RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Largest by population, Texas counties · 2020

The most populous Texas counties as of the 2020 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, TXTX4,731,145+39%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,613,539+18%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,110,640+46%

04Bexar County, TXTX2,009,324+44%

05Travis County, TXTX1,290,188+59%

06Collin County, TXTX1,064,465+116%

07Denton County, TXTX906,422+109%

08Hidalgo County, TXTX870,781+53%

09El Paso County, TXTX865,657+27%

10Fort Bend County, TXTX822,779+132%

11Montgomery County, TXTX620,443+111%

12Williamson County, TXTX609,017+144%

13Cameron County, TXTX421,017+26%

14Brazoria County, TXTX372,031+54%

15Bell County, TXTX370,647+56%

16Nueces County, TXTX353,178+13%

17Galveston County, TXTX350,682+40%

18Lubbock County, TXTX310,639+28%

19Webb County, TXTX267,114+38%

20McLennan County, TXTX260,579+22%

21Jefferson County, TXTX256,526+2%

22Hays County, TXTX241,067+147%

23Brazos County, TXTX233,849+53%

24Smith County, TXTX233,479+34%

25Ellis County, TXTX192,455+73%

26Johnson County, TXTX179,927+42%

27Guadalupe County, TXTX172,706+94%

28Midland County, TXTX169,983+47%

29Ector County, TXTX165,171+36%

30Comal County, TXTX161,501+107%

31Parker County, TXTX148,222+67%

32Kaufman County, TXTX145,310+104%

33Taylor County, TXTX143,208+13%

34Randall County, TXTX140,753+35%

35Grayson County, TXTX135,543+23%

36Wichita County, TXTX129,350−2%

37Gregg County, TXTX124,239+12%

38Tom Green County, TXTX120,003+15%

39Potter County, TXTX118,525+4%

40Rockwall County, TXTX107,819+150%

41Hunt County, TXTX99,956+30%

42Bastrop County, TXTX97,216+68%

43Bowie County, TXTX92,893+4%

44Liberty County, TXTX91,628+31%

45Victoria County, TXTX91,319+9%

46Angelina County, TXTX86,395+8%

47Orange County, TXTX84,808−0%

48Coryell County, TXTX83,093+11%

49Henderson County, TXTX82,150+12%

50Walker County, TXTX76,400+24%

51Harrison County, TXTX68,839+11%

52San Patricio County, TXTX68,755+2%

53Wise County, TXTX68,632+41%

54Starr County, TXTX65,920+23%

55Nacogdoches County, TXTX64,653+9%

56Hood County, TXTX61,598+50%

57Van Zandt County, TXTX59,541+24%

58Anderson County, TXTX57,922+5%

59Maverick County, TXTX57,887+22%

60Waller County, TXTX56,794+74%

61Hardin County, TXTX56,231+17%

62Navarro County, TXTX52,624+17%

63Kerr County, TXTX52,598+20%

64Rusk County, TXTX52,214+10%

65Medina County, TXTX50,748+29%

66Cherokee County, TXTX50,412+8%

67Polk County, TXTX50,123+22%

68Lamar County, TXTX50,088+3%

69Wilson County, TXTX49,753+54%

70Burnet County, TXTX49,130+44%

71Atascosa County, TXTX48,981+27%

72Val Verde County, TXTX47,586+6%

73Chambers County, TXTX46,571+79%

74Caldwell County, TXTX45,883+43%

75Wood County, TXTX44,843+22%

76Kendall County, TXTX44,279+86%

77Erath County, TXTX42,545+29%

78Cooke County, TXTX41,668+15%

79Wharton County, TXTX41,570+1%

80Upshur County, TXTX40,892+16%

81Jim Wells County, TXTX38,891−1%

82Brown County, TXTX38,095+1%

83Hopkins County, TXTX36,787+15%

84Matagorda County, TXTX36,255−4%

85Hill County, TXTX35,874+11%

86Washington County, TXTX35,805+18%

87Fannin County, TXTX35,662+14%

88Howard County, TXTX34,860+4%

89Jasper County, TXTX32,980−7%

90Hale County, TXTX32,522−11%

91Titus County, TXTX31,247+11%

92Bee County, TXTX31,047−4%

93Kleberg County, TXTX31,040−2%

94Austin County, TXTX30,167+28%

95Grimes County, TXTX29,268+24%

96Cass County, TXTX28,454−7%

97Palo Pinto County, TXTX28,409+5%

98San Jacinto County, TXTX27,402+23%

99Gillespie County, TXTX26,725+28%

100Milam County, TXTX24,754+2%

101Uvalde County, TXTX24,564−5%

102Fayette County, TXTX24,435+12%

103Shelby County, TXTX24,022−5%

104Aransas County, TXTX23,830+6%

105Panola County, TXTX22,491−1%

106Limestone County, TXTX22,146+0%

107Houston County, TXTX22,066−5%

108Lampasas County, TXTX21,627+22%

109Gaines County, TXTX21,598+49%

110Hockley County, TXTX21,537−5%

111Moore County, TXTX21,358+6%

112Llano County, TXTX21,243+25%

113Gray County, TXTX21,227−7%

114Bandera County, TXTX20,851+18%

115Hutchinson County, TXTX20,617−14%

116Colorado County, TXTX20,557+1%

117Lavaca County, TXTX20,337+6%

118Willacy County, TXTX20,164+0%

119Calhoun County, TXTX20,106−3%

120Montague County, TXTX19,965+4%

121DeWitt County, TXTX19,824−1%

122Tyler County, TXTX19,798−5%

123Jones County, TXTX19,663−5%

124Gonzales County, TXTX19,653+6%

125Freestone County, TXTX19,435+9%

126Andrews County, TXTX18,610+43%

127Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,583+0%

128Frio County, TXTX18,385+13%

129Bosque County, TXTX18,235+6%

130Young County, TXTX17,867−0%

131Eastland County, TXTX17,725−3%

132Burleson County, TXTX17,642+7%

133Lee County, TXTX17,478+12%

134Falls County, TXTX16,968−9%

135Scurry County, TXTX16,932+3%

136Robertson County, TXTX16,757+5%

137Leon County, TXTX15,719+3%

138Pecos County, TXTX15,193−10%

139Jackson County, TXTX14,988+4%

140Reeves County, TXTX14,748+12%

141Nolan County, TXTX14,738−7%

142Karnes County, TXTX14,710−5%

143Zapata County, TXTX13,889+14%

144Callahan County, TXTX13,708+6%

145Trinity County, TXTX13,602−1%

146Comanche County, TXTX13,594−3%

147Madison County, TXTX13,455+4%

148Lamb County, TXTX13,045−11%

149Wilbarger County, TXTX12,887−12%

150Camp County, TXTX12,464+8%

151Dawson County, TXTX12,456−17%

152Newton County, TXTX12,217−19%

153Rains County, TXTX12,164+33%

154Morris County, TXTX11,973−8%

155Terry County, TXTX11,831−7%

156Ward County, TXTX11,644+7%

157Red River County, TXTX11,587−19%

158Blanco County, TXTX11,374+35%

159Live Oak County, TXTX11,335−8%

160Franklin County, TXTX10,359+10%

161Clay County, TXTX10,218−7%

162Ochiltree County, TXTX10,015+11%

163Runnels County, TXTX9,900−14%

164Sabine County, TXTX9,894−5%

165Parmer County, TXTX9,869−1%

166Duval County, TXTX9,831−25%

167Marion County, TXTX9,725−11%

168Zavala County, TXTX9,670−17%

169Brewster County, TXTX9,546+8%

170Somervell County, TXTX9,205+35%

171Stephens County, TXTX9,101−6%

172Mitchell County, TXTX8,990−7%

173Dimmit County, TXTX8,615−16%

174Archer County, TXTX8,560−3%

175Jack County, TXTX8,472−3%

176Hamilton County, TXTX8,222−0%

177San Augustine County, TXTX7,918−11%

178Winkler County, TXTX7,791+9%

179Yoakum County, TXTX7,694+5%

180Coleman County, TXTX7,684−17%

181McCulloch County, TXTX7,630−7%

182Castro County, TXTX7,371−11%

183Dallam County, TXTX7,115+14%

184Brooks County, TXTX7,076−11%

185Goliad County, TXTX7,012+1%

186Swisher County, TXTX6,971−17%

187Bailey County, TXTX6,904+5%

188Refugio County, TXTX6,741−14%

189Childress County, TXTX6,664−13%

190La Salle County, TXTX6,664+14%

191Presidio County, TXTX6,131−16%

192Garza County, TXTX5,816+19%

193Carson County, TXTX5,807−11%

194San Saba County, TXTX5,730−7%

195Lynn County, TXTX5,596−15%

196Haskell County, TXTX5,416−11%

197Floyd County, TXTX5,402−30%

198Hartley County, TXTX5,382−3%

199Hansford County, TXTX5,285−2%

200Martin County, TXTX5,237+10%

201Delta County, TXTX5,230−2%

202Crosby County, TXTX5,133−27%

203Wheeler County, TXTX4,990−6%

204Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,838−8%

205Crane County, TXTX4,675+17%

206Mills County, TXTX4,456−13%

207Kimble County, TXTX4,286−4%

208Mason County, TXTX3,953+6%

209Fisher County, TXTX3,672−15%

210Hardeman County, TXTX3,549−25%

211Baylor County, TXTX3,465−15%

212Reagan County, TXTX3,385+2%

213Hemphill County, TXTX3,382+1%

214Sutton County, TXTX3,372−17%

215Knox County, TXTX3,353−21%

216Upton County, TXTX3,308−3%

217Concho County, TXTX3,303−17%

218Coke County, TXTX3,285−15%

219Donley County, TXTX3,258−15%

220Hudspeth County, TXTX3,202−4%

221Kinney County, TXTX3,129−7%

222Shackelford County, TXTX3,105−6%

223Crockett County, TXTX3,098−24%

224Lipscomb County, TXTX3,059+0%

225Hall County, TXTX2,825−25%

226Sherman County, TXTX2,782−13%

227Real County, TXTX2,758−9%

228Collingsworth County, TXTX2,652−17%

229Cochran County, TXTX2,547−32%

230Schleicher County, TXTX2,451−16%

231Culberson County, TXTX2,188−26%

232Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,996−10%

233Menard County, TXTX1,962−17%

234Armstrong County, TXTX1,848−14%

235Dickens County, TXTX1,770−36%

236Oldham County, TXTX1,758−20%

237Irion County, TXTX1,513−15%

238Throckmorton County, TXTX1,440−22%

239Briscoe County, TXTX1,435−20%

240Edwards County, TXTX1,422−34%

241Cottle County, TXTX1,380−28%

242Sterling County, TXTX1,372−2%

243Stonewall County, TXTX1,245−26%

244Glasscock County, TXTX1,116−21%

245Foard County, TXTX1,095−32%

246Motley County, TXTX1,063−25%

247Roberts County, TXTX827−7%

248Terrell County, TXTX760−30%

249Kent County, TXTX753−12%

250Borden County, TXTX631−13%

251McMullen County, TXTX600−29%

252Kenedy County, TXTX350−15%

253King County, TXTX265−26%

254Loving County, TXTX64−4%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS