Texas · Census place 4811692
Cactus, Texas
Cactus is a city in Moore County, Texas with an estimated 3,149 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 482nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,149
- #482 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +3.6%
- +109 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,478 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Cactus population, 2020 to 2024
Cactus added 109 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +25.
Cactus covers 2.13 square miles of land, for 1,478 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Cactus is close to the typical town.
What county Cactus is in
All of Cactus's residents live in Moore County, which had 21,872 residents in 2024. Cactus holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cactus
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cactus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79013, 79029. 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 Cactus is
The Census internal point of Cactus is at 36.044400, -102.008000. Austin, the capital, is 468.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dumas, TX (14,834 people), 12.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 59.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.044400, -102.008000
- DMS
- 36°02'39.84"N 102°00'28.80"W
- UTM
- 13N 769548.6E 3993016.5N
- Geohash
- 9wrmnc8jc
- Plus code
- 858V2XVR+QR
Daylight in Cactus
At 36.04° N, Cactus gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cactus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sunray, 10.4 miles away, with 1,735 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cactus, TX?
3,149 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 109 (3.6%) from 3,040 in July 2020.
What county is Cactus in?
Moore County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cactus?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 79013, 79029.
How far is Cactus from Austin?
468.8 miles (754.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cactus.
What is the nearest larger city to Cactus?
Dumas, TX, with 14,834 residents, 12.8 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.