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The city of Pearland is primarily located in Brazoria County. A portion of Pearland extends into Fort Bend County and Harris County.
Pearland is near sea level<1>.
Time Zone: Pearland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
California has a community that is also named Pearland.
At the time of the 2000 Census, Pearland had a population of 37,640 people<2> (or 15.48% of the total population of Brazoria County). The population of Pearland represented 0.18% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 60th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Pearland had a population of 82,903 people. This is an increase of 120.25% 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 Pearland.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 82,903 | +120.25% | +6.85% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 77,588 | +106.13% | +8.79% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 71,320 | +89.48% | +11.13% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 64,175 | +70.5% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 37,640 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Alvin |  S | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 22,853 | 6.72% increase |
| | Deer Park |  NE | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 30,890 | 8.31% increase |
| | Dickinson |  SE | 17 mi [27.36 km] | 17,886 | 4.64% increase |
| | Friendswood | SE | 8 mi [12.87 km] | 33,979 | 17.02% increase |
| | Houston |  N | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 2,242,193 | 14.77% increase |
| | La Porte | NE | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 34,274 | 7.51% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Pearland.
Website for Pearland
| Official Website: | www.cityofpearland.com/ |
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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) Pearland. 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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