De Kalb, Texas

De Kalb population, 2020 to 2024

De Kalb lost 94 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

De Kalb covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 1,041 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so De Kalb is less dense than the typical town.

What county De Kalb is in

All of De Kalb's residents live in Bowie County, which had 91,992 residents in 2024. De Kalb holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in De Kalb

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps De Kalb by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75559. 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 De Kalb is

The Census internal point of De Kalb is at 33.507400, -94.616500. Austin, the capital, is 288.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Boston, TX (4,546 people), 11.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 86.3 miles away.

Daylight in De Kalb

At 33.51° N, De Kalb gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near De Kalb

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is New Boston, 11.8 miles away, with 4,546 people.