Texas · Census place 4843888

Longview, Texas

Longview is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 83,668 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
83,668
#50 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+1,897 people
Land area
56.2 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
1,488 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Longview. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Longview population, 2020 to 2024

Longview added 1,897 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +147. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 234th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Longview is 5.5 times that size.

81.8k202081.7k202182.7k202283.5k202383.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 81,765. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Longview covers 56.23 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,488 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Longview is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Longview spans

Longview crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 83,668 residents as follows; Gregg County holds 97.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Gregg County81,248
  2. 02Harrison County2,420
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Longview

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Longview by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75601, 75602, 75604, 75605. 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 Longview is

The Census internal point of Longview is at 32.520200, -94.761100. Austin, the capital, is 234.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tyler, TX (112,219 people), 34.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.520200, -94.761100
DMS
32°31'12.72"N 94°45'39.96"W
UTM
15N 334589.6E 3599465.2N
Geohash
9vu958j5f
Plus code
8647G6CQ+3H

Daylight in Longview

At 32.52° N, Longview gets about 14 h 17 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 Longview

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is White Oak, 5.4 miles away, with 6,241 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Longview, TX?

83,668 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,897 (2.3%) from 81,771 in July 2020.

What county is Longview in?

It spans 2 counties: Gregg County (81,248 residents), Harrison County (2,420 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Longview?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75601, 75602, 75604, 75605.

How far is Longview from Austin?

234.4 miles (377.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Longview.

What is the nearest larger city to Longview?

Tyler, TX, with 112,219 residents, 34.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.