Texas · Census place 4839928
Krum, Texas
Krum is a city in Denton County, Texas with an estimated 6,799 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 322nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,799
- #322 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +21.5%
- +1,205 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,266 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Krum population, 2020 to 2024
Krum added 1,205 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.5%. In the latest year it moved by +213. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 69th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Krum is 44% of it.
Krum covers 3.00 square miles of land, for 2,266 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Krum is denser than the typical town.
What county Krum is in
All of Krum's residents live in Denton County, which had 1,045,120 residents in 2024. Krum holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Krum
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Krum by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76249. 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 Krum is
The Census internal point of Krum is at 33.265000, -97.224900. Austin, the capital, is 208.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Denton, TX (165,998 people), 5.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.265000, -97.224900
- DMS
- 33°15'54.00"N 97°13'29.64"W
- UTM
- 14N 665335.6E 3682070.6N
- Geohash
- 9vfv5xdyx
- Plus code
- 86547Q8G+22
Daylight in Krum
At 33.27° N, Krum gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Krum
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Denton, 5.8 miles away, with 165,998 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Krum, TX?
6,799 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,205 (21.5%) from 5,594 in July 2020.
What county is Krum in?
Denton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Krum?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76249.
How far is Krum from Austin?
208.9 miles (336.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Krum.
What is the nearest larger city to Krum?
Denton, TX, with 165,998 residents, 5.8 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.