Tyler, Texas

Tyler population, 2020 to 2024

Tyler added 5,950 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,488. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 172nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Tyler is 7.3 times that size.

Tyler covers 57.79 square miles of land and 0.52 of water, for 1,942 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Tyler is denser than the typical town.

What county Tyler is in

All of Tyler's residents live in Smith County, which had 249,091 residents in 2024. Tyler holds 45.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tyler

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tyler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75701, 75702, 75703, 75709, 75711. 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 Tyler is

The Census internal point of Tyler is at 32.317300, -95.305900. Austin, the capital, is 201.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mesquite, TX (150,140 people), 80.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 162 m (531 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Tyler

At 32.32° N, Tyler gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 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 Tyler daylight page.

Places near Tyler

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitehouse, 8.3 miles away, with 9,781 people.