Texas · Census place 4868636
Socorro, Texas
Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas with an estimated 38,642 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 97th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 38,642
- #97 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +11.6%
- +4,004 people
- Land area
- 22.1 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,752 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Socorro population, 2020 to 2024
Socorro added 4,004 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.6%. In the latest year it moved by +308. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Socorro is 2.5 times that size.
Socorro covers 22.05 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,752 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Socorro is denser than the typical town.
What county Socorro is in
All of Socorro's residents live in El Paso County, which had 875,784 residents in 2024. Socorro 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 Socorro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Socorro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79927. 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 Socorro is
The Census internal point of Socorro is at 31.638500, -106.257400. Austin, the capital, is 513.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Paso, TX (681,723 people), 17.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.638500, -106.257400
- DMS
- 31°38'18.60"N 106°15'26.64"W
- UTM
- 13N 380763.9E 3501053.7N
- Geohash
- 9ts7yp9ex
- Plus code
- 853MJPQV+C2
Daylight in Socorro
At 31.64° N, Socorro gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Socorro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clint, 3.7 miles away, with 1,069 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Socorro, TX?
38,642 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,004 (11.6%) from 34,638 in July 2020.
What county is Socorro in?
El Paso County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Socorro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79927.
How far is Socorro from Austin?
513.3 miles (826.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Socorro.
What is the nearest larger city to Socorro?
El Paso, TX, with 681,723 residents, 17.7 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.