Texas · Census place 4816168
Columbus, Texas
Columbus is a city in Colorado County, Texas with an estimated 3,938 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 433rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,938
- #433 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +3.9%
- +148 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,308 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024
Columbus added 148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +39.
Columbus covers 3.01 square miles of land, for 1,308 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Columbus is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbus is in
All of Columbus's residents live in Colorado County, which had 21,475 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 18.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbus
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78934. 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 Columbus is
The Census internal point of Columbus is at 29.702800, -96.557100. Austin, the capital, is 81.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Grange, TX (4,504 people), 24.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sugar Land, TX, 56.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.702800, -96.557100
- DMS
- 29°42'10.08"N 96°33'25.56"W
- UTM
- 14N 736347.6E 3288351.5N
- Geohash
- 9v72fz1r2
- Plus code
- 76X5PC3V+45
Daylight in Columbus
At 29.70° N, Columbus gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Weimar, 13.2 miles away, with 2,194 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbus, TX?
3,938 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 148 (3.9%) from 3,790 in July 2020.
What county is Columbus in?
Colorado County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbus?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78934.
How far is Columbus from Austin?
81.0 miles (130.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Columbus.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?
La Grange, TX, with 4,504 residents, 24.0 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.