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McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area

The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area is one county in Texas: Hidalgo County. About 921,549 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 5.8% more than in April 2020.

Hidalgo County, centralMcAllenEdinburgMission
Hidalgo County in Texas
Population, July 2025
921,549 5.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
Hidalgo County
Land area
1,571 sq mi (4,069 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Texas
Combined statistical area
McAllen-Edinburg, TX
CBSA code
32580
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The county in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Hidalgo CountyCentral921,549

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. McAllen145,385 people
  2. Edinburg104,550 people
  3. Mission87,038 people
  4. Pharr80,333 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the McAllen-Edinburg, TX combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area66,319 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Raymondville, TX Micro Area34 mi northeast
  2. Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area37 mi west
  3. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area50 mi east
  4. Alice, TX Micro Area106 mi north

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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