Texas · Census place 4867496
Sherman, Texas
Sherman is a city in Grayson County, Texas with an estimated 50,229 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 75th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 50,229
- #75 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +14.3%
- +6,270 people
- Land area
- 46.5 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,081 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Sherman population, 2020 to 2024
Sherman added 6,270 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2,777. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 93rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Sherman is 3.3 times that size.
Sherman covers 46.45 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,081 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Sherman is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sherman is in
All of Sherman's residents live in Grayson County, which had 150,532 residents in 2024. Sherman holds 33.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sherman
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sherman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75090, 75092. 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 Sherman is
The Census internal point of Sherman is at 33.628600, -96.626700. Austin, the capital, is 240.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Celina, TX (51,661 people), 23.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McKinney, TX, 29.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.628600, -96.626700
- DMS
- 33°37'42.96"N 96°37'36.12"W
- UTM
- 14N 720142.9E 3723503.0N
- Geohash
- 9vgr31ysf
- Plus code
- 8655J9HF+C8
Daylight in Sherman
At 33.63° N, Sherman gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sherman
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Southmayd, 4.7 miles away, with 1,093 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sherman, TX?
50,229 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,270 (14.3%) from 43,959 in July 2020.
What county is Sherman in?
Grayson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sherman?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75090, 75092.
How far is Sherman from Austin?
240.8 miles (387.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sherman.
What is the nearest larger city to Sherman?
Celina, TX, with 51,661 residents, 23.3 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.