Texas · Census place 4814704
China, Texas
China is a city in Jefferson County, Texas with an estimated 1,298 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 737th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,298
- #737 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +5 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 954 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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China population, 2020 to 2024
China added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
China covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 954 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so China is less dense than the typical town.
What county China is in
All of China's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 253,948 residents in 2024. China holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in China
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap China by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77613, 77713. 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 China is
The Census internal point of China is at 30.041100, -94.337600. Austin, the capital, is 203.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sour Lake, TX (1,845 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Beaumont, TX, 11.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.041100, -94.337600
- DMS
- 30°02'27.96"N 94°20'15.36"W
- UTM
- 15N 371038.9E 3324093.3N
- Geohash
- 9vkfvkc6n
- Plus code
- 86272MR6+CX
Daylight in China
At 30.04° N, China gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near China
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sour Lake, 7.8 miles away, with 1,845 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of China, TX?
1,298 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.4%) from 1,293 in July 2020.
What county is China in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover China?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77613, 77713.
How far is China from Austin?
203.9 miles (328.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from China.
What is the nearest larger city to China?
Sour Lake, TX, with 1,845 residents, 7.8 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.