Mission, Texas

Mission
Mission, Texas
Mission, Texas
Motto: 
Home Of The Grapefruit
Location of Mission, Texas
Location of Mission, Texas
Coordinates: 26°12′41″N 98°19′17″W / 26.21139°N 98.32139°W / 26.21139; -98.32139
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHidalgo
Founded1907
Incorporated1910[1]
Government
 • TypeCouncil-manager
 • City councilMayor Norie Gonzalez Garza
Jessica Ortega Ochoa
Ruben Plata
Jose Alberto Vela
Abiel Flores
 • City managerMike Perez
Area
 • City36.39 sq mi (94.26 km2)
 • Land36.34 sq mi (94.11 km2)
 • Water0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation141 ft (43 m)
Population
 • City85,778
 • Estimate 
(2022)[5]
86,635
 • RankUS: 403rd
TX: 46th
 • Density2,384/sq mi (920.6/km2)
 • Urban
779,553 (US: 56th)
 • Urban density2,389.7/sq mi (922.7/km2)
 • Metro
888,367 (US: 65th)
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78503, 78572, 78573, 78174
Area code956
Sales tax8.25%[6]
GNIS feature ID1341738[3]
Websitemissiontexas.us

Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, in the US state of Texas, United States. The population was 85,778 at the 2020 census[4] and an estimated 86,635 in 2022.[5] Mission is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.

  1. ^ "History of Mission". City of Mission.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mission, Texas
  4. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Mission (TX) sales tax rate". Retrieved November 10, 2022.