RANKING · 2025 ESTIMATES · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Largest by population, Texas counties

The most populous Texas counties as of the 2025 population estimates. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATETOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026+48%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397+20%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466+55%

04Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088+55%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,670+71%

06Collin County, TXTX1,297,179+164%

07Denton County, TXTX1,069,346+147%

08Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191+175%

09Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549+62%

10El Paso County, TXTX877,858+29%

11Montgomery County, TXTX781,194+166%

12Williamson County, TXTX752,827+201%

13Cameron County, TXTX433,946+29%

14Brazoria County, TXTX419,080+73%

15Bell County, TXTX402,248+69%

16Galveston County, TXTX372,207+49%

17Nueces County, TXTX352,992+13%

18Lubbock County, TXTX328,906+36%

19Hays County, TXTX304,390+212%

20Webb County, TXTX281,224+46%

21McLennan County, TXTX272,020+27%

22Jefferson County, TXTX254,321+1%

23Smith County, TXTX252,549+45%

24Brazos County, TXTX249,088+63%

25Ellis County, TXTX240,867+116%

26Johnson County, TXTX218,048+72%

27Kaufman County, TXTX209,235+193%

28Comal County, TXTX209,166+168%

29Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111+126%

30Midland County, TXTX187,855+62%

31Parker County, TXTX184,767+109%

32Ector County, TXTX173,801+43%

33Grayson County, TXTX153,613+39%

34Randall County, TXTX152,351+46%

35Taylor County, TXTX150,077+19%

36Rockwall County, TXTX140,738+227%

37Wichita County, TXTX129,555−2%

38Gregg County, TXTX126,095+13%

39Hunt County, TXTX123,336+61%

40Liberty County, TXTX121,364+73%

41Tom Green County, TXTX120,602+16%

42Bastrop County, TXTX118,908+106%

43Potter County, TXTX114,453+1%

44Bowie County, TXTX92,696+4%

45Victoria County, TXTX92,656+10%

46Henderson County, TXTX88,595+21%

47Angelina County, TXTX88,154+10%

48Orange County, TXTX86,266+2%

49Coryell County, TXTX85,592+14%

50Walker County, TXTX83,842+36%

51Wise County, TXTX83,778+72%

52San Patricio County, TXTX72,053+7%

53Harrison County, TXTX71,956+16%

54Hood County, TXTX70,501+72%

55Waller County, TXTX69,858+114%

56Starr County, TXTX66,319+24%

57Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130+37%

58Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035+12%

59Anderson County, TXTX59,805+9%

60Maverick County, TXTX58,823+24%

61Hardin County, TXTX58,723+22%

62Chambers County, TXTX57,594+121%

63Navarro County, TXTX57,181+27%

64Burnet County, TXTX57,015+67%

65Medina County, TXTX56,881+45%

66Wilson County, TXTX56,139+73%

67Caldwell County, TXTX55,150+71%

68Rusk County, TXTX54,854+16%

69Kerr County, TXTX54,037+24%

70Atascosa County, TXTX53,590+39%

71Polk County, TXTX53,434+30%

72Cherokee County, TXTX53,337+14%

73Kendall County, TXTX53,289+124%

74Lamar County, TXTX51,503+6%

75Wood County, TXTX49,688+35%

76Val Verde County, TXTX47,835+7%

77Cooke County, TXTX44,461+22%

78Upshur County, TXTX44,410+26%

79Erath County, TXTX43,911+33%

80Wharton County, TXTX42,060+2%

81Hill County, TXTX39,503+22%

82Fannin County, TXTX39,265+26%

83Hopkins County, TXTX39,063+22%

84Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804−1%

85Brown County, TXTX38,711+3%

86Washington County, TXTX38,288+26%

87Matagorda County, TXTX36,463−4%

88Grimes County, TXTX34,252+45%

89Austin County, TXTX33,625+43%

90Jasper County, TXTX33,075−7%

91Bee County, TXTX32,515+0%

92Hale County, TXTX31,819−13%

93Titus County, TXTX31,563+12%

94Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791+14%

95Howard County, TXTX30,504−9%

96Kleberg County, TXTX30,315−4%

97San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488+33%

98Cass County, TXTX28,651−6%

99Gillespie County, TXTX28,527+37%

100Milam County, TXTX26,258+8%

101Aransas County, TXTX26,146+16%

102Fayette County, TXTX25,459+17%

103Uvalde County, TXTX24,963−4%

104Shelby County, TXTX24,286−4%

105Gaines County, TXTX23,956+66%

106Lampasas County, TXTX23,657+33%

107Llano County, TXTX23,353+37%

108Panola County, TXTX23,018+1%

109Bandera County, TXTX22,876+30%

110Limestone County, TXTX22,849+4%

111Houston County, TXTX22,316−4%

112Montague County, TXTX21,966+15%

113Moore County, TXTX21,891+9%

114Hockley County, TXTX21,600−5%

115Colorado County, TXTX21,439+5%

116Gray County, TXTX20,919−8%

117Jones County, TXTX20,861+0%

118Freestone County, TXTX20,811+16%

119Lavaca County, TXTX20,651+8%

120Burleson County, TXTX20,549+25%

121Tyler County, TXTX20,443−2%

122DeWitt County, TXTX20,309+1%

123Gonzales County, TXTX20,159+8%

124Willacy County, TXTX19,971−1%

125Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633−18%

126Calhoun County, TXTX19,599−5%

127Bosque County, TXTX18,918+10%

128Andrews County, TXTX18,914+45%

129Frio County, TXTX18,823+16%

130Lee County, TXTX18,729+20%

131Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626+0%

132Young County, TXTX18,154+1%

133Eastland County, TXTX18,143−1%

134Falls County, TXTX17,869−4%

135Robertson County, TXTX17,839+11%

136Leon County, TXTX16,894+10%

137Scurry County, TXTX16,162−1%

138Jackson County, TXTX15,393+7%

139Karnes County, TXTX15,018−3%

140Pecos County, TXTX14,560−13%

141Callahan County, TXTX14,491+12%

142Comanche County, TXTX14,432+3%

143Trinity County, TXTX14,384+4%

144Madison County, TXTX14,226+10%

145Nolan County, TXTX14,117−11%

146Zapata County, TXTX13,753+13%

147Blanco County, TXTX13,581+61%

148Rains County, TXTX13,542+48%

149Camp County, TXTX13,380+16%

150Lamb County, TXTX12,579−14%

151Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481−15%

152Reeves County, TXTX12,138−8%

153Morris County, TXTX12,133−7%

154Newton County, TXTX11,954−21%

155Live Oak County, TXTX11,929−3%

156Red River County, TXTX11,816−17%

157Dawson County, TXTX11,776−21%

158Terry County, TXTX11,720−8%

159Ward County, TXTX11,125+2%

160Franklin County, TXTX10,994+16%

161Clay County, TXTX10,764−2%

162Somervell County, TXTX10,261+51%

163Sabine County, TXTX10,012−4%

164Marion County, TXTX9,896−10%

165Runnels County, TXTX9,693−16%

166Parmer County, TXTX9,678−3%

167Jack County, TXTX9,563+9%

168Brewster County, TXTX9,458+7%

169Duval County, TXTX9,402−28%

170Stephens County, TXTX9,380−3%

171Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284+3%

172Archer County, TXTX9,129+3%

173Zavala County, TXTX9,037−22%

174Mitchell County, TXTX8,947−8%

175Hamilton County, TXTX8,680+5%

176Dimmit County, TXTX8,024−22%

177Coleman County, TXTX7,915−14%

178San Augustine County, TXTX7,722−14%

179Winkler County, TXTX7,540+5%

180Dallam County, TXTX7,508+21%

181McCulloch County, TXTX7,472−9%

182Yoakum County, TXTX7,438+2%

183Castro County, TXTX7,295−12%

184Goliad County, TXTX7,208+4%

185Bailey County, TXTX6,963+6%

186Swisher County, TXTX6,703−20%

187Refugio County, TXTX6,657−15%

188Childress County, TXTX6,643−14%

189Brooks County, TXTX6,579−18%

190La Salle County, TXTX6,517+11%

191Lynn County, TXTX6,017−8%

192Carson County, TXTX5,805−11%

193San Saba County, TXTX5,787−6%

194Delta County, TXTX5,549+4%

195Haskell County, TXTX5,499−10%

196Presidio County, TXTX5,433−26%

197Martin County, TXTX5,284+11%

198Hansford County, TXTX4,944−8%

199Hartley County, TXTX4,904−11%

200Floyd County, TXTX4,881−37%

201Crosby County, TXTX4,852−31%

202Wheeler County, TXTX4,773−10%

203Mills County, TXTX4,580−11%

204Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555−14%

205Crane County, TXTX4,554+14%

206Garza County, TXTX4,510−7%

207Kimble County, TXTX4,438−1%

208Mason County, TXTX3,990+7%

209Fisher County, TXTX3,692−15%

210Concho County, TXTX3,607−9%

211Baylor County, TXTX3,472−15%

212Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433+3%

213Coke County, TXTX3,412−12%

214Hardeman County, TXTX3,292−30%

215Donley County, TXTX3,213−16%

216Sutton County, TXTX3,203−21%

217Shackelford County, TXTX3,197−3%

218Knox County, TXTX3,192−25%

219Reagan County, TXTX3,166−5%

220Upton County, TXTX3,131−8%

221Kinney County, TXTX3,128−7%

222Hemphill County, TXTX3,083−8%

223Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955−3%

224Sherman County, TXTX2,781−13%

225Crockett County, TXTX2,769−32%

226Real County, TXTX2,745−10%

227Hall County, TXTX2,737−28%

228Cochran County, TXTX2,546−32%

229Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487−22%

230Culberson County, TXTX2,267−24%

231Schleicher County, TXTX2,245−24%

232Menard County, TXTX1,956−17%

233Armstrong County, TXTX1,843−14%

234Oldham County, TXTX1,783−18%

235Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711−22%

236Dickens County, TXTX1,692−39%

237Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554−16%

238Briscoe County, TXTX1,474−18%

239Irion County, TXTX1,463−17%

240Edwards County, TXTX1,370−37%

241Sterling County, TXTX1,349−3%

242Cottle County, TXTX1,224−36%

243Stonewall County, TXTX1,186−30%

244Glasscock County, TXTX1,128−20%

245Foard County, TXTX1,044−36%

246Motley County, TXTX1,043−27%

247Roberts County, TXTX867−2%

248Terrell County, TXTX702−35%

249Kent County, TXTX674−22%

250Borden County, TXTX567−22%

251McMullen County, TXTX544−36%

252Kenedy County, TXTX319−23%

253King County, TXTX192−46%

254Loving County, TXTX52−22%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES