Texas · Census place 4880296

Wortham, Texas

Wortham is a town in Freestone County, Texas with an estimated 1,034 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 795th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,034; #795 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +4.7%; +46 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi
Density: 520 / sq mi; State median 1,561

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

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Wortham population, 2020 to 2024

Wortham added 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 989. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wortham covers 1.99 square miles of land, for 520 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Wortham is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wortham is in

All of Wortham's residents live in Freestone County, which had 20,645 residents in 2024. Wortham holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wortham

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wortham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 76693. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wortham is

The Census internal point of Wortham is at 31.790200, -96.461600. Austin, the capital, is 129.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mexia, TX (6,916 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 45.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 31.790200, -96.461600
DMS: 31°47'24.72"N 96°27'41.76"W
UTM: 14N 740345.0E 3519987.2N
Geohash: 9vekugnz3
Plus code: 8635QGRQ+39

Daylight in Wortham

At 31.79° N, Wortham gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wortham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mexia, 7.7 miles away, with 6,916 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wortham, TX?

1,034 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 46 (4.7%) from 988 in July 2020.

What county is Wortham in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wortham?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76693.

How far is Wortham from Austin?

129.2 miles (208.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Wortham.

What is the nearest larger city to Wortham?

Mexia, TX, with 6,916 residents, 7.6 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.