McAllen, Texas
McAllen, Texas | |
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Images, from top down, left to right: Skyline of McAllen; Interior of the Quinta Mazatlan; McAllen Convention Center at night; McAllen Performing Arts Center; Entrance to McAllen Public Library | |
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Seal | |
| Nickname: "The City of Palms" | |
Location within Hidalgo County | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′59″N 98°14′11″W / 26.21639°N 98.23639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Hidalgo |
| Founded | December 5, 1904 |
| Incorporated | February 20, 1911 |
| Named after | John McAllen |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Javier Villalobos Tony Aguirre (District 1) Joaquin J. Zamora (District 2) Julian Omar Quintanilla (District 3) Rodolfo "Rudy" Castillo (District 4) Victor Sebastian Haddad (District 5) Pepe Cabeza de Vaca (District 6) |
| • City Manager | Roel "Roy" Rodriguez |
| • Texas State Representative | Robert Guerra |
| • Texas State Senator | Juan Hinojosa |
| • U.S. Representative | Monica De La Cruz |
| Area | |
• City | 62.73 sq mi (162.48 km2) |
| • Land | 62.31 sq mi (161.37 km2) |
| • Water | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 142,210 |
• Estimate (2024) | 148,782 |
| • Rank | US: 186th TX: 23rd |
| • Density | 2,320/sq mi (895.9/km2) |
| • Urban | 779,553 (US: 56th) |
| • Urban density | 2,390/sq mi (922.7/km2) |
| • Metro | 914,820 (US: 64th) |
| Demonym | Mcallenite |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 78501, 78502, 78503, 78504, 78505, 78539, 78557, 78572 |
| Area code | 956 |
| Sales Tax | 8.25% |
| GNIS feature ID | 1374829 |
| Website | mcallen.net |
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blank_info_sec1, blank_info.McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexican border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across from the Mexican city of Reynosa. As of the 2024 census estimate, McAllen's population was 148,782, making it the most populous city in Hidalgo County, the second most populous city in the Rio Grande Valley, and the 23rd-most populous city in Texas. The city anchors the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area, the fifth largest metropolitan area in the state of Texas, with 914,820 residents as of 2024. The binational Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area counts a population of more than 1.5 million.
From its settlement in 1904, the area around McAllen was largely rural and agricultural in character, but the latter half of the 20th century had steady growth, which has continued in the 21st century in the metropolitan area. The introduction of the maquiladora economy and the North American Free Trade Association led to an increase in cross-border trading with Mexico.