Texas · Census place 4824348

Ennis, Texas

Ennis is a city in Ellis County, Texas with an estimated 24,753 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,753
#134 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+22.5%
+4,541 people
Land area
32.5 sq mi
+ 0.55 sq mi water
Density
761 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Ennis. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Ennis population, 2020 to 2024

Ennis added 4,541 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.5%. In the latest year it moved by +987. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Ennis is 1.6 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,126. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ennis covers 32.52 square miles of land and 0.55 of water, for 761 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Ennis is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ennis is in

All of Ennis's residents live in Ellis County, which had 232,387 residents in 2024. Ennis holds 10.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ennis

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ennis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75119. 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 Ennis is

The Census internal point of Ennis is at 32.325100, -96.633800. Austin, the capital, is 156.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waxahachie, TX (48,617 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mesquite, TX, 30.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.325100, -96.633800
DMS
32°19'30.36"N 96°38'1.68"W
UTM
14N 722735.3E 3578931.7N
Geohash
9verch97m
Plus code
864589G8+2F

Daylight in Ennis

At 32.33° N, Ennis gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ennis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Palmer, 7.2 miles away, with 2,621 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ennis, TX?

24,753 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,541 (22.5%) from 20,212 in July 2020.

What county is Ennis in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ennis?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75119.

How far is Ennis from Austin?

156.0 miles (251.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ennis.

What is the nearest larger city to Ennis?

Waxahachie, TX, with 48,617 residents, 13.4 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.