Texas · Census place 4838452
Karnes City, Texas
Karnes City is a city in Karnes County, Texas with an estimated 3,620 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 451st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,620
- #451 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +29 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,560 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Karnes City population, 2020 to 2024
Karnes City added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Karnes City covers 2.32 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,560 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Karnes City is close to the typical town.
What county Karnes City is in
All of Karnes City's residents live in Karnes County, which had 15,137 residents in 2024. Karnes City holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Karnes City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Karnes City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78118. 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 Karnes City is
The Census internal point of Karnes City is at 28.885400, -97.900500. Austin, the capital, is 96.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Floresville, TX (8,738 people), 24.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 54.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.885400, -97.900500
- DMS
- 28°53'7.44"N 97°54'1.80"W
- UTM
- 14N 607212.7E 3195786.0N
- Geohash
- 9v4kk4rj9
- Plus code
- 76W4V3PX+5R
Daylight in Karnes City
At 28.89° N, Karnes City gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Karnes City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kenedy, 6.0 miles away, with 3,378 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Karnes City, TX?
3,620 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (0.8%) from 3,591 in July 2020.
What county is Karnes City in?
Karnes County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Karnes City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78118.
How far is Karnes City from Austin?
96.4 miles (155.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Karnes City.
What is the nearest larger city to Karnes City?
Floresville, TX, with 8,738 residents, 24.1 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.
- 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.