Texas · Census place 4833560
Hidalgo, Texas
Hidalgo is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas with an estimated 15,164 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 193rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 15,164
- #193 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +8.3%
- +1,158 people
- Land area
- 8.4 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,816 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Hidalgo population, 2020 to 2024
Hidalgo added 1,158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.3%. In the latest year it moved by +442. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 138th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Hidalgo is 99% of it.
Hidalgo covers 8.35 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,816 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hidalgo is denser than the typical town.
What county Hidalgo is in
All of Hidalgo's residents live in Hidalgo County, which had 914,820 residents in 2024. Hidalgo holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hidalgo
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hidalgo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78557. 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 Hidalgo is
The Census internal point of Hidalgo is at 26.108900, -98.246200. Austin, the capital, is 289.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pharr, TX (81,142 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McAllen, TX, 8.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.108900, -98.246200
- DMS
- 26°06'32.04"N 98°14'46.32"W
- UTM
- 14N 575370.2E 2887962.1N
- Geohash
- 9udhs2gr3
- Plus code
- 76R34Q53+HG
Daylight in Hidalgo
At 26.11° N, Hidalgo 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 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hidalgo
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pharr, 5.0 miles away, with 81,142 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hidalgo, TX?
15,164 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,158 (8.3%) from 14,006 in July 2020.
What county is Hidalgo in?
Hidalgo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hidalgo?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78557.
How far is Hidalgo from Austin?
289.4 miles (465.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Hidalgo.
What is the nearest larger city to Hidalgo?
Pharr, TX, with 81,142 residents, 5.0 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.