Texas · Census place 4863176

Roscoe, Texas

Roscoe is a city in Nolan County, Texas with an estimated 1,209 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 760th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,209
#760 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-53 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
375 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Roscoe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Roscoe population, 2020 to 2024

Roscoe lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,263. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roscoe covers 3.22 square miles of land, for 375 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Roscoe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Roscoe is in

All of Roscoe's residents live in Nolan County, which had 14,182 residents in 2024. Roscoe holds 8.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roscoe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roscoe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79545. 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 Roscoe is

The Census internal point of Roscoe is at 32.441900, -100.532200. Austin, the capital, is 222.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sweetwater, TX (10,196 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Abilene, TX, 46.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.441900, -100.532200
DMS
32°26'30.84"N 100°31'55.92"W
UTM
14N 355966.6E 3590452.0N
Geohash
9vb883fev
Plus code
854XCFR9+Q4

Daylight in Roscoe

At 32.44° N, Roscoe 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 Roscoe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sweetwater, 7.4 miles away, with 10,196 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roscoe, TX?

1,209 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (4.2%) from 1,262 in July 2020.

What county is Roscoe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roscoe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79545.

How far is Roscoe from Austin?

222.6 miles (358.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Roscoe.

What is the nearest larger city to Roscoe?

Sweetwater, TX, with 10,196 residents, 7.5 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.