Texas · Census place 4848804
Missouri City, Texas
Missouri City is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 78,582 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 78,582
- #54 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +5.6%
- +4,142 people
- Land area
- 29.0 sq mi
- + 1.38 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,708 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Missouri City population, 2020 to 2024
Missouri City added 4,142 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by +892. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 174th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Missouri City is 5.1 times that size.
Missouri City covers 29.02 square miles of land and 1.38 of water, for 2,708 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Missouri City is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties Missouri City spans
Missouri City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 78,582 residents as follows; Fort Bend County holds 92.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Fort Bend County72,516
- 02Harris County6,066
ZIP codes in Missouri City
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Missouri City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77071, 77459, 77489, 77545. 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 Missouri City is
The Census internal point of Missouri City is at 29.562900, -95.536000. Austin, the capital, is 140.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sugar Land, TX (109,851 people), 6.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.562900, -95.536000
- DMS
- 29°33'46.44"N 95°32'9.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 254302.4E 3273036.6N
- Geohash
- 9vk04jbb3
- Plus code
- 76X6HF77+5J
Daylight in Missouri City
At 29.56° N, Missouri City gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Missouri City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Stafford, 4.7 miles away, with 17,555 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Missouri City, TX?
78,582 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,142 (5.6%) from 74,440 in July 2020.
What county is Missouri City in?
It spans 2 counties: Fort Bend County (72,516 residents), Harris County (6,066 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Missouri City?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77071, 77459, 77489, 77545.
How far is Missouri City from Austin?
140.8 miles (226.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Missouri City.
What is the nearest larger city to Missouri City?
Sugar Land, TX, with 109,851 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.