Texas · Census place 4871684

Taft, Texas

Taft is a city in San Patricio County, Texas with an estimated 2,929 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 503rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,929; #503 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +4.5%; +127 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 1,754 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Taft. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Taft population, 2020 to 2024

Taft added 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,798. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Taft covers 1.67 square miles of land, for 1,754 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Taft is denser than the typical town.

What county Taft is in

All of Taft's residents live in San Patricio County, which had 71,467 residents in 2024. Taft holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Taft

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Taft by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78390. 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 Taft is

The Census internal point of Taft is at 27.980000, -97.392800. Austin, the capital, is 159.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portland, TX (20,725 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Corpus Christi, TX, 20.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 27.980000, -97.392800
DMS: 27°58'48.00"N 97°23'34.08"W
UTM: 14N 658064.8E 3096027.2N
Geohash: 9ufxpv8er
Plus code: 76V4XJJ4+2V

Daylight in Taft

At 27.98° N, Taft gets about 13 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Taft

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Portland, 7.3 miles away, with 20,725 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Taft, TX?

2,929 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 127 (4.5%) from 2,802 in July 2020.

What county is Taft in?

San Patricio County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Taft?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78390.

How far is Taft from Austin?

159.9 miles (257.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Taft.

What is the nearest larger city to Taft?

Portland, TX, with 20,725 residents, 7.3 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.