Texas · Census place 4863284

Rosenberg, Texas

Rosenberg is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas with an estimated 42,571 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
42,571
#88 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+10.6%
+4,077 people
Land area
37.6 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
1,131 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Rosenberg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Rosenberg population, 2020 to 2024

Rosenberg added 4,077 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.6%. In the latest year it moved by +878. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 119th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Rosenberg is 2.8 times that size.

38.5k202039.6k202140.9k202241.7k202342.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 38,252. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rosenberg covers 37.64 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,131 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Rosenberg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rosenberg is in

All of Rosenberg's residents live in Fort Bend County, which had 958,434 residents in 2024. Rosenberg holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rosenberg

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rosenberg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77469, 77471. 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 Rosenberg is

The Census internal point of Rosenberg is at 29.550000, -95.821400. Austin, the capital, is 125.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fulshear, TX (54,629 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sugar Land, TX, 11.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.550000, -95.821400
DMS
29°33'0.00"N 95°49'17.04"W
UTM
15N 226606.0E 3272244.9N
Geohash
9v7b5e2vp
Plus code
76X6H52H+2C

Daylight in Rosenberg

At 29.55° N, Rosenberg gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rosenberg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Richmond, 4.2 miles away, with 13,305 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rosenberg, TX?

42,571 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,077 (10.6%) from 38,494 in July 2020.

What county is Rosenberg in?

Fort Bend County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rosenberg?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77469, 77471.

How far is Rosenberg from Austin?

125.3 miles (201.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Rosenberg.

What is the nearest larger city to Rosenberg?

Fulshear, TX, with 54,629 residents, 10.6 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.