Texas · Census place 4826604

Forney, Texas

Forney is a city in Kaufman County, Texas with an estimated 38,572 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 38,572; #98 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +61.3%; +14,660 people
Land area: 15.9 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 2,429 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Forney. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Forney population, 2020 to 2024

Forney added 14,660 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +61.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2,895. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Forney is 2.5 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,493. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Forney covers 15.88 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,429 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Forney is denser than the typical town.

What county Forney is in

All of Forney's residents live in Kaufman County, which had 197,829 residents in 2024. Forney holds 19.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Forney

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75126. 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 Forney is

The Census internal point of Forney is at 32.742600, -96.452900. Austin, the capital, is 186.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mesquite, TX (150,140 people), 7.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.742600, -96.452900
DMS: 32°44'33.36"N 96°27'10.44"W
UTM: 14N 738660.8E 3625622.5N
Geohash: 9vg6m0t5k
Plus code: 8645PGVW+2R

Daylight in Forney

At 32.74° N, Forney gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forney

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Talty, 4.5 miles away, with 3,198 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Forney, TX?

38,572 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14,660 (61.3%) from 23,912 in July 2020.

What county is Forney in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Forney?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75126.

How far is Forney from Austin?

186.7 miles (300.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Forney.

What is the nearest larger city to Forney?

Mesquite, TX, with 150,140 residents, 7.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.