Texas · Census place 4816624

Copperas Cove, Texas

Copperas Cove is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 39,627 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
39,627
#92 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+7.9%
+2,895 people
Land area
18.0 sq mi
Density
2,198 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Copperas Cove. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Copperas Cove population, 2020 to 2024

Copperas Cove added 2,895 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.9%. In the latest year it moved by +860. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 144th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Copperas Cove is 2.6 times that size.

36.7k202037.5k202138.0k202238.8k202339.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 36,668. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Copperas Cove covers 18.03 square miles of land, for 2,198 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Copperas Cove is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Copperas Cove spans

Copperas Cove crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 39,627 residents as follows; Coryell County holds 97.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Coryell County38,578
  2. 02Lampasas County1,049
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Copperas Cove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Copperas Cove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76522. 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 Copperas Cove is

The Census internal point of Copperas Cove is at 31.119600, -97.914400. Austin, the capital, is 59.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Killeen, TX (160,616 people), 11.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.119600, -97.914400
DMS
31°07'10.56"N 97°54'51.84"W
UTM
14N 603511.3E 3443363.6N
Geohash
9vd35chuv
Plus code
8634439P+R6

Daylight in Copperas Cove

At 31.12° N, Copperas Cove gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Copperas Cove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kempner, 4.6 miles away, with 1,283 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Copperas Cove, TX?

39,627 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,895 (7.9%) from 36,732 in July 2020.

What county is Copperas Cove in?

It spans 2 counties: Coryell County (38,578 residents), Lampasas County (1,049 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Copperas Cove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76522.

How far is Copperas Cove from Austin?

59.3 miles (95.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Copperas Cove.

What is the nearest larger city to Copperas Cove?

Killeen, TX, with 160,616 residents, 11.2 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)

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