Texas · Census place 4859384

Premont, Texas

Premont is a city in Jim Wells County, Texas with an estimated 2,401 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 548th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,401; #548 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: -2.0%; -49 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 1,421 / sq mi; State median 1,561

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

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Premont population, 2020 to 2024

Premont lost 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,452. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Premont covers 1.69 square miles of land, for 1,421 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Premont is close to the typical town.

What county Premont is in

All of Premont's residents live in Jim Wells County, which had 38,886 residents in 2024. Premont holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Premont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Premont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78375. 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 Premont is

The Census internal point of Premont is at 27.358500, -98.124400. Austin, the capital, is 202.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Falfurrias, TX (4,351 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Corpus Christi, TX, 64.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 27.358500, -98.124400
DMS: 27°21'30.60"N 98°07'27.84"W
UTM: 14N 586597.6E 3026447.5N
Geohash: 9uf5xh7yz
Plus code: 76V39V5G+96

Daylight in Premont

At 27.36° N, Premont gets about 13 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Premont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Falfurrias, 9.4 miles away, with 4,351 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Premont, TX?

2,401 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 49 (2.0%) from 2,450 in July 2020.

What county is Premont in?

Jim Wells County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Premont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78375.

How far is Premont from Austin?

202.8 miles (326.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Premont.

What is the nearest larger city to Premont?

Falfurrias, TX, with 4,351 residents, 9.4 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.