Texas · Census place 4822984
Electra, Texas
Electra is a city in Wichita County, Texas with an estimated 2,249 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 572nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,249
- #572 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -2.0%
- -46 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Density
- 728 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Electra population, 2020 to 2024
Electra lost 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Electra covers 3.09 square miles of land, for 728 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Electra is less dense than the typical town.
What county Electra is in
All of Electra's residents live in Wichita County, which had 129,984 residents in 2024. Electra holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Electra
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Electra by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76360. 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 Electra is
The Census internal point of Electra is at 34.032300, -98.920200. Austin, the capital, is 268.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Iowa Park, TX (6,583 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita Falls, TX, 24.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.032300, -98.920200
- DMS
- 34°01'56.28"N 98°55'12.72"W
- UTM
- 14N 507366.6E 3765740.2N
- Geohash
- 9y19t52s8
- Plus code
- 866323JH+WW
Daylight in Electra
At 34.03° N, Electra gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Electra
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Iowa Park, 14.5 miles away, with 6,583 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Electra, TX?
2,249 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 46 (2.0%) from 2,295 in July 2020.
What county is Electra in?
Wichita County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Electra?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76360.
How far is Electra from Austin?
268.7 miles (432.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Electra.
What is the nearest larger city to Electra?
Iowa Park, TX, with 6,583 residents, 14.5 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.