Texas · Census place 4835732

Idalou, Texas

Idalou is a city in Lubbock County, Texas with an estimated 2,117 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 592nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,117
#592 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-77 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
2,096 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Idalou. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Idalou population, 2020 to 2024

Idalou lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

2,19420202,16020212,13720222,11920232,1172024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,193. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Idalou covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 2,096 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Idalou is denser than the typical town.

What county Idalou is in

All of Idalou's residents live in Lubbock County, which had 327,394 residents in 2024. Idalou holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Idalou

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Idalou by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79329. 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 Idalou is

The Census internal point of Idalou is at 33.662400, -101.683700. Austin, the capital, is 328.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lubbock, TX (272,086 people), 13.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.662400, -101.683700
DMS
33°39'44.64"N 101°41'1.32"W
UTM
14N 251154.6E 3727956.4N
Geohash
9tzxw0h1w
Plus code
855WM868+XG

Daylight in Idalou

At 33.66° N, Idalou gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Idalou

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Ransom Canyon, 9.1 miles away, with 1,180 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Idalou, TX?

2,117 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 77 (3.5%) from 2,194 in July 2020.

What county is Idalou in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Idalou?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79329.

How far is Idalou from Austin?

328.9 miles (529.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Idalou.

What is the nearest larger city to Idalou?

Lubbock, TX, with 272,086 residents, 13.7 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.