Texas · Census place 4837528
Jefferson, Texas
Jefferson is a city in Marion County, Texas with an estimated 1,996 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 613th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,996
- #613 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -6 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 449 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Jefferson population, 2020 to 2024
Jefferson lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9.
Jefferson covers 4.45 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 449 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Jefferson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jefferson is in
All of Jefferson's residents live in Marion County, which had 9,704 residents in 2024. Jefferson holds 20.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jefferson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jefferson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75657. 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 Jefferson is
The Census internal point of Jefferson is at 32.763500, -94.350800. Austin, the capital, is 263.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marshall, TX (24,263 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 38.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.763500, -94.350800
- DMS
- 32°45'48.60"N 94°21'2.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 373473.4E 3625876.3N
- Geohash
- 9vufkurv5
- Plus code
- 8647QJ7X+CM
Daylight in Jefferson
At 32.76° N, Jefferson gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Jefferson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Marshall, 15.5 miles away, with 24,263 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jefferson, TX?
1,996 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.3%) from 2,002 in July 2020.
What county is Jefferson in?
Marion County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jefferson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75657.
How far is Jefferson from Austin?
263.5 miles (424.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Jefferson.
What is the nearest larger city to Jefferson?
Marshall, TX, with 24,263 residents, 15.5 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.