Texas · Census place 4837216
Jacksonville, Texas
Jacksonville is a city in Cherokee County, Texas with an estimated 14,639 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 14,639
- #199 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +4.3%
- +609 people
- Land area
- 15.2 sq mi
- + 1.98 sq mi water
- Density
- 966 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Jacksonville population, 2020 to 2024
Jacksonville added 609 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +133. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 194th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Jacksonville is 95% of it.
Jacksonville covers 15.15 square miles of land and 1.98 of water, for 966 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Jacksonville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jacksonville is in
All of Jacksonville's residents live in Cherokee County, which had 53,223 residents in 2024. Jacksonville holds 27.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jacksonville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jacksonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75766. 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 Jacksonville is
The Census internal point of Jacksonville is at 31.959500, -95.265700. Austin, the capital, is 187.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tyler, TX (112,219 people), 24.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.959500, -95.265700
- DMS
- 31°57'34.20"N 95°15'56.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 285873.8E 3538188.3N
- Geohash
- 9vsmb4j9s
- Plus code
- 8636XP5M+QP
Daylight in Jacksonville
At 31.96° N, Jacksonville gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Jacksonville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Rusk, 13.1 miles away, with 5,553 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jacksonville, TX?
14,639 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 609 (4.3%) from 14,030 in July 2020.
What county is Jacksonville in?
Cherokee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jacksonville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75766.
How far is Jacksonville from Austin?
187.0 miles (301.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Jacksonville.
What is the nearest larger city to Jacksonville?
Tyler, TX, with 112,219 residents, 24.9 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.