RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Largest senior population, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties home to the most residents aged 65 and over as of 2000. Ranked by number of people, not the senior share. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS 65 AND OVERVS 1990

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026252,895+29%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397178,872+18%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088144,398+24%

04Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466120,585+24%

05El Paso County, TXTX877,85866,073+38%

06Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54955,274+45%

07Travis County, TXTX1,389,67054,824+32%

08Cameron County, TXTX433,94637,375+37%

09Nueces County, TXTX352,99235,005+20%

10Jefferson County, TXTX254,32134,269+2%

11Galveston County, TXTX372,20727,765+22%

12McLennan County, TXTX272,02027,449+8%

13Lubbock County, TXTX328,90626,744+24%

14Collin County, TXTX1,297,17925,852+90%

15Montgomery County, TXTX781,19425,548+61%

16Smith County, TXTX252,54924,602+19%

17Denton County, TXTX1,069,34621,703+58%

18Brazoria County, TXTX419,08021,330+44%

19Bell County, TXTX402,24820,865+23%

20Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19120,169+86%

21Williamson County, TXTX752,82718,389+74%

22Grayson County, TXTX153,61316,720+7%

23Wichita County, TXTX129,55516,718+8%

24Taylor County, TXTX150,07715,715+10%

25Gregg County, TXTX126,09514,757+6%

26Webb County, TXTX281,22414,656+42%

27Tom Green County, TXTX120,60213,969+12%

28Midland County, TXTX187,85513,466+40%

29Henderson County, TXTX88,59513,358+19%

30Potter County, TXTX114,45313,302+4%

31Ector County, TXTX173,80113,238+20%

32Johnson County, TXTX218,04812,645+26%

33Randall County, TXTX152,35112,414+40%

34Bowie County, TXTX92,69612,319+5%

35Comal County, TXTX209,16611,568+39%

36Kerr County, TXTX54,03710,858+23%

37Orange County, TXTX86,26610,776+24%

38Ellis County, TXTX240,86710,286+18%

39Brazos County, TXTX249,08810,223+27%

40Angelina County, TXTX88,15410,100+11%

41Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11110,065+29%

42Victoria County, TXTX92,65610,059+26%

43Hunt County, TXTX123,3369,658+7%

44Parker County, TXTX184,7679,318+32%

45Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1308,206+20%

46Harrison County, TXTX71,9568,134+5%

47Wood County, TXTX49,6887,670+24%

48Kaufman County, TXTX209,2357,586+24%

49Lamar County, TXTX51,5037,573−1%

50Hays County, TXTX304,3907,485+46%

51Rusk County, TXTX54,8547,412−1%

52Polk County, TXTX53,4347,386+19%

53Hood County, TXTX70,5017,349+57%

54Liberty County, TXTX121,3647,192+16%

55Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357,167+11%

56San Patricio County, TXTX72,0537,045+17%

57Cherokee County, TXTX53,3377,029−2%

58Navarro County, TXTX57,1816,487−5%

59Anderson County, TXTX59,8056,432+3%

60Brown County, TXTX38,7116,179+2%

61Burnet County, TXTX57,0156,126+20%

62Bastrop County, TXTX118,9085,927+24%

63Hardin County, TXTX58,7235,864+21%

64Wharton County, TXTX42,0605,722+0%

65Hill County, TXTX39,5035,584−1%

66Walker County, TXTX83,8425,526+20%

67Jasper County, TXTX33,0755,462+8%

68Cooke County, TXTX44,4615,415+11%

69Cass County, TXTX28,6515,348+4%

70Gillespie County, TXTX28,5275,309+26%

71Llano County, TXTX23,3535,225+32%

72Wise County, TXTX83,7785,178+20%

73Washington County, TXTX38,2885,121+13%

74Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,045+11%

75Fannin County, TXTX39,2655,024−5%

76Val Verde County, TXTX47,8354,913+30%

77Howard County, TXTX30,5044,898+4%

78Medina County, TXTX56,8814,878+27%

79Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8044,870+10%

80Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634,855+2%

81Fayette County, TXTX25,4594,799+2%

82Hale County, TXTX31,8194,713+11%

83Matagorda County, TXTX36,4634,711+12%

84Maverick County, TXTX58,8234,494+46%

85Erath County, TXTX43,9114,432+1%

86Aransas County, TXTX26,1464,431+35%

87Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7914,429+3%

88Starr County, TXTX66,3194,399+53%

89Coryell County, TXTX85,5924,271+18%

90Lavaca County, TXTX20,6514,194−5%

91Shelby County, TXTX24,2864,181−2%

92Milam County, TXTX26,2584,173−3%

93Atascosa County, TXTX53,5904,170+20%

94Houston County, TXTX22,3164,167+2%

95Gray County, TXTX20,9194,125−1%

96Caldwell County, TXTX55,1504,019+13%

97Eastland County, TXTX18,1433,815−10%

98Colorado County, TXTX21,4393,791+4%

99Montague County, TXTX21,9663,784−0%

100DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093,781−5%

101Tyler County, TXTX20,4433,722+11%

102Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6333,721−4%

103Wilson County, TXTX56,1393,717+31%

104Rockwall County, TXTX140,7383,686+86%

105Limestone County, TXTX22,8493,614−9%

106Panola County, TXTX23,0183,598+4%

107San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4883,546+38%

108Bosque County, TXTX18,9183,535−5%

109Uvalde County, TXTX24,9633,534+22%

110Young County, TXTX18,1543,531+6%

111Titus County, TXTX31,5633,519−6%

112Austin County, TXTX33,6253,495−1%

113Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153,339+11%

114Bee County, TXTX32,5153,294+15%

115Kendall County, TXTX53,2893,292+43%

116Grimes County, TXTX34,2523,238+28%

117Falls County, TXTX17,8693,133−11%

118Gonzales County, TXTX20,1593,122+2%

119Leon County, TXTX16,8943,070+23%

120Waller County, TXTX69,8583,059+19%

121Trinity County, TXTX14,3843,032+22%

122Freestone County, TXTX20,8112,932−4%

123Jones County, TXTX20,8612,903−7%

124Hockley County, TXTX21,6002,866+12%

125Bandera County, TXTX22,8762,853+57%

126Comanche County, TXTX14,4322,849−8%

127Red River County, TXTX11,8162,814−12%

128Calhoun County, TXTX19,5992,739+28%

129Robertson County, TXTX17,8392,715−10%

130Burleson County, TXTX20,5492,652+15%

131Sabine County, TXTX10,0122,610+7%

132Nolan County, TXTX14,1172,585−6%

133Lampasas County, TXTX23,6572,579+25%

134Lamb County, TXTX12,5792,545−6%

135Scurry County, TXTX16,1622,526+5%

136Morris County, TXTX12,1332,386+5%

137Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4812,375−17%

138Chambers County, TXTX57,5942,350+25%

139Willacy County, TXTX19,9712,328+18%

140Jackson County, TXTX15,3932,295−3%

141Lee County, TXTX18,7292,252+11%

142Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6262,248+11%

143Runnels County, TXTX9,6932,246−2%

144Karnes County, TXTX15,0182,219+2%

145Callahan County, TXTX14,4912,194+7%

146Dawson County, TXTX11,7762,138−3%

147Newton County, TXTX11,9542,134+19%

148Coleman County, TXTX7,9152,128−16%

149Moore County, TXTX21,8912,124+21%

150Marion County, TXTX9,8962,101+7%

151Live Oak County, TXTX11,9291,966+26%

152Hamilton County, TXTX8,6801,940−8%

153San Augustine County, TXTX7,7221,913+7%

154Camp County, TXTX13,3801,880+6%

155Terry County, TXTX11,7201,861+4%

156Duval County, TXTX9,4021,838+6%

157Pecos County, TXTX14,5601,821+26%

158Madison County, TXTX14,2261,806+4%

159Clay County, TXTX10,7641,769+4%

160Franklin County, TXTX10,9941,753+19%

161Zapata County, TXTX13,7531,742+26%

162Frio County, TXTX18,8231,719+21%

163Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,709−1%

164Reeves County, TXTX12,1381,656+2%

165Andrews County, TXTX18,9141,621+23%

166McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721,602−18%

167Ward County, TXTX11,1251,558+11%

168Haskell County, TXTX5,4991,553−8%

169Gaines County, TXTX23,9561,490+16%

170Rains County, TXTX13,5421,471+21%

171Mitchell County, TXTX8,9471,468−11%

172Blanco County, TXTX13,5811,406+19%

173Swisher County, TXTX6,7031,336−0%

174Jack County, TXTX9,5631,330+2%

175Zavala County, TXTX9,0371,307+1%

176Refugio County, TXTX6,6571,301+1%

177Brewster County, TXTX9,4581,297+8%

178Dimmit County, TXTX8,0241,295+8%

179Parmer County, TXTX9,6781,274+6%

180San Saba County, TXTX5,7871,256+1%

181Floyd County, TXTX4,8811,256−16%

182Archer County, TXTX9,1291,232+11%

183Childress County, TXTX6,6431,212−10%

184Goliad County, TXTX7,2081,211+20%

185Mills County, TXTX4,5801,190−1%

186Brooks County, TXTX6,5791,150+7%

187Crosby County, TXTX4,8521,105−3%

188Wheeler County, TXTX4,7731,103−14%

189Castro County, TXTX7,2951,052+20%

190Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2841,050+8%

191Winkler County, TXTX7,5401,028−10%

192Carson County, TXTX5,8051,023+1%

193Presidio County, TXTX5,4331,017+11%

194Bailey County, TXTX6,9631,004+1%

195Baylor County, TXTX3,472985−13%

196Fisher County, TXTX3,692985−5%

197Knox County, TXTX3,192964−9%

198Hardeman County, TXTX3,292956−21%

199Delta County, TXTX5,549941−18%

200Kimble County, TXTX4,438932+6%

201Coke County, TXTX3,412931+6%

202Lynn County, TXTX6,017916−11%

203Somervell County, TXTX10,261907+46%

204Mason County, TXTX3,990879+4%

205Yoakum County, TXTX7,438845+15%

206Donley County, TXTX3,213832−12%

207Kinney County, TXTX3,128822+19%

208Hansford County, TXTX4,944818+11%

209Hall County, TXTX2,737813−21%

210Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555772+12%

211Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487704−17%

212Garza County, TXTX4,510689−18%

213La Salle County, TXTX6,517682−9%

214Hartley County, TXTX4,904658+16%

215Dallam County, TXTX7,508638−17%

216Real County, TXTX2,745634+20%

217Martin County, TXTX5,284632+10%

218Shackelford County, TXTX3,197602−12%

219Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955563+10%

220Concho County, TXTX3,607547−7%

221Cochran County, TXTX2,546538+2%

222Crockett County, TXTX2,769528+10%

223Dickens County, TXTX1,692524−20%

224Menard County, TXTX1,956518−2%

225Sutton County, TXTX3,203508+14%

226Hemphill County, TXTX3,083494−0%

227Cottle County, TXTX1,224487−10%

228Schleicher County, TXTX2,245482+6%

229Upton County, TXTX3,131482+21%

230Crane County, TXTX4,554436−3%

231Sherman County, TXTX2,781434+13%

232Armstrong County, TXTX1,843413−6%

233Stonewall County, TXTX1,186406−4%

234Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554380−10%

235Foard County, TXTX1,044375−16%

236Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711359−3%

237Edwards County, TXTX1,370350+22%

238Briscoe County, TXTX1,474345−15%

239Reagan County, TXTX3,166342−1%

240Motley County, TXTX1,043338−16%

241Culberson County, TXTX2,267334+14%

242Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433331+13%

243Irion County, TXTX1,463276+28%

244Oldham County, TXTX1,783246+4%

245Kent County, TXTX674219+1%

246Sterling County, TXTX1,349204+11%

247Terrell County, TXTX702190−6%

248McMullen County, TXTX544152+25%

249Roberts County, TXTX867128+9%

250Glasscock County, TXTX1,128126+47%

251Borden County, TXTX567119+5%

252Kenedy County, TXTX31944+7%

253King County, TXTX19237+85%

254Loving County, TXTX5211−27%

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