Texas · Census place 4871708
Tahoka, Texas
Tahoka is a city in Lynn County, Texas with an estimated 2,507 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 536th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,507
- #536 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +5.4%
- +128 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,053 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Tahoka population, 2020 to 2024
Tahoka added 128 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +56.
Tahoka covers 2.38 square miles of land, for 1,053 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Tahoka is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tahoka is in
All of Tahoka's residents live in Lynn County, which had 5,952 residents in 2024. Tahoka holds 42.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tahoka
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tahoka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79373. 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 Tahoka is
The Census internal point of Tahoka is at 33.163800, -101.795100. Austin, the capital, is 310.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Slaton, TX (5,698 people), 21.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 28.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.163800, -101.795100
- DMS
- 33°09'49.68"N 101°47'42.36"W
- UTM
- 14N 239335.1E 3672925.8N
- Geohash
- 9tzset714
- Plus code
- 855W5673+GX
Daylight in Tahoka
At 33.16° N, Tahoka gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tahoka
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Slaton, 21.2 miles away, with 5,698 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tahoka, TX?
2,507 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 128 (5.4%) from 2,379 in July 2020.
What county is Tahoka in?
Lynn County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tahoka?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79373.
How far is Tahoka from Austin?
310.9 miles (500.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Tahoka.
What is the nearest larger city to Tahoka?
Slaton, TX, with 5,698 residents, 21.2 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.