Texas · Census place 4867160
Shamrock, Texas
Shamrock is a city in Wheeler County, Texas with an estimated 1,717 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 656th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,717
- #656 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -4.0%
- -72 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 838 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Shamrock population, 2020 to 2024
Shamrock lost 72 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
Shamrock covers 2.05 square miles of land, for 838 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Shamrock is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shamrock is in
All of Shamrock's residents live in Wheeler County, which had 4,824 residents in 2024. Shamrock holds 35.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shamrock
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shamrock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79079. 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 Shamrock is
The Census internal point of Shamrock is at 35.215400, -100.246100. Austin, the capital, is 371.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wellington, TX (1,857 people), 25.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 89.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.215400, -100.246100
- DMS
- 35°12'55.44"N 100°14'45.96"W
- UTM
- 14N 386587.1E 3897641.8N
- Geohash
- 9y28qfg08
- Plus code
- 857X6Q83+5H
Daylight in Shamrock
At 35.22° N, Shamrock gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shamrock
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wheeler, 15.7 miles away, with 1,449 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shamrock, TX?
1,717 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 72 (4.0%) from 1,789 in July 2020.
What county is Shamrock in?
Wheeler County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shamrock?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79079.
How far is Shamrock from Austin?
371.1 miles (597.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Shamrock.
What is the nearest larger city to Shamrock?
Wellington, TX, with 1,857 residents, 25.0 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.