Texas · Census place 4874588

Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde is a city in Uvalde County, Texas with an estimated 15,589 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 191st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,589
#191 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.4%
+363 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
Density
2,027 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Uvalde. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Uvalde population, 2020 to 2024

Uvalde added 363 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +78. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 232nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Uvalde is 1.0 times that size.

15.2k202015.4k202115.4k202215.5k202315.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,223. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Uvalde covers 7.69 square miles of land, for 2,027 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Uvalde is denser than the typical town.

What county Uvalde is in

All of Uvalde's residents live in Uvalde County, which had 25,138 residents in 2024. Uvalde holds 62.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Uvalde

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Uvalde by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78801. 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 Uvalde is

The Census internal point of Uvalde is at 29.215200, -99.777200. Austin, the capital, is 142.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eagle Pass, TX (28,768 people), 55.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 77.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.215200, -99.777200
DMS
29°12'54.72"N 99°46'37.92"W
UTM
14N 424456.9E 3232078.4N
Geohash
9v1n1w2qy
Plus code
76X2668F+34

Daylight in Uvalde

At 29.22° N, Uvalde gets about 14 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Uvalde

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sabinal, 19.9 miles away, with 1,383 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Uvalde, TX?

15,589 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 363 (2.4%) from 15,226 in July 2020.

What county is Uvalde in?

Uvalde County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Uvalde?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78801.

How far is Uvalde from Austin?

142.4 miles (229.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Uvalde.

What is the nearest larger city to Uvalde?

Eagle Pass, TX, with 28,768 residents, 55.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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