Texas · Census place 4865408
Sanger, Texas
Sanger is a city in Denton County, Texas with an estimated 10,142 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 250th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,142
- #250 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +13.6%
- +1,211 people
- Land area
- 11.8 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 862 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Sanger population, 2020 to 2024
Sanger added 1,211 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.6%. In the latest year it moved by +243. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Sanger is 66% of it.
Sanger covers 11.76 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 862 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Sanger is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sanger is in
All of Sanger's residents live in Denton County, which had 1,045,120 residents in 2024. Sanger holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sanger
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sanger by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76266. 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 Sanger is
The Census internal point of Sanger is at 33.382100, -97.165400. Austin, the capital, is 217.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Denton, TX (165,998 people), 11.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.382100, -97.165400
- DMS
- 33°22'55.56"N 97°09'55.44"W
- UTM
- 14N 670649.8E 3695151.4N
- Geohash
- 9vfvuvn2f
- Plus code
- 86549RJM+RR
Daylight in Sanger
At 33.38° N, Sanger gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sanger
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Krum, 8.8 miles away, with 6,799 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sanger, TX?
10,142 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,211 (13.6%) from 8,931 in July 2020.
What county is Sanger in?
Denton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sanger?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76266.
How far is Sanger from Austin?
217.4 miles (349.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sanger.
What is the nearest larger city to Sanger?
Denton, TX, with 165,998 residents, 11.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.