Texas · Census place 4848096

Midlothian, Texas

Midlothian is a city in Ellis County, Texas with an estimated 44,104 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
44,104
#85 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+24.1%
+8,559 people
Land area
63.7 sq mi
+ 0.73 sq mi water
Density
692 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Midlothian. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Midlothian population, 2020 to 2024

Midlothian added 8,559 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +24.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2,633. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Midlothian is 2.9 times that size.

35.5k202037.1k202138.7k202241.5k202344.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 35,134. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Midlothian covers 63.73 square miles of land and 0.73 of water, for 692 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Midlothian is less dense than the typical town.

What county Midlothian is in

All of Midlothian's residents live in Ellis County, which had 232,387 residents in 2024. Midlothian holds 19.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Midlothian

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Midlothian by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76065. 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 Midlothian is

The Census internal point of Midlothian is at 32.469400, -96.990700. Austin, the capital, is 158.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedar Hill, TX (49,618 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Prairie, TX, 15.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.469400, -96.990700
DMS
32°28'9.84"N 96°59'26.52"W
UTM
14N 688832.4E 3594245.1N
Geohash
9vg08yveb
Plus code
8645F295+QP

Daylight in Midlothian

At 32.47° N, Midlothian 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 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Midlothian

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Venus, 7.2 miles away, with 8,209 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Midlothian, TX?

44,104 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,559 (24.1%) from 35,545 in July 2020.

What county is Midlothian in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Midlothian?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76065.

How far is Midlothian from Austin?

158.0 miles (254.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Midlothian.

What is the nearest larger city to Midlothian?

Cedar Hill, TX, with 49,618 residents, 8.1 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.