Texas · Census place 4862138

Rio Bravo, Texas

Rio Bravo is a city in Webb County, Texas with an estimated 4,436 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 408th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,436
#408 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-127 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
6,825 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Rio Bravo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Rio Bravo population, 2020 to 2024

Rio Bravo lost 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -23.

4,56320204,50820214,46320224,45920234,4362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,573. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rio Bravo covers 0.65 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 6,825 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Rio Bravo is denser than the typical town.

What county Rio Bravo is in

All of Rio Bravo's residents live in Webb County, which had 272,823 residents in 2024. Rio Bravo holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rio Bravo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rio Bravo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78046. 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 Rio Bravo is

The Census internal point of Rio Bravo is at 27.364700, -99.484500. Austin, the capital, is 227.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Laredo, TX (261,260 people), 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.364700, -99.484500
DMS
27°21'52.92"N 99°29'4.20"W
UTM
14N 452086.0E 3026923.3N
Geohash
9uc78jtdg
Plus code
76V29G78+V5

Daylight in Rio Bravo

At 27.36° N, Rio Bravo 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 Rio Bravo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is El Cenizo, 2.5 miles away, with 2,433 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rio Bravo, TX?

4,436 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 127 (2.8%) from 4,563 in July 2020.

What county is Rio Bravo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rio Bravo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78046.

How far is Rio Bravo from Austin?

227.1 miles (365.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Rio Bravo.

What is the nearest larger city to Rio Bravo?

Laredo, TX, with 261,260 residents, 13.5 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.

  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.