Texas · Census place 4832372
Harlingen, Texas
Harlingen is a city in Cameron County, Texas with an estimated 72,234 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 72,234
- #57 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +189 people
- Land area
- 40.3 sq mi
- + 0.50 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,794 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Harlingen population, 2020 to 2024
Harlingen added 189 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +280. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 298th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Harlingen is 4.7 times that size.
Harlingen covers 40.27 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 1,794 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Harlingen is denser than the typical town.
What county Harlingen is in
All of Harlingen's residents live in Cameron County, which had 431,874 residents in 2024. Harlingen holds 16.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harlingen
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Harlingen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78550, 78552. 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 Harlingen is
The Census internal point of Harlingen is at 26.191200, -97.697400. Austin, the capital, is 282.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brownsville, TX (191,967 people), 20.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.191200, -97.697400
- DMS
- 26°11'28.32"N 97°41'50.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 630156.3E 2897511.4N
- Geohash
- 9udsbzfyv
- Plus code
- 76R458R3+F2
Daylight in Harlingen
At 26.19° N, Harlingen gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harlingen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Palm Valley, 3.6 miles away, with 1,353 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harlingen, TX?
72,234 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 189 (0.3%) from 72,045 in July 2020.
What county is Harlingen in?
Cameron County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harlingen?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78550, 78552.
How far is Harlingen from Austin?
282.1 miles (454.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Harlingen.
What is the nearest larger city to Harlingen?
Brownsville, TX, with 191,967 residents, 20.4 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.
- 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.