Texas · Census place 4859096

Poth, Texas

Poth is a town in Wilson County, Texas with an estimated 1,992 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 614th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,992
#614 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+9.3%
+169 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
628 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Poth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Poth population, 2020 to 2024

Poth added 169 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.3%. In the latest year it moved by +22.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,812. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Poth covers 3.17 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 628 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Poth is less dense than the typical town.

What county Poth is in

All of Poth's residents live in Wilson County, which had 55,415 residents in 2024. Poth holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Poth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 78147. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Poth is

The Census internal point of Poth is at 29.072100, -98.080600. Austin, the capital, is 85.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Floresville, TX (8,738 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 38.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.072100, -98.080600
DMS
29°04'19.56"N 98°04'50.16"W
UTM
14N 589489.3E 3216322.6N
Geohash
9v4m2h7vk
Plus code
76X33WC9+RQ

Daylight in Poth

At 29.07° N, Poth 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 Poth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Floresville, 7.3 miles away, with 8,738 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Poth, TX?

1,992 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 169 (9.3%) from 1,823 in July 2020.

What county is Poth in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Poth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78147.

How far is Poth from Austin?

85.5 miles (137.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Poth.

What is the nearest larger city to Poth?

Floresville, TX, with 8,738 residents, 7.3 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.