Texas · Census place 4831820
Hale Center, Texas
Hale Center is a city in Hale County, Texas with an estimated 2,000 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 612th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,000
- #612 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -55 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,389 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Hale Center population, 2020 to 2024
Hale Center lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Hale Center covers 1.44 square miles of land, for 1,389 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hale Center is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hale Center is in
All of Hale Center's residents live in Hale County, which had 31,953 residents in 2024. Hale Center holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hale Center
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hale Center by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79041. 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 Hale Center is
The Census internal point of Hale Center is at 34.066100, -101.846300. Austin, the capital, is 355.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plainview, TX (19,429 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 34.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.066100, -101.846300
- DMS
- 34°03'57.96"N 101°50'46.68"W
- UTM
- 14N 237313.6E 3773141.7N
- Geohash
- 9wp9f3tc3
- Plus code
- 856W3583+CF
Daylight in Hale Center
At 34.07° N, Hale Center 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 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hale Center
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Plainview, 11.1 miles away, with 19,429 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hale Center, TX?
2,000 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (2.7%) from 2,055 in July 2020.
What county is Hale Center in?
Hale County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hale Center?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79041.
How far is Hale Center from Austin?
355.3 miles (571.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Hale Center.
What is the nearest larger city to Hale Center?
Plainview, TX, with 19,429 residents, 11.1 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.