Terrell, Texas

Terrell population, 2020 to 2024

Terrell added 5,140 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +28.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,148. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Terrell is 1.5 times that size.

Terrell covers 33.20 square miles of land and 1.19 of water, for 692 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Terrell is less dense than the typical town.

What county Terrell is in

All of Terrell's residents live in Kaufman County, which had 197,829 residents in 2024. Terrell holds 11.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Terrell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Terrell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75160. 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 Terrell is

The Census internal point of Terrell is at 32.725800, -96.298000. Austin, the capital, is 189.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forney, TX (38,572 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mesquite, TX, 16.8 miles away.

Daylight in Terrell

At 32.73° N, Terrell gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Terrell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Talty, 6.4 miles away, with 3,198 people.