Pearland
Sign in to savecity in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris counites in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Counties
- Brazoria , Fort Bend , Harris
- First platted
- September 26, 1894
- Incorporated
- November 1959
- Type
- Council-Manager
- City council
- Mayor Quentin Wiltz , Mayor Pro Tem Clint Byrom, Joseph Koza, Jr., Tony Carbone, Mona Chavarria, Layni Cade, Rick Fernandez, Rushi Patel
- City manager
- Trent Epperson
- Total
- 48.84 sq mi (126.49 km )
- Land
- 48.66 sq mi (126.03 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.45 km )
- Elevation
- 49 ft (15 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 127,736
- Density
- 2,516.5/sq mi (971.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 77581, 77584, 77588, 77089
- Area codes
- 713, 281, 832, 346, 621
via Wikipedia infobox
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Pearland (/ˈpɛərlænd/ PEHR-land) is a city in Brazoria County, with portions extending into Fort Bend and Harris Counties, in Texas, United States. The city of Pearland is a principal city within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, Pearland had a population of 125,828, up from a population of 91,252 at the 2010 census. Pearland's population growth rate from 2000 to 2010 was 142%, which ranked Pearland as the 15th-fastest-growing city in the U.S. during that time, compared to other cities with a population of 10,000 or greater in 2000. Pearland is the third-largest city in the Greater Houston area after Houston and Pasadena, Texas.
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