Texas · Census place 4854912

Pampa, Texas

Pampa is a city in Gray County, Texas with an estimated 16,487 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 181st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,487
#181 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-356 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
Density
1,828 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Pampa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Pampa population, 2020 to 2024

Pampa lost 356 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -121. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 355th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Pampa is 1.1 times that size.

16.8k202016.7k202116.6k202216.6k202316.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,870. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pampa covers 9.02 square miles of land, for 1,828 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Pampa is denser than the typical town.

What county Pampa is in

All of Pampa's residents live in Gray County, which had 20,888 residents in 2024. Pampa holds 78.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pampa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pampa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79065. 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 Pampa is

The Census internal point of Pampa is at 35.547900, -100.965000. Austin, the capital, is 409.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amarillo, TX (203,729 people), 54.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.547900, -100.965000
DMS
35°32'52.44"N 100°57'54.00"W
UTM
14N 321882.5E 3935582.0N
Geohash
9y24nrr98
Plus code
857XG2XM+5X

Daylight in Pampa

At 35.55° N, Pampa gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pampa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is White Deer, 14.3 miles away, with 1,037 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pampa, TX?

16,487 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 356 (2.1%) from 16,843 in July 2020.

What county is Pampa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pampa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79065.

How far is Pampa from Austin?

409.5 miles (659.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Pampa.

What is the nearest larger city to Pampa?

Amarillo, TX, with 203,729 residents, 54.6 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.