Texas · Census place 4822528
Edcouch, Texas
Edcouch is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas with an estimated 2,693 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 522nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,693
- #522 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -3.0%
- -82 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,615 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Edcouch population, 2020 to 2024
Edcouch lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -28.
Edcouch covers 1.03 square miles of land, for 2,615 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Edcouch is denser than the typical town.
What county Edcouch is in
All of Edcouch's residents live in Hidalgo County, which had 914,820 residents in 2024. Edcouch holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Edcouch
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edcouch by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78538. 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 Edcouch is
The Census internal point of Edcouch is at 26.293700, -97.963100. Austin, the capital, is 275.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elsa, TX (5,750 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Edinburg, TX, 11.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.293700, -97.963100
- DMS
- 26°17'37.32"N 97°57'47.16"W
- UTM
- 14N 603514.6E 2908624.9N
- Geohash
- 9udmdf97y
- Plus code
- 76R472VP+FQ
Daylight in Edcouch
At 26.29° N, Edcouch gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Edcouch
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Elsa, 1.9 miles away, with 5,750 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Edcouch, TX?
2,693 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 82 (3.0%) from 2,775 in July 2020.
What county is Edcouch in?
Hidalgo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Edcouch?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78538.
How far is Edcouch from Austin?
275.3 miles (443.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Edcouch.
What is the nearest larger city to Edcouch?
Elsa, TX, with 5,750 residents, 1.9 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.