Texas · Census place 4837072

Italy, Texas

Italy is a town in Ellis County, Texas with an estimated 2,130 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 586th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,130; #586 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +8.8%; +172 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi
Density: 1,060 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Italy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Italy population, 2020 to 2024

Italy added 172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.8%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,946. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Italy covers 2.01 square miles of land, for 1,060 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Italy is less dense than the typical town.

What county Italy is in

All of Italy's residents live in Ellis County, which had 232,387 residents in 2024. Italy holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Italy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Italy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 76651. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Italy is

The Census internal point of Italy is at 32.186500, -96.885800. Austin, the capital, is 141.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waxahachie, TX (48,617 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Prairie, TX, 35.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.186500, -96.885800
DMS: 32°11'11.40"N 96°53'8.88"W
UTM: 14N 699311.9E 3563067.5N
Geohash: 9vep573gv
Plus code: 864554P7+JM

Daylight in Italy

At 32.19° N, Italy gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 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 Italy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Waxahachie, 15.1 miles away, with 48,617 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Italy, TX?

2,130 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 172 (8.8%) from 1,958 in July 2020.

What county is Italy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Italy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76651.

How far is Italy from Austin?

141.4 miles (227.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Italy.

What is the nearest larger city to Italy?

Waxahachie, TX, with 48,617 residents, 15.1 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.

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