Texas · Census place 4830464
Grand Prairie, Texas
Grand Prairie is a city in 3 counties of Texas with an estimated 207,331 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 207,331
- #16 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +5.7%
- +11,130 people
- Land area
- 72.4 sq mi
- + 8.90 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,863 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Grand Prairie population, 2020 to 2024
Grand Prairie added 11,130 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.7%. In the latest year it moved by +3,264. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 171st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Grand Prairie is 13.5 times that size.
Grand Prairie covers 72.42 square miles of land and 8.90 of water, for 2,863 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Grand Prairie is denser than the typical town.
The 3 counties Grand Prairie spans
Grand Prairie crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 207,331 residents as follows; Dallas County holds 63.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Dallas County131,610
- 02Tarrant County75,695
- 03Ellis County26
ZIP codes in Grand Prairie
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Grand Prairie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75050, 75051, 75052, 75054. 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 Grand Prairie is
The Census internal point of Grand Prairie is at 32.686100, -97.020800. Austin, the capital, is 172.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arlington, TX (403,672 people), 6.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 160 m (525 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.686100, -97.020800
- DMS
- 32°41'9.96"N 97°01'14.88"W
- UTM
- 14N 685556.0E 3618220.0N
- Geohash
- 9vg1bnrd7
- Plus code
- 8644MXPH+CM
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Grand Prairie
At 32.69° N, Grand Prairie gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 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 Grand Prairie daylight page.
Places near Grand Prairie
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Arlington, 6.1 miles away, with 403,672 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grand Prairie, TX?
207,331 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11,130 (5.7%) from 196,201 in July 2020.
What county is Grand Prairie in?
It spans 3 counties: Dallas County (131,610 residents), Tarrant County (75,695 residents), Ellis County (26 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Grand Prairie?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75050, 75051, 75052, 75054.
How far is Grand Prairie from Austin?
172.0 miles (276.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Grand Prairie.
What is the nearest larger city to Grand Prairie?
Arlington, TX, with 403,672 residents, 6.2 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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