Texas · Census place 4862588

Robinson, Texas

Robinson is a city in McLennan County, Texas with an estimated 12,986 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 212th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,986
#212 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.2%
+522 people
Land area
30.6 sq mi
+ 0.33 sq mi water
Density
424 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Robinson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Robinson population, 2020 to 2024

Robinson added 522 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 199th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Robinson is 85% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,430. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Robinson covers 30.63 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 424 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Robinson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Robinson is in

All of Robinson's residents live in McLennan County, which had 270,358 residents in 2024. Robinson holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Robinson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Robinson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76655, 76706. 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 Robinson is

The Census internal point of Robinson is at 31.451500, -97.122900. Austin, the capital, is 89.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hewitt, TX (16,749 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 8.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.451500, -97.122900
DMS
31°27'5.40"N 97°07'22.44"W
UTM
14N 678364.1E 3481166.1N
Geohash
9vdfvvt62
Plus code
8634FV2G+JR

Daylight in Robinson

At 31.45° N, Robinson gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Robinson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hewitt, 4.1 miles away, with 16,749 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Robinson, TX?

12,986 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 522 (4.2%) from 12,464 in July 2020.

What county is Robinson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Robinson?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 76655, 76706.

How far is Robinson from Austin?

89.2 miles (143.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Robinson.

What is the nearest larger city to Robinson?

Hewitt, TX, with 16,749 residents, 4.2 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.