Texas · Census place 4846224

Malakoff, Texas

Malakoff is a city in Henderson County, Texas with an estimated 2,257 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 571st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,257
#571 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+68 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
786 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Malakoff. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Malakoff population, 2020 to 2024

Malakoff added 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

2,18920202,21820212,26720222,25120232,2572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,186. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Malakoff covers 2.87 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 786 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Malakoff is less dense than the typical town.

What county Malakoff is in

All of Malakoff's residents live in Henderson County, which had 87,467 residents in 2024. Malakoff holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Malakoff

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Malakoff by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75148. 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 Malakoff is

The Census internal point of Malakoff is at 32.173300, -96.021000. Austin, the capital, is 165.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Athens, TX (13,575 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 42.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.173300, -96.021000
DMS
32°10'23.88"N 96°01'15.60"W
UTM
14N 780907.1E 3563535.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86455XFH+8H

Daylight in Malakoff

At 32.17° N, Malakoff gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Malakoff

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Eustace, 9.3 miles away, with 1,153 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Malakoff, TX?

2,257 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 68 (3.1%) from 2,189 in July 2020.

What county is Malakoff in?

Henderson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Malakoff?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75148.

How far is Malakoff from Austin?

165.9 miles (267.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Malakoff.

What is the nearest larger city to Malakoff?

Athens, TX, with 13,575 residents, 11.3 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.