Texas · Census place 4838860
Kenedy, Texas
Kenedy is a city in Karnes County, Texas with an estimated 3,378 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 468th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,378
- #468 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -3.1%
- -107 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Density
- 766 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Kenedy population, 2020 to 2024
Kenedy lost 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -27.
Kenedy covers 4.41 square miles of land, for 766 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Kenedy is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kenedy is in
All of Kenedy's residents live in Karnes County, which had 15,137 residents in 2024. Kenedy holds 22.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kenedy
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kenedy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78119. 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 Kenedy is
The Census internal point of Kenedy is at 28.808800, -97.853700. Austin, the capital, is 101.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Karnes City, TX (3,620 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 60.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.808800, -97.853700
- DMS
- 28°48'31.68"N 97°51'13.32"W
- UTM
- 14N 611858.4E 3187341.9N
- Geohash
- 9v47vk3p7
- Plus code
- 76W4R45W+GG
Daylight in Kenedy
At 28.81° N, Kenedy 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 Kenedy
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Karnes City, 6.0 miles away, with 3,620 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kenedy, TX?
3,378 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 107 (3.1%) from 3,485 in July 2020.
What county is Kenedy in?
Karnes County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kenedy?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78119.
How far is Kenedy from Austin?
101.5 miles (163.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Kenedy.
What is the nearest larger city to Kenedy?
Karnes City, TX, with 3,620 residents, 6.0 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.