Texas · Census place 4858016
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 293,286 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 293,286
- #9 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +2.4%
- +6,864 people
- Land area
- 71.7 sq mi
- + 0.36 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,090 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Plano population, 2020 to 2024
Plano added 6,864 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -127. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 230th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Plano is 19.1 times that size.
Plano covers 71.70 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 4,090 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Plano is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties Plano spans
Plano crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 293,286 residents as follows; Collin County holds 98.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Collin County287,591
- 02Denton County5,695
ZIP codes in Plano
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Plano by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75023, 75024, 75025, 75074, 75075, 75093. 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 Plano is
The Census internal point of Plano is at 33.050800, -96.747900. Austin, the capital, is 200.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dallas, TX (1,326,087 people), 17.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richardson, TX, 5.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 219 m (719 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.050800, -96.747900
- DMS
- 33°03'2.88"N 96°44'52.44"W
- UTM
- 14N 710283.3E 3659173.3N
- Geohash
- 9vghn2wqf
- Plus code
- 86553722+8R
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Plano
At 33.05° N, Plano gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 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 Plano daylight page.
Places near Plano
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Richardson, 5.9 miles away, with 118,221 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Plano, TX?
293,286 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,864 (2.4%) from 286,422 in July 2020.
What county is Plano in?
It spans 2 counties: Collin County (287,591 residents), Denton County (5,695 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Plano?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75023, 75024, 75025, 75074, 75075, 75093.
How far is Plano from Austin?
200.5 miles (322.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Plano.
What is the nearest larger city to Plano?
Dallas, TX, with 1,326,087 residents, 17.8 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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