Texas · Census place 4824552

Escobares, Texas

Escobares is a city in Starr County, Texas with an estimated 2,589 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 532nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,589
#532 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+10 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
970 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Escobares. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Escobares population, 2020 to 2024

Escobares added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

2,57920202,57420212,57320222,57920232,5892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,580. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Escobares covers 2.67 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 970 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Escobares is less dense than the typical town.

What county Escobares is in

All of Escobares's residents live in Starr County, which had 66,587 residents in 2024. Escobares holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Escobares

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Escobares by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78584. 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 Escobares is

The Census internal point of Escobares is at 26.412600, -98.960000. Austin, the capital, is 276.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roma, TX (11,635 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McAllen, TX, 46.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.412600, -98.960000
DMS
26°24'45.36"N 98°57'36.00"W
UTM
14N 503989.0E 2921378.6N
Geohash
9u9wk0788
Plus code
76R3C27R+22

Daylight in Escobares

At 26.41° N, Escobares gets about 13 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Escobares

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Roma, 2.7 miles away, with 11,635 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Escobares, TX?

2,589 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.4%) from 2,579 in July 2020.

What county is Escobares in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Escobares?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78584.

How far is Escobares from Austin?

276.9 miles (445.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Escobares.

What is the nearest larger city to Escobares?

Roma, TX, with 11,635 residents, 2.7 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.