Texas · Census place 4822720

Edna, Texas

Edna is a city in Jackson County, Texas with an estimated 6,039 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 343rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,039
#343 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+37 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
1,462 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Edna. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Edna population, 2020 to 2024

Edna added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 286th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Edna is 39% of it.

6,00220206,03320216,01920226,01820236,0392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,000. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edna covers 4.13 square miles of land, for 1,462 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Edna is close to the typical town.

What county Edna is in

All of Edna's residents live in Jackson County, which had 15,284 residents in 2024. Edna holds 39.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edna

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edna by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77957. 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 Edna is

The Census internal point of Edna is at 28.975100, -96.648500. Austin, the capital, is 111.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Victoria, TX (66,020 people), 22.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sugar Land, TX, 74.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.975100, -96.648500
DMS
28°58'30.36"N 96°38'54.60"W
UTM
14N 729125.2E 3207505.4N
Geohash
9v5kbdy8n
Plus code
76W5X9G2+2H

Daylight in Edna

At 28.98° N, Edna gets about 14 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edna

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Ganado, 9.5 miles away, with 2,027 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edna, TX?

6,039 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (0.6%) from 6,002 in July 2020.

What county is Edna in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edna?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77957.

How far is Edna from Austin?

111.1 miles (178.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Edna.

What is the nearest larger city to Edna?

Victoria, TX, with 66,020 residents, 22.8 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.