Richardson, Texas

Richardson population, 2020 to 2024

Richardson lost 1,087 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -405. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 331st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Richardson is 7.7 times that size.

Richardson covers 28.56 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 4,139 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Richardson is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Richardson spans

Richardson crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 118,221 residents as follows; Dallas County holds 63.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Richardson

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Richardson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75080, 75081, 75082. 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 Richardson is

The Census internal point of Richardson is at 32.972300, -96.708100. Austin, the capital, is 196.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plano, TX (293,286 people), 5.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 197 m (646 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Richardson

At 32.97° N, Richardson gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 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 Richardson daylight page.

Places near Richardson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Plano, 5.9 miles away, with 293,286 people.