Texas · Census place 4835348

Humble, Texas

Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 16,561 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 180th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,561
#180 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-163 people
Land area
9.9 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,671 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Humble. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Humble population, 2020 to 2024

Humble lost 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +94. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 334th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Humble is 1.1 times that size.

16.7k202016.5k202116.5k202216.5k202316.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,787. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Humble covers 9.91 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,671 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Humble is close to the typical town.

What county Humble is in

All of Humble's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. Humble holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Humble

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Humble by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77338, 77396. 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 Humble is

The Census internal point of Humble is at 29.988200, -95.264400. Austin, the capital, is 149.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houston, TX (2,390,125 people), 15.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.988200, -95.264400
DMS
29°59'17.52"N 95°15'51.84"W
UTM
15N 281549.4E 3319636.1N
Geohash
9vk685ntf
Plus code
76X6XPQP+76

Daylight in Humble

At 29.99° N, Humble gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Humble

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodbranch, 14.2 miles away, with 1,587 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Humble, TX?

16,561 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 163 (1.0%) from 16,724 in July 2020.

What county is Humble in?

Harris County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Humble?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77338, 77396.

How far is Humble from Austin?

149.2 miles (240.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Humble.

What is the nearest larger city to Humble?

Houston, TX, with 2,390,125 residents, 15.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.