Henderson, Texas

Henderson population, 2020 to 2024

Henderson added 216 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -19. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 251st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Henderson is 88% of it.

Henderson covers 11.99 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,125 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Henderson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Henderson is in

All of Henderson's residents live in Rusk County, which had 53,391 residents in 2024. Henderson holds 25.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Henderson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Henderson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75652, 75654. 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 Henderson is

The Census internal point of Henderson is at 32.157300, -94.795900. Austin, the capital, is 217.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kilgore, TX (13,583 people), 17.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 31.8 miles away.

Daylight in Henderson

At 32.16° N, Henderson gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Henderson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Overton, 13.2 miles away, with 2,305 people.