Texas · Census place 4859084

Poteet, Texas

Poteet is a city in Atascosa County, Texas with an estimated 3,005 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 494th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,005; #494 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +7.1%; +200 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 1,737 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Poteet. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Poteet population, 2020 to 2024

Poteet added 200 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.1%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,796. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Poteet covers 1.73 square miles of land, for 1,737 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Poteet is denser than the typical town.

What county Poteet is in

All of Poteet's residents live in Atascosa County, which had 52,783 residents in 2024. Poteet holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poteet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Poteet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78065. 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 Poteet is

The Census internal point of Poteet is at 29.037300, -98.572800. Austin, the capital, is 99.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pleasanton, TX (11,409 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 29.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 29.037300, -98.572800
DMS: 29°02'14.28"N 98°34'22.08"W
UTM: 14N 541594.5E 3212193.4N
Geohash: 9v1vhyj6x
Plus code: 76X32CPG+WV

Daylight in Poteet

At 29.04° N, Poteet gets about 14 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Poteet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasanton, 6.9 miles away, with 11,409 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Poteet, TX?

3,005 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 200 (7.1%) from 2,805 in July 2020.

What county is Poteet in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Poteet?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78065.

How far is Poteet from Austin?

99.0 miles (159.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Poteet.

What is the nearest larger city to Poteet?

Pleasanton, TX, with 11,409 residents, 6.9 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.

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