County facts · Population · October 24, 2026

Texas Population by County, 2025 Census Estimates

Texas population by county: July 2025 Census estimates for all 254 counties, change since 2020, density, and a link to each official parcel map.

Looking for Texas population by county? The Census Bureau estimates that Texas had 31,709,821 residents on July 1, 2025, spread across 254 counties. Harris County is the most populous, with 5,045,026 people (16% of the state), and Loving County is the least populous, with 52.

The table below lists every county with its 2025 estimate, its April 2020 starting point, the change, people per square mile, and a link to its official parcel viewer.

Texas population at a glance

Counties: 254
Statewide, July 1, 2025: 31,709,821 (April 1, 2020 estimates base: 29,149,498; change +2,560,323, +8.8%)
Most populous: Harris County (5,045,026); least populous: Loving County (52)
Median county: about 18,916 residents (half of the counties are smaller)
The 5 largest counties hold 43% of all Texas residents
Counties with 1,000,000+ residents: 7 · 100,000+: 43 · under 10,000: 91
Statewide density: about 121 people per square mile of land

Texas population by county, July 2025 (all 254)

#	County	Jul 2025	Apr 2020	% change	People per sq mi	Parcel viewer
1	Harris County	5,045,026	4,730,408	+6.7%	2,956	appraisal district map
2	Dallas County	2,661,397	2,612,087	+1.9%	3,048	appraisal district map
3	Tarrant County	2,248,466	2,110,969	+6.5%	2,599	county web map
4	Bexar County	2,160,088	2,009,323	+7.5%	1,742	county web map
5	Travis County	1,389,670	1,290,157	+7.7%	1,398	Prodigy CAD map
6	Collin County	1,297,179	1,066,201	+21.7%	1,542	county web map
7	Denton County	1,069,346	906,530	+18.0%	1,217	appraisal district map
8	Fort Bend County	975,191	823,997	+18.3%	1,132	appraisal district map
9	Hidalgo County	921,549	870,788	+5.8%	587	Prodigy CAD map
10	El Paso County	877,858	865,715	+1.4%	866	appraisal district map
11	Montgomery County	781,194	620,551	+25.9%	750	county web map
12	Williamson County	752,827	609,059	+23.6%	675	appraisal district map
13	Cameron County	433,946	421,127	+3.0%	487	Prodigy CAD map
14	Brazoria County	419,080	372,046	+12.6%	307	appraisal district map
15	Bell County	402,248	370,790	+8.5%	382	GSA property search map
16	Galveston County	372,207	350,682	+6.1%	981	ArcGIS Web AppBuilder
17	Nueces County	352,992	353,346	−0.1%	421	appraisal district map
18	Lubbock County	328,906	310,646	+5.9%	367	appraisal district map
19	Hays County	304,390	241,064	+26.3%	450	appraisal district map
20	Webb County	281,224	267,114	+5.3%	84	appraisal district map
21	McLennan County	272,020	260,588	+4.4%	262	Prodigy CAD map
22	Jefferson County	254,321	256,538	−0.9%	290	ArcGIS Experience Builder
23	Smith County	252,549	233,470	+8.2%	274	GSA property search map
24	Brazos County	249,088	233,840	+6.5%	425	appraisal district map
25	Ellis County	240,867	192,460	+25.2%	257	appraisal district map
26	Johnson County	218,048	180,009	+21.1%	301	Prodigy CAD map
27	Kaufman County	209,235	145,337	+44.0%	268	appraisal district map
28	Comal County	209,166	161,449	+29.6%	374	appraisal district map
29	Guadalupe County	201,111	172,729	+16.4%	283	appraisal district map
30	Midland County	187,855	170,341	+10.3%	209	appraisal district map
31	Parker County	184,767	148,241	+24.6%	204	appraisal district map
32	Ector County	173,801	165,177	+5.2%	194	appraisal district map
33	Grayson County	153,613	135,601	+13.3%	165	appraisal district map
34	Randall County	152,351	140,670	+8.3%	167	Prodigy CAD map
35	Taylor County	150,077	143,233	+4.8%	164	Prodigy CAD map
36	Rockwall County	140,738	107,884	+30.5%	1,106	Prodigy CAD map
37	Wichita County	129,555	129,357	+0.2%	206	Prodigy CAD map
38	Gregg County	126,095	124,300	+1.4%	461	appraisal district map
39	Hunt County	123,336	99,959	+23.4%	147	Prodigy CAD map
40	Liberty County	121,364	91,661	+32.4%	105	appraisal district map
41	Tom Green County	120,602	120,002	+0.5%	79	appraisal district map
42	Bastrop County	118,908	97,229	+22.3%	134	county web map
43	Potter County	114,453	118,622	−3.5%	126	Prodigy CAD map
44	Bowie County	92,696	92,894	−0.2%	105	county web map
45	Victoria County	92,656	91,318	+1.5%	105	appraisal district map
46	Henderson County	88,595	82,151	+7.8%	101	appraisal district map
47	Angelina County	88,154	86,511	+1.9%	110	appraisal district map
48	Orange County	86,266	84,812	+1.7%	258	appraisal district map
49	Coryell County	85,592	83,092	+3.0%	81	ArcGIS Experience Builder
50	Walker County	83,842	76,409	+9.7%	107	appraisal district map
51	Wise County	83,778	68,617	+22.1%	93	listed link under review
52	San Patricio County	72,053	68,757	+4.8%	104	appraisal district map
53	Harrison County	71,956	68,830	+4.5%	80	Prodigy CAD map
54	Hood County	70,501	61,592	+14.5%	168	appraisal district map
55	Waller County	69,858	56,769	+23.1%	136	appraisal district map
56	Starr County	66,319	65,916	+0.6%	54	appraisal district map
57	Van Zandt County	66,130	59,536	+11.1%	78	Prodigy CAD map
58	Nacogdoches County	66,035	64,666	+2.1%	70	Prodigy CAD map
59	Anderson County	59,805	57,922	+3.3%	56	Prodigy CAD map
60	Maverick County	58,823	57,887	+1.6%	46	Prodigy CAD map
61	Hardin County	58,723	56,245	+4.4%	66	appraisal district map
62	Chambers County	57,594	46,539	+23.8%	96	appraisal district map
63	Navarro County	57,181	52,629	+8.6%	57	appraisal district map
64	Burnet County	57,015	49,125	+16.1%	57	appraisal district map
65	Medina County	56,881	50,861	+11.8%	43	appraisal district map
66	Wilson County	56,139	49,753	+12.8%	70	Prodigy CAD map
67	Caldwell County	55,150	45,882	+20.2%	101	appraisal district map
68	Rusk County	54,854	52,222	+5.0%	59	appraisal district map
69	Kerr County	54,037	52,595	+2.7%	49	appraisal district map
70	Atascosa County	53,590	49,137	+9.1%	44	appraisal district map
71	Polk County	53,434	50,121	+6.6%	51	appraisal district map
72	Cherokee County	53,337	50,543	+5.5%	51	Prodigy CAD map
73	Kendall County	53,289	44,301	+20.3%	80	appraisal district map
74	Lamar County	51,503	50,083	+2.8%	57	appraisal district map
75	Wood County	49,688	44,852	+10.8%	77	appraisal district map
76	Val Verde County	47,835	47,587	+0.5%	15	Prodigy CAD map
77	Cooke County	44,461	41,674	+6.7%	51	appraisal district map
78	Upshur County	44,410	40,889	+8.6%	76	Prodigy CAD map
79	Erath County	43,911	42,545	+3.2%	41	appraisal district map
80	Wharton County	42,060	41,589	+1.1%	39	Prodigy CAD map
81	Hill County	39,503	35,868	+10.1%	41	appraisal district map
82	Fannin County	39,265	35,836	+9.6%	44	appraisal district map
83	Hopkins County	39,063	36,797	+6.2%	51	Prodigy CAD map
84	Jim Wells County	38,804	38,902	−0.3%	45	appraisal district map
85	Brown County	38,711	38,106	+1.6%	41	appraisal district map
86	Washington County	38,288	35,795	+7.0%	63	appraisal district map
87	Matagorda County	36,463	36,254	+0.6%	33	appraisal district map
88	Grimes County	34,252	29,304	+16.9%	43	appraisal district map
89	Austin County	33,625	30,168	+11.5%	52	appraisal district map
90	Jasper County	33,075	32,978	+0.3%	35	appraisal district map
91	Bee County	32,515	31,055	+4.7%	37	appraisal district map
92	Hale County	31,819	32,523	−2.2%	32	appraisal district map
93	Titus County	31,563	31,247	+1.0%	78	Prodigy CAD map
94	Palo Pinto County	30,791	28,415	+8.4%	32	Prodigy CAD map
95	Howard County	30,504	34,860	−12.5%	34	appraisal district map
96	Kleberg County	30,315	31,043	−2.3%	34	appraisal district map
97	San Jacinto County	29,488	27,406	+7.6%	52	Prodigy CAD map
98	Cass County	28,651	28,449	+0.7%	31	appraisal district map
99	Gillespie County	28,527	26,746	+6.7%	27	appraisal district map
100	Milam County	26,258	24,753	+6.1%	26	Prodigy CAD map
101	Aransas County	26,146	23,828	+9.7%	104	appraisal district map
102	Fayette County	25,459	24,473	+4.0%	27	appraisal district map
103	Uvalde County	24,963	24,565	+1.6%	16	appraisal district map
104	Shelby County	24,286	24,137	+0.6%	31	Prodigy CAD map
105	Gaines County	23,956	21,599	+10.9%	16	appraisal district map
106	Lampasas County	23,657	21,629	+9.4%	33	appraisal district map
107	Llano County	23,353	21,282	+9.7%	25	appraisal district map
108	Panola County	23,018	22,497	+2.3%	28	appraisal district map
109	Bandera County	22,876	20,836	+9.8%	29	appraisal district map
110	Limestone County	22,849	22,148	+3.2%	25	Prodigy CAD map
111	Houston County	22,316	22,081	+1.1%	18	appraisal district map
112	Montague County	21,966	20,011	+9.8%	24	Prodigy CAD map
113	Moore County	21,891	21,363	+2.5%	24	appraisal district map
114	Hockley County	21,600	21,523	+0.4%	24	appraisal district map
115	Colorado County	21,439	20,637	+3.9%	22	appraisal district map
116	Gray County	20,919	21,226	−1.4%	23	appraisal district map
117	Jones County	20,861	19,655	+6.1%	22	appraisal district map
118	Freestone County	20,811	19,439	+7.1%	24	appraisal district map
119	Lavaca County	20,651	20,340	+1.5%	21	appraisal district map
120	Burleson County	20,549	17,639	+16.5%	31	appraisal district map
121	Tyler County	20,443	19,814	+3.2%	22	Prodigy CAD map
122	DeWitt County	20,309	19,829	+2.4%	22	appraisal district map
123	Gonzales County	20,159	19,648	+2.6%	19	appraisal district map
124	Willacy County	19,971	20,161	−0.9%	34	Prodigy CAD map
125	Hutchinson County	19,633	20,611	−4.7%	22	appraisal district map
126	Calhoun County	19,599	20,104	−2.5%	39	appraisal district map
127	Bosque County	18,918	18,232	+3.8%	19	appraisal district map
128	Andrews County	18,914	18,611	+1.6%	13	appraisal district map
129	Frio County	18,823	18,391	+2.3%	17	appraisal district map
130	Lee County	18,729	17,480	+7.1%	30	appraisal district map
131	Deaf Smith County	18,626	18,592	+0.2%	12	appraisal district map
132	Young County	18,154	17,865	+1.6%	20	Prodigy CAD map
133	Eastland County	18,143	17,754	+2.2%	20	Prodigy CAD map
134	Falls County	17,869	16,966	+5.3%	23	appraisal district map
135	Robertson County	17,839	16,755	+6.5%	21	appraisal district map
136	Leon County	16,894	15,762	+7.2%	16	appraisal district map
137	Scurry County	16,162	16,908	−4.4%	18	Prodigy CAD map
138	Jackson County	15,393	14,991	+2.7%	19	appraisal district map
139	Karnes County	15,018	14,773	+1.7%	20	appraisal district map
140	Pecos County	14,560	15,198	−4.2%	3.1	appraisal district map
141	Callahan County	14,491	13,706	+5.7%	16	appraisal district map
142	Comanche County	14,432	13,597	+6.1%	15	appraisal district map
143	Trinity County	14,384	13,604	+5.7%	21	Prodigy CAD map
144	Madison County	14,226	13,461	+5.7%	31	appraisal district map
145	Nolan County	14,117	14,737	−4.2%	15	Prodigy CAD map
146	Zapata County	13,753	13,889	−1.0%	14	Prodigy CAD map
147	Blanco County	13,581	11,378	+19.4%	19	appraisal district map
148	Rains County	13,542	12,157	+11.4%	59	appraisal district map
149	Camp County	13,380	12,464	+7.3%	68	appraisal district map
150	Lamb County	12,579	13,041	−3.5%	12	appraisal district map
151	Wilbarger County	12,481	12,887	−3.2%	13	Prodigy CAD map
152	Reeves County	12,138	14,743	−17.7%	4.6	appraisal district map
153	Morris County	12,133	11,974	+1.3%	48	appraisal district map
154	Newton County	11,954	12,220	−2.2%	13	appraisal district map
155	Live Oak County	11,929	11,335	+5.2%	11	Prodigy CAD map
156	Red River County	11,816	11,589	+2.0%	11	Prodigy CAD map
157	Dawson County	11,776	12,461	−5.5%	13	appraisal district map
158	Terry County	11,720	11,830	−0.9%	13	Prodigy CAD map
159	Ward County	11,125	11,647	−4.5%	13	appraisal district map
160	Franklin County	10,994	10,357	+6.2%	39	appraisal district map
161	Clay County	10,764	10,217	+5.4%	9.9	appraisal district map
162	Somervell County	10,261	9,205	+11.5%	55	Prodigy CAD map
163	Sabine County	10,012	9,900	+1.1%	20	Prodigy CAD map
164	Marion County	9,896	9,842	+0.5%	26	appraisal district map
165	Runnels County	9,693	9,896	−2.1%	9.2	Prodigy CAD map
166	Parmer County	9,678	9,874	−2.0%	11	appraisal district map
167	Jack County	9,563	8,471	+12.9%	10	appraisal district map
168	Brewster County	9,458	9,544	−0.9%	1.5	appraisal district map
169	Duval County	9,402	9,830	−4.4%	5.2	appraisal district map
170	Stephens County	9,380	9,100	+3.1%	10	Prodigy CAD map
171	Ochiltree County	9,284	10,015	−7.3%	10	appraisal district map
172	Archer County	9,129	8,552	+6.7%	10	appraisal district map
173	Zavala County	9,037	9,677	−6.6%	7.0	Prodigy CAD map
174	Mitchell County	8,947	8,995	−0.5%	9.8	appraisal district map
175	Hamilton County	8,680	8,224	+5.5%	10	appraisal district map
176	Dimmit County	8,024	8,615	−6.9%	6.0	appraisal district map
177	Coleman County	7,915	7,686	+3.0%	6.3	appraisal district map
178	San Augustine County	7,722	7,921	−2.5%	15	appraisal district map
179	Winkler County	7,540	7,793	−3.2%	9.0	Prodigy CAD map
180	Dallam County	7,508	7,135	+5.2%	5.0	appraisal district map
181	McCulloch County	7,472	7,633	−2.1%	7.0	appraisal district map
182	Yoakum County	7,438	7,691	−3.3%	9.3	appraisal district map
183	Castro County	7,295	7,363	−0.9%	8.2	appraisal district map
184	Goliad County	7,208	7,017	+2.7%	8.5	appraisal district map
185	Bailey County	6,963	6,905	+0.8%	8.4	appraisal district map
186	Swisher County	6,703	6,973	−3.9%	7.5	Prodigy CAD map
187	Refugio County	6,657	6,741	−1.2%	8.6	appraisal district map
188	Childress County	6,643	6,666	−0.3%	9.5	appraisal district map
189	Brooks County	6,579	7,126	−7.7%	7.0	appraisal district map
190	La Salle County	6,517	6,657	−2.1%	4.4	Prodigy CAD map
191	Lynn County	6,017	5,593	+7.6%	6.7	appraisal district map
192	Carson County	5,805	5,799	+0.1%	6.3	appraisal district map
193	San Saba County	5,787	5,721	+1.2%	5.1	appraisal district map
194	Delta County	5,549	5,224	+6.2%	22	appraisal district map
195	Haskell County	5,499	5,420	+1.5%	6.1	Prodigy CAD map
196	Presidio County	5,433	6,130	−11.4%	1.4	appraisal district map
197	Martin County	5,284	5,246	+0.7%	5.8	appraisal district map
198	Hansford County	4,944	5,275	−6.3%	5.4	appraisal district map
199	Hartley County	4,904	5,363	−8.6%	3.4	appraisal district map
200	Floyd County	4,881	5,397	−9.6%	4.9	Prodigy CAD map
201	Crosby County	4,852	5,128	−5.4%	5.4	county web map
202	Wheeler County	4,773	4,987	−4.3%	5.2	appraisal district map
203	Mills County	4,580	4,454	+2.8%	6.1	appraisal district map
204	Jim Hogg County	4,555	4,834	−5.8%	4.0	Prodigy CAD map
205	Crane County	4,554	4,673	−2.5%	5.8	appraisal district map
206	Garza County	4,510	5,815	−22.4%	5.0	appraisal district map
207	Kimble County	4,438	4,283	+3.6%	3.5	appraisal district map
208	Mason County	3,990	3,953	+0.9%	4.3	appraisal district map
209	Fisher County	3,692	3,673	+0.5%	4.1	appraisal district map
210	Concho County	3,607	3,302	+9.2%	3.7	appraisal district map
211	Baylor County	3,472	3,465	+0.2%	4.0	appraisal district map
212	Hudspeth County	3,433	3,200	+7.3%	0.8	appraisal district map
213	Coke County	3,412	3,306	+3.2%	3.7	appraisal district map
214	Hardeman County	3,292	3,548	−7.2%	4.7	appraisal district map
215	Donley County	3,213	3,258	−1.4%	3.5	appraisal district map
216	Sutton County	3,203	3,378	−5.2%	2.2	Prodigy CAD map
217	Shackelford County	3,197	3,105	+3.0%	3.5	Prodigy CAD map
218	Knox County	3,192	3,353	−4.8%	3.8	appraisal district map
219	Reagan County	3,166	3,427	−7.6%	2.7	appraisal district map
220	Upton County	3,131	3,308	−5.4%	2.5	listed link under review
221	Kinney County	3,128	3,133	−0.2%	2.3	appraisal district map
222	Hemphill County	3,083	3,385	−8.9%	3.4	appraisal district map
223	Lipscomb County	2,955	3,061	−3.5%	3.2	Prodigy CAD map
224	Sherman County	2,781	2,777	+0.1%	3.0	appraisal district map
225	Crockett County	2,769	3,098	−10.6%	1.0	appraisal district map
226	Real County	2,745	2,757	−0.4%	3.9	appraisal district map
227	Hall County	2,737	2,825	−3.1%	3.1	appraisal district map
228	Cochran County	2,546	2,545	+0.0%	3.3	appraisal district map
229	Collingsworth County	2,487	2,652	−6.2%	2.7	appraisal district map
230	Culberson County	2,267	2,186	+3.7%	0.6	Prodigy CAD map
231	Schleicher County	2,245	2,448	−8.3%	1.7	appraisal district map
232	Menard County	1,956	1,962	−0.3%	2.2	appraisal district map
233	Armstrong County	1,843	1,847	−0.2%	2.0	appraisal district map
234	Oldham County	1,783	1,759	+1.4%	1.2	appraisal district map
235	Jeff Davis County	1,711	1,999	−14.4%	0.8	appraisal district map
236	Dickens County	1,692	1,769	−4.4%	1.9	appraisal district map
237	Throckmorton County	1,554	1,447	+7.4%	1.7	appraisal district map
238	Briscoe County	1,474	1,436	+2.6%	1.6	appraisal district map
239	Irion County	1,463	1,508	−3.0%	1.4	appraisal district map
240	Edwards County	1,370	1,424	−3.8%	0.6	appraisal district map
241	Sterling County	1,349	1,371	−1.6%	1.5	appraisal district map
242	Cottle County	1,224	1,379	−11.2%	1.4	appraisal district map
243	Stonewall County	1,186	1,245	−4.7%	1.3	appraisal district map
244	Glasscock County	1,128	1,115	+1.2%	1.3	appraisal district map
245	Foard County	1,044	1,097	−4.8%	1.5	appraisal district map
246	Motley County	1,043	1,062	−1.8%	1.1	Prodigy CAD map
247	Roberts County	867	830	+4.5%	0.9	Prodigy CAD map
248	Terrell County	702	762	−7.9%	0.3	appraisal district map
249	Kent County	674	750	−10.1%	0.7	appraisal district map
250	Borden County	567	629	−9.9%	0.6	appraisal district map
251	McMullen County	544	601	−9.5%	0.5	appraisal district map
252	Kenedy County	319	350	−8.9%	0.2	appraisal district map
253	King County	192	262	−26.7%	0.2	appraisal district map
254	Loving County	52	62	−16.1%	0.1	appraisal district map

Percent change runs from the April 1, 2020 estimates base to July 1, 2025. People per square mile is the July 2025 estimate divided by the county's land area in the Census Bureau's 2020 Gazetteer file, so lakes and bays are left out.

How Texas's population is spread out

Grouping the counties by size shows how concentrated the state is:

Residents (July 2025)	Counties	Total residents	Share of state
1,000,000 or more	7	15,871,172	50%
250,000 to 999,999	16	7,982,502	25%
100,000 to 249,999	20	3,325,030	10%
25,000 to 99,999	59	3,071,236	10%
10,000 to 24,999	61	1,053,705	3%
Under 10,000	91	406,176	1%

23 counties with at least 250,000 residents hold 75% of the state's population.

Most and least densely populated

The most crowded counties by people per square mile of land:

Dallas County: 3,048 per sq mi (2,661,397 people on 873 sq mi)
Harris County: 2,956 per sq mi (5,045,026 people on 1,707 sq mi)
Tarrant County: 2,599 per sq mi (2,248,466 people on 865 sq mi)
Bexar County: 1,742 per sq mi (2,160,088 people on 1,240 sq mi)
Collin County: 1,542 per sq mi (1,297,179 people on 841 sq mi)

The most thinly settled:

Loving County: 0.1 per sq mi (52 people on 669 sq mi)
King County: 0.2 per sq mi (192 people on 911 sq mi)
Kenedy County: 0.2 per sq mi (319 people on 1,459 sq mi)
Terrell County: 0.3 per sq mi (702 people on 2,358 sq mi)
McMullen County: 0.5 per sq mi (544 people on 1,140 sq mi)

About these numbers

They are estimates. Between censuses the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program updates county totals each year from births, deaths and migration records. The next full count is the 2030 census.
The base is April 1, 2020. The estimates start from an April 1, 2020 "estimates base" built from the 2020 census, which is why it is slightly different from the published census count.
Each new release revises the past. A newer vintage can change earlier years as well, so compare numbers from the same release, as this page does.
Statewide total. The counties add up exactly to the statewide figure of 31,709,821 in the same file.

Using population numbers in a land search

Big counties, busy offices. In the most populous counties, parcel maps and deed records are usually online and searchable, but recording and permit offices are busier. Allow for that if you are on a deadline.
Small counties, fewer sales. In counties with only a few thousand people, land changes hands less often, so there are fewer recent sales to compare a price with. The county assessor's sales records are the best source.
Density hints at lot size. A low people-per-square-mile figure usually means farms, ranches and timber tracts; a high one means subdivided lots. The parcel viewer shows the actual parcel lines.
Check the official map. Use the parcel viewer link in the table for boundaries, parcel numbers and owner names, then confirm anything important with the county's recorder or assessor.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county totals, Vintage 2025 (April 1, 2020 estimates base and July 1, 2020–2025 estimates, with components of change). Statewide totals are the sum of the counties and match the file's state row.
U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer files, 2020 county land and water area (for people per square mile).
Platbookmapper county GIS directory (live data file behind our county pages, pulled October 24, 2026) for each official parcel viewer.