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Pearland, Texas
24,991 Black residents · 19.9% of the place
Pearland is a city in Texas, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 125,828 residents in all, 24,991 of them Black alone — 19.9% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 125,828 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,991 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 19.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas places | 22 of 1860 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Pearland grew — 14,962 in 2010 and 24,991 in 2020, a change of +67.0%. The Black share of Pearland moved from 16.4% to 19.9% over the same span.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The gazetteer enters Pearland among Texas's 1860 counted places, at rank 22 by Black population on a count of 24,991. The figures for Pearland are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
In Pearland, a place of 125,828, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Pearland itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.