Texas · Census place 4817216
Cotulla, Texas
Cotulla is a city in La Salle County, Texas with an estimated 3,661 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 447th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,661
- #447 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -53 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,821 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Cotulla population, 2020 to 2024
Cotulla lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +41.
Cotulla covers 2.01 square miles of land, for 1,821 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Cotulla is denser than the typical town.
What county Cotulla is in
All of Cotulla's residents live in La Salle County, which had 6,679 residents in 2024. Cotulla holds 54.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cotulla
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cotulla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78014. 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 Cotulla is
The Census internal point of Cotulla is at 28.436400, -99.236700. Austin, the capital, is 155.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dilley, TX (3,953 people), 16.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Laredo, TX, 62.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.436400, -99.236700
- DMS
- 28°26'11.04"N 99°14'12.12"W
- UTM
- 14N 476821.5E 3145569.0N
- Geohash
- 9v13vbdn1
- Plus code
- 76W2CQP7+H8
Daylight in Cotulla
At 28.44° N, Cotulla gets about 13 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cotulla
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Dilley, 16.4 miles away, with 3,953 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cotulla, TX?
3,661 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (1.4%) from 3,714 in July 2020.
What county is Cotulla in?
La Salle County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cotulla?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78014.
How far is Cotulla from Austin?
155.7 miles (250.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Cotulla.
What is the nearest larger city to Cotulla?
Dilley, TX, with 3,953 residents, 16.4 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.