Texas · Census place 4848768
Mission, Texas
Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas with an estimated 88,574 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 88,574
- #47 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +3.2%
- +2,710 people
- Land area
- 36.3 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,438 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Mission population, 2020 to 2024
Mission added 2,710 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +815. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 209th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Mission is 5.8 times that size.
Mission covers 36.33 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,438 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Mission is denser than the typical town.
What county Mission is in
All of Mission's residents live in Hidalgo County, which had 914,820 residents in 2024. Mission holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mission
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mission by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78572, 78574. 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 Mission is
The Census internal point of Mission is at 26.204100, -98.325200. Austin, the capital, is 283.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McAllen, TX (148,782 people), 5.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.204100, -98.325200
- DMS
- 26°12'14.76"N 98°19'30.72"W
- UTM
- 14N 567416.2E 2898462.3N
- Geohash
- 9udj4d3cb
- Plus code
- 76R36M3F+JW
Daylight in Mission
At 26.20° N, Mission gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mission
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Palmview, 4.0 miles away, with 16,030 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mission, TX?
88,574 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,710 (3.2%) from 85,864 in July 2020.
What county is Mission in?
Hidalgo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mission?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78572, 78574.
How far is Mission from Austin?
283.4 miles (456.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Mission.
What is the nearest larger city to Mission?
McAllen, TX, with 148,782 residents, 5.1 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.