of Bovina's residents live in Parmer County, which had 9,669 residents in 2024. Bovina holds 17.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bovina

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bovina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79009. 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 Bovina is

The Census internal point of Bovina is at 34.515700, -102.884700. Austin, the capital, is 419.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Friona, TX (4,071 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 76.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.515700, -102.884700
DMS
34°30'56.52"N 102°53'4.92"W
UTM
13N 694170.9E 3821369.7N
Geohash
9wnu6g3ss
Plus code
856VG488+74

Daylight in Bovina

At 34.52° N, Bovina gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bovina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Farwell, 12.5 miles away, with 1,379 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bovina, TX?

1,661 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.6%) from 1,688 in July 2020.

What county is Bovina in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bovina?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79009.

How far is Bovina from Austin?

419.4 miles (674.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Bovina.

What is the nearest larger city to Bovina?

Friona, TX, with 4,071 residents, 12.6 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.