Odessa, Texas

Odessa population, 2020 to 2024

Odessa added 4,814 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3,346. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 198th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Odessa is 7.8 times that size.

Odessa covers 52.05 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 2,301 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Odessa is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Odessa spans

Odessa crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 119,748 residents as follows; Ector County holds 96.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Odessa

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Odessa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79761, 79762, 79763, 79765. 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 Odessa is

The Census internal point of Odessa is at 31.880500, -102.345300. Austin, the capital, is 294.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Midland, TX (143,687 people), 16.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 897 m (2,943 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Odessa

At 31.88° N, Odessa gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Odessa daylight page.

Places near Odessa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Midland, 16.8 miles away, with 143,687 people.