Del Rio, Texas

Del Rio population, 2020 to 2024

Del Rio lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 311th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Del Rio is 2.3 times that size.

Del Rio covers 20.46 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,695 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Del Rio is close to the typical town.

What county Del Rio is in

All of Del Rio's residents live in Val Verde County, which had 47,999 residents in 2024. Del Rio holds 72.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Del Rio

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Del Rio by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78840. 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 Del Rio is

The Census internal point of Del Rio is at 29.373000, -100.881900. Austin, the capital, is 198.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Antonio, TX (1,526,656 people), 142.0 miles away.

Daylight in Del Rio

At 29.37° N, Del Rio gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Del Rio

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Brackettville, 28.6 miles away, with 1,351 people.