Texas · Census place 4860632
Ranger, Texas
Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas with an estimated 2,343 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 560th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,343
- #560 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +40 people
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- + 0.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 335 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Ranger population, 2020 to 2024
Ranger added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Ranger covers 7.00 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 335 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Ranger is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ranger is in
All of Ranger's residents live in Eastland County, which had 18,290 residents in 2024. Ranger holds 12.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ranger
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ranger by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76470. 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 Ranger is
The Census internal point of Ranger is at 32.469500, -98.675700. Austin, the capital, is 161.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eastland, TX (3,772 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Abilene, TX, 62.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.469500, -98.675700
- DMS
- 32°28'10.20"N 98°40'32.52"W
- UTM
- 14N 530474.8E 3592524.5N
- Geohash
- 9vcbdwfs9
- Plus code
- 8643F89F+RP
Daylight in Ranger
At 32.47° N, Ranger gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ranger
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Eastland, 9.5 miles away, with 3,772 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ranger, TX?
2,343 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (1.7%) from 2,303 in July 2020.
What county is Ranger in?
Eastland County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ranger?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76470.
How far is Ranger from Austin?
161.4 miles (259.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Ranger.
What is the nearest larger city to Ranger?
Eastland, TX, with 3,772 residents, 9.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.