Galveston, Texas

Galveston population, 2020 to 2024

Galveston lost 114 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +167. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 314th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Galveston is 3.5 times that size.

Galveston covers 41.04 square miles of land and 170.27 of water, for 1,305 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Galveston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Galveston is in

All of Galveston's residents live in Galveston County, which had 367,407 residents in 2024. Galveston holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Galveston

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Galveston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77550, 77551, 77554, 77555. 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 Galveston is

The Census internal point of Galveston is at 29.186300, -94.965800. Austin, the capital, is 182.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Texas City, TX (57,875 people), 17.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is League City, TX, 22.7 miles away.

Daylight in Galveston

At 29.19° N, Galveston gets about 14 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Galveston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Jamaica Beach, 0.9 miles away, with 1,077 people.