Edinburg, Texas

Edinburg population, 2020 to 2024

Edinburg added 7,966 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.9%. In the latest year it moved by +2,777. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 143rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Edinburg is 7.1 times that size.

Edinburg covers 46.59 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,334 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Edinburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Edinburg is in

All of Edinburg's residents live in Hidalgo County, which had 914,820 residents in 2024. Edinburg holds 11.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edinburg

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Edinburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78539, 78541, 78542. 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 Edinburg is

The Census internal point of Edinburg is at 26.318300, -98.153400. Austin, the capital, is 274.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McAllen, TX (148,782 people), 8.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Edinburg

At 26.32° N, Edinburg gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 29 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Edinburg daylight page.

Places near Edinburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is McAllen, 8.6 miles away, with 148,782 people.