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The city of Missouri City is primarily located in Fort Bend County. A portion of Missouri City extends into Harris County.
Missouri City is near sea level<1>.
Time Zone: Missouri City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Missouri has a community that is also named Missouri City.
At the time of the 2000 Census, Missouri City had a population of 52,913 people<2> (or 14.75% of the total population of Fort Bend County). The population of Missouri City represented 0.25% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 46th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Missouri City had a population of 74,723 people. This is an increase of 41.22% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Missouri City.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 74,723 | +41.22% | +1.21% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 73,830 | +39.53% | +1.29% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 72,893 | +37.76% | +4.93% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 69,467 | +31.29% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 52,913 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Alvin |  SE | 19 mi [30.58 km] | 22,853 | 6.72% increase |
| | Bellaire |  NE | 10 mi [16.09 km] | 18,197 | 16.33% increase |
| | Houston | NE | 17 mi [27.36 km] | 2,242,193 | 14.77% increase |
| | Hunters Creek Village |  N | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 4,577 | 4.64% increase |
| | Meadows Place |  NW | 6 mi [9.66 km] | 6,427 | 30.84% increase |
| | Pearland |  E | 13 mi [20.92 km] | 82,903 | 120.25% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Missouri City.
Website for Missouri City
| Official Website: | www.ci.mocity.tx.us/ |
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Search for Local BusinessesPeople have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Missouri City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.
If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).
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| Last Modified: 05 Nov 2009 |
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