Texas · Census place 4820464

Dimmitt, Texas

Dimmitt is a city in Castro County, Texas with an estimated 4,119 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 425th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,119
#425 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-3 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
1,308 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Dimmitt. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Dimmitt population, 2020 to 2024

Dimmitt lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +22.

4,12220204,13320214,08520224,09720234,1192024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,146. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dimmitt covers 3.15 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,308 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Dimmitt is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dimmitt is in

All of Dimmitt's residents live in Castro County, which had 7,380 residents in 2024. Dimmitt holds 55.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dimmitt

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dimmitt by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79027. 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 Dimmitt is

The Census internal point of Dimmitt is at 34.547900, -102.306800. Austin, the capital, is 397.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hereford, TX (14,860 people), 19.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 52.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.547900, -102.306800
DMS
34°32'52.44"N 102°18'24.48"W
UTM
13N 747135.7E 3826204.1N
Geohash
9wphxcq2n
Plus code
856VGMXV+57

Daylight in Dimmitt

At 34.55° N, Dimmitt gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dimmitt

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hereford, 19.7 miles away, with 14,860 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dimmitt, TX?

4,119 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.1%) from 4,122 in July 2020.

What county is Dimmitt in?

Castro County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dimmitt?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79027.

How far is Dimmitt from Austin?

397.6 miles (639.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Dimmitt.

What is the nearest larger city to Dimmitt?

Hereford, TX, with 14,860 residents, 19.7 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.