Kaufman, Texas

Kaufman population, 2020 to 2024

Kaufman added 2,393 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +32.4%. In the latest year it moved by +527. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Kaufman is 64% of it.

Kaufman covers 9.74 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,005 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Kaufman is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kaufman is in

All of Kaufman's residents live in Kaufman County, which had 197,829 residents in 2024. Kaufman holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kaufman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kaufman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75142. 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 Kaufman is

The Census internal point of Kaufman is at 32.577200, -96.313700. Austin, the capital, is 180.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Terrell, TX (22,977 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mesquite, TX, 20.1 miles away.

Daylight in Kaufman

At 32.58° N, Kaufman gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kaufman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Ridge, 4.3 miles away, with 1,475 people.