Texas · Census place 4841440
La Porte, Texas
La Porte is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 38,046 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 38,046
- #100 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +7.8%
- +2,742 people
- Land area
- 18.6 sq mi
- + 1.30 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,045 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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La Porte population, 2020 to 2024
La Porte added 2,742 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.8%. In the latest year it moved by +556. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 148th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so La Porte is 2.5 times that size.
La Porte covers 18.60 square miles of land and 1.30 of water, for 2,045 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so La Porte is denser than the typical town.
What county La Porte is in
All of La Porte's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. La Porte holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Porte
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Porte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77571. 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 La Porte is
The Census internal point of La Porte is at 29.667400, -95.049100. Austin, the capital, is 166.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pasadena, TX (149,617 people), 6.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.667400, -95.049100
- DMS
- 29°40'2.64"N 95°02'56.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 301691.6E 3283687.2N
- Geohash
- 9vk2v0g35
- Plus code
- 76X6MX82+X9
Daylight in La Porte
At 29.67° N, La Porte gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near La Porte
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Shoreacres, 3.7 miles away, with 1,540 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Porte, TX?
38,046 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,742 (7.8%) from 35,304 in July 2020.
What county is La Porte in?
Harris County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Porte?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77571.
How far is La Porte from Austin?
166.4 miles (267.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from La Porte.
What is the nearest larger city to La Porte?
Pasadena, TX, with 149,617 residents, 6.2 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.