| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 432 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:56 PM |
| Population: | 32,702 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 48227 |
| CBSA: | Big Spring, TX |
| Land Area: | 1,561 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 4 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 32.2801, -101.4457 |
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32,702 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,561 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 35,929 to 32,350 from 2014 to 2024 — a -10.0% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 79511 (Coahoma, $117,578 median) and poorest ZIP 79720 (Big Spring, $68,785) are 21.2 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.6× across this county — from $152,500 in 79720 (Big Spring) to $390,900 in 79748 (Knott).
Density varies 9691× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 79748 (Knott) to 22,622 in 79733 (Forsan).
Educational attainment ranges from 2.1% bachelor's+ in 79721 (Big Spring ) to 26.3% in 79511 (Coahoma) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Texas, this is the #92 most populous of 254 counties and ranks #18 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,815 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
15.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (3,572 of 22,396 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 2 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Howard County lost 9.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: