Texas · Census place 4829000
Garland, Texas
Garland is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 250,431 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 250,431
- #13 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +4,039 people
- Land area
- 56.9 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,404 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Garland population, 2020 to 2024
Garland added 4,039 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +4,148. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 249th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Garland is 16.3 times that size.
Garland covers 56.86 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 4,404 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Garland is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties Garland spans
Garland crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 250,431 residents as follows; Dallas County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Dallas County250,266
- 02Collin County165
ZIP codes in Garland
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Garland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75040, 75041, 75042, 75043, 75044. 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 Garland is
The Census internal point of Garland is at 32.909800, -96.630300. Austin, the capital, is 193.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dallas, TX (1,326,087 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richardson, TX, 6.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 162 m (531 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.909800, -96.630300
- DMS
- 32°54'35.28"N 96°37'49.08"W
- UTM
- 14N 721618.6E 3643778.3N
- Geohash
- 9vg71p5cq
- Plus code
- 8645W959+WV
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Garland
At 32.91° N, Garland gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Garland daylight page.
Places near Garland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Rowlett, 4.8 miles away, with 68,123 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Garland, TX?
250,431 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,039 (1.6%) from 246,392 in July 2020.
What county is Garland in?
It spans 2 counties: Dallas County (250,266 residents), Collin County (165 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Garland?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75040, 75041, 75042, 75043, 75044.
How far is Garland from Austin?
193.5 miles (311.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Garland.
What is the nearest larger city to Garland?
Dallas, TX, with 1,326,087 residents, 11.3 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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