Texas · Census place 4871492
Sweeny, Texas
Sweeny is a city in Brazoria County, Texas with an estimated 3,602 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 455th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,602
- #455 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -11 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,810 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Sweeny population, 2020 to 2024
Sweeny lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +18.
Sweeny covers 1.99 square miles of land, for 1,810 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Sweeny is denser than the typical town.
What county Sweeny is in
All of Sweeny's residents live in Brazoria County, which had 413,224 residents in 2024. Sweeny holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sweeny
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sweeny by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77480. 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 Sweeny is
The Census internal point of Sweeny is at 29.046400, -95.698500. Austin, the capital, is 149.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Columbia, TX (3,649 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sugar Land, TX, 38.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.046400, -95.698500
- DMS
- 29°02'47.04"N 95°41'54.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 237232.0E 3216132.1N
- Geohash
- 9v5vnrdrx
- Plus code
- 76X628W2+HJ
Daylight in Sweeny
At 29.05° N, Sweeny gets about 14 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sweeny
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is West Columbia, 7.2 miles away, with 3,649 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sweeny, TX?
3,602 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.3%) from 3,613 in July 2020.
What county is Sweeny in?
Brazoria County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sweeny?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77480.
How far is Sweeny from Austin?
149.1 miles (239.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Sweeny.
What is the nearest larger city to Sweeny?
West Columbia, TX, with 3,649 residents, 7.2 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.