Texas · Census place 4865180

San Diego, Texas

San Diego is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 3,620 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 452nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,620
#452 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-126 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,905 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: San Diego. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

San Diego population, 2020 to 2024

San Diego lost 126 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

3,74620203,72020213,65820223,63120233,6202024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,752. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

San Diego covers 1.90 square miles of land, for 1,905 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so San Diego is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties San Diego spans

San Diego crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,620 residents as follows; Duval County holds 79.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Duval County2,861
  2. 02Jim Wells County759
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in San Diego

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps San Diego by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78384. 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 San Diego is

The Census internal point of San Diego is at 27.760900, -98.238900. Austin, the capital, is 176.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alice, TX (17,595 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Corpus Christi, TX, 65.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
27.760900, -98.238900
DMS
27°45'39.24"N 98°14'20.04"W
UTM
14N 574999.1E 3070948.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
76V3QQ66+9C

Daylight in San Diego

At 27.76° N, San Diego gets about 13 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near San Diego

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Alice, 10.6 miles away, with 17,595 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of San Diego, TX?

3,620 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 126 (3.4%) from 3,746 in July 2020.

What county is San Diego in?

It spans 2 counties: Duval County (2,861 residents), Jim Wells County (759 residents).

What ZIP codes cover San Diego?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78384.

How far is San Diego from Austin?

176.2 miles (283.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from San Diego.

What is the nearest larger city to San Diego?

Alice, TX, with 17,595 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.