Texas · Census place 4820344
Dickinson, Texas
Dickinson is a city in Galveston County, Texas with an estimated 21,941 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 145th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 21,941
- #145 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +2.2%
- +473 people
- Land area
- 10.0 sq mi
- + 0.43 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,201 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Dickinson population, 2020 to 2024
Dickinson added 473 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +76. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 238th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Dickinson is 1.4 times that size.
Dickinson covers 9.97 square miles of land and 0.43 of water, for 2,201 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Dickinson is denser than the typical town.
What county Dickinson is in
All of Dickinson's residents live in Galveston County, which had 367,407 residents in 2024. Dickinson holds 6.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Dickinson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dickinson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77539. 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 Dickinson is
The Census internal point of Dickinson is at 29.451700, -95.056200. Austin, the capital, is 170.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is League City, TX (118,456 people), 4.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.451700, -95.056200
- DMS
- 29°27'6.12"N 95°03'22.32"W
- UTM
- 15N 300580.9E 3259791.7N
- Geohash
- 9vhrscw0w
- Plus code
- 76X6FW2V+MG
Daylight in Dickinson
At 29.45° N, Dickinson gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Dickinson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is League City, 4.1 miles away, with 118,456 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Dickinson, TX?
21,941 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 473 (2.2%) from 21,468 in July 2020.
What county is Dickinson in?
Galveston County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Dickinson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77539.
How far is Dickinson from Austin?
170.5 miles (274.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Dickinson.
What is the nearest larger city to Dickinson?
League City, TX, with 118,456 residents, 4.2 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.