Texas · Census place 4827648
Friendswood, Texas
Friendswood is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 41,291 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 41,291
- #90 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +264 people
- Land area
- 20.6 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,003 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Friendswood population, 2020 to 2024
Friendswood added 264 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +235. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 285th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Friendswood is 2.7 times that size.
Friendswood covers 20.61 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 2,003 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Friendswood is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties Friendswood spans
Friendswood crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 41,291 residents as follows; Galveston County holds 74.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Galveston County30,684
- 02Harris County10,607
ZIP codes in Friendswood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Friendswood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77546. 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 Friendswood is
The Census internal point of Friendswood is at 29.507700, -95.200600. Austin, the capital, is 161.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is League City, TX (118,456 people), 5.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.507700, -95.200600
- DMS
- 29°30'27.72"N 95°12'2.16"W
- UTM
- 15N 286690.3E 3266254.8N
- Geohash
- 9vhrcetnc
- Plus code
- 76X6GQ5X+3Q
Daylight in Friendswood
At 29.51° N, Friendswood 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 Friendswood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Webster, 5.3 miles away, with 12,548 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Friendswood, TX?
41,291 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 264 (0.6%) from 41,027 in July 2020.
What county is Friendswood in?
It spans 2 counties: Galveston County (30,684 residents), Harris County (10,607 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Friendswood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77546.
How far is Friendswood from Austin?
161.1 miles (259.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Friendswood.
What is the nearest larger city to Friendswood?
League City, TX, with 118,456 residents, 5.7 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.