Texas · Census place 4856000
Pasadena, Texas
Pasadena is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 149,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 22nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 149,617
- #22 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -1,832 people
- Land area
- 43.7 sq mi
- + 1.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,425 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Pasadena population, 2020 to 2024
Pasadena lost 1,832 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +825. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 341st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Pasadena is 9.8 times that size.
Pasadena covers 43.69 square miles of land and 1.06 of water, for 3,425 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Pasadena is denser than the typical town.
What county Pasadena is in
All of Pasadena's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. Pasadena holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pasadena
9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pasadena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77058, 77059, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506, 77507, 77586. 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 Pasadena is
The Census internal point of Pasadena is at 29.655000, -95.151100. Austin, the capital, is 160.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houston, TX (2,390,125 people), 16.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is League City, TX, 11.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 9 m (30 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.655000, -95.151100
- DMS
- 29°39'18.00"N 95°09'3.96"W
- UTM
- 15N 291792.4E 3282491.9N
- Geohash
- 9vk2dy90f
- Plus code
- 76X6MR4X+2H
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Pasadena
At 29.66° N, Pasadena gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 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 Pasadena daylight page.
Places near Pasadena
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Deer Park, 3.1 miles away, with 34,495 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pasadena, TX?
149,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,832 (1.2%) from 151,449 in July 2020.
What county is Pasadena in?
Harris County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pasadena?
9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77058, 77059, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506, 77507, 77586.
How far is Pasadena from Austin?
160.8 miles (258.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Pasadena.
What is the nearest larger city to Pasadena?
Houston, TX, with 2,390,125 residents, 16.9 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.