Texas · Census place 4856384

Pearsall, Texas

Pearsall is a city in Frio County, Texas with an estimated 9,541 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 262nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,541
#262 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+8.6%
+755 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,457 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Pearsall. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Pearsall population, 2020 to 2024

Pearsall added 755 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +345. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Pearsall is 62% of it.

8,78620208,79120218,91420229,19620239,5412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,776. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pearsall covers 6.55 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,457 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Pearsall is close to the typical town.

What county Pearsall is in

All of Pearsall's residents live in Frio County, which had 19,520 residents in 2024. Pearsall holds 48.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pearsall

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pearsall by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78061. 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 Pearsall is

The Census internal point of Pearsall is at 28.892900, -99.097200. Austin, the capital, is 125.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pleasanton, TX (11,409 people), 36.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 52.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.892900, -99.097200
DMS
28°53'34.44"N 99°05'49.92"W
UTM
14N 490523.0E 3196123.8N
Geohash
9v1s2gz97
Plus code
76W2VWV3+54

Daylight in Pearsall

At 28.89° N, Pearsall gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pearsall

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Dilley, 16.3 miles away, with 3,953 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pearsall, TX?

9,541 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 755 (8.6%) from 8,786 in July 2020.

What county is Pearsall in?

Frio County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pearsall?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78061.

How far is Pearsall from Austin?

125.5 miles (202.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Pearsall.

What is the nearest larger city to Pearsall?

Pleasanton, TX, with 11,409 residents, 36.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.