RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Largest veteran population, Texas counties

Texas counties home to the most civilian veterans 18 and over, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of veterans, not the veteran share. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPVETERAN POPULATIONVS 2020

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026151,833−3%

02Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088146,110+5%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46699,576−8%

04Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39781,776−11%

05Bell County, TXTX402,24848,220−5%

06El Paso County, TXTX877,85847,646+3%

07Travis County, TXTX1,389,67046,722−5%

08Denton County, TXTX1,069,34643,911+6%

09Collin County, TXTX1,297,17942,042+2%

10Williamson County, TXTX752,82738,936+6%

11Montgomery County, TXTX781,19433,769+13%

12Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19127,597+5%

13Nueces County, TXTX352,99222,969−8%

14Galveston County, TXTX372,20719,934−6%

15Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54919,401+7%

16Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11119,188+7%

17Brazoria County, TXTX419,08018,204−1%

18Comal County, TXTX209,16616,430+16%

19McLennan County, TXTX272,02014,566+7%

20Hays County, TXTX304,39014,042+17%

21Jefferson County, TXTX254,32112,733−7%

22Cameron County, TXTX433,94612,584+0%

23Parker County, TXTX184,76712,251+25%

24Lubbock County, TXTX328,90612,189−12%

25Smith County, TXTX252,54910,661−7%

26Ellis County, TXTX240,86710,529+5%

27Wichita County, TXTX129,55510,435−12%

28Coryell County, TXTX85,59210,093−2%

29Randall County, TXTX152,3519,543+1%

30Taylor County, TXTX150,0779,459−9%

31Grayson County, TXTX153,6139,190−10%

32Johnson County, TXTX218,0489,137+25%

33Tom Green County, TXTX120,6028,472−7%

34Brazos County, TXTX249,0888,182−3%

35Hunt County, TXTX123,3367,373+3%

36Kaufman County, TXTX209,2357,172+4%

37Rockwall County, TXTX140,7386,850+10%

38Bastrop County, TXTX118,9086,505−17%

39Gregg County, TXTX126,0956,069−11%

40Bowie County, TXTX92,6965,820−17%

41Henderson County, TXTX88,5955,667−17%

42Midland County, TXTX187,8555,381−23%

43Webb County, TXTX281,2245,344−2%

44Ector County, TXTX173,8015,261−2%

45Potter County, TXTX114,4535,060−18%

46Wilson County, TXTX56,1395,059+9%

47Hood County, TXTX70,5015,001+5%

48Wise County, TXTX83,7784,955+18%

49San Patricio County, TXTX72,0534,844+3%

50Angelina County, TXTX88,1544,658−19%

51Medina County, TXTX56,8814,565+7%

52Orange County, TXTX86,2664,479−1%

53Liberty County, TXTX121,3644,444−14%

54Victoria County, TXTX92,6564,409−11%

55Wood County, TXTX49,6884,402+8%

56Kerr County, TXTX54,0374,289−11%

57Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1304,124+3%

58Walker County, TXTX83,8424,016−14%

59Polk County, TXTX53,4343,973−13%

60Harrison County, TXTX71,9563,776−13%

61Burnet County, TXTX57,0153,482−18%

62Lampasas County, TXTX23,6573,478−3%

63Anderson County, TXTX59,8053,421−3%

64Kendall County, TXTX53,2893,392−4%

65Atascosa County, TXTX53,5903,234+2%

66Upshur County, TXTX44,4103,184+22%

67Val Verde County, TXTX47,8353,089+7%

68Hardin County, TXTX58,7232,948−18%

69Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0352,942−13%

70Rusk County, TXTX54,8542,883−3%

71Chambers County, TXTX57,5942,833+30%

72Cherokee County, TXTX53,3372,779+5%

73Navarro County, TXTX57,1812,760+0%

74Lamar County, TXTX51,5032,760−7%

75Caldwell County, TXTX55,1502,612+14%

76Bandera County, TXTX22,8762,433−9%

77Cooke County, TXTX44,4612,410−6%

78Fannin County, TXTX39,2652,392−9%

79Waller County, TXTX69,8582,260+31%

80Brown County, TXTX38,7112,209−24%

81San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4882,204+5%

82Erath County, TXTX43,9112,194−14%

83Hill County, TXTX39,5032,189−7%

84Matagorda County, TXTX36,4632,151−17%

85Llano County, TXTX23,3532,125−17%

86Cass County, TXTX28,6512,069−18%

87Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272,008+21%

88Kleberg County, TXTX30,3151,991−7%

89Washington County, TXTX38,2881,975−9%

90Hopkins County, TXTX39,0631,849−22%

91Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7911,827−15%

92Grimes County, TXTX34,2521,816−3%

93Jasper County, TXTX33,0751,812−12%

94Aransas County, TXTX26,1461,809−11%

95Wharton County, TXTX42,0601,767−3%

96Panola County, TXTX23,0181,722+14%

97Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8041,709−4%

98Bee County, TXTX32,5151,645−22%

99Tyler County, TXTX20,4431,522−2%

100Montague County, TXTX21,9661,517−20%

101Fayette County, TXTX25,4591,488−5%

102Howard County, TXTX30,5041,462−43%

103Houston County, TXTX22,3161,419−28%

104Bosque County, TXTX18,9181,368+14%

105Calhoun County, TXTX19,5991,314+13%

106Limestone County, TXTX22,8491,314−24%

107Titus County, TXTX31,5631,258−21%

108Eastland County, TXTX18,1431,255−11%

109Uvalde County, TXTX24,9631,246−26%

110Rains County, TXTX13,5421,243−3%

111Milam County, TXTX26,2581,209−8%

112Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6331,196−5%

113Freestone County, TXTX20,8111,164−8%

114Gray County, TXTX20,9191,163−1%

115Jones County, TXTX20,8611,148−3%

116Leon County, TXTX16,8941,144−9%

117Falls County, TXTX17,8691,132−9%

118Callahan County, TXTX14,4911,099−5%

119Lavaca County, TXTX20,6511,080−12%

120Maverick County, TXTX58,8231,079+110%

121Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,064−9%

122Burleson County, TXTX20,5491,049−2%

123DeWitt County, TXTX20,3091,019−3%

124Morris County, TXTX12,133986−15%

125Young County, TXTX18,154986+3%

126Austin County, TXTX33,625981−17%

127Robertson County, TXTX17,839961−4%

128Trinity County, TXTX14,384958−32%

129Comanche County, TXTX14,432953−7%

130Shelby County, TXTX24,286942−17%

131Colorado County, TXTX21,439936−6%

132Hale County, TXTX31,819926−14%

133Camp County, TXTX13,380921+15%

134Scurry County, TXTX16,162914+2%

135Marion County, TXTX9,896911+0%

136Lee County, TXTX18,729896−1%

137Starr County, TXTX66,319885+4%

138Clay County, TXTX10,764881−3%

139Blanco County, TXTX13,581866−15%

140Red River County, TXTX11,816825+32%

141Madison County, TXTX14,226806−16%

142Gonzales County, TXTX20,159765−15%

143San Augustine County, TXTX7,722756−16%

144Pecos County, TXTX14,560730+5%

145Hockley County, TXTX21,600695−21%

146Brewster County, TXTX9,458688+29%

147Nolan County, TXTX14,117655−16%

148Somervell County, TXTX10,261647+15%

149Newton County, TXTX11,954643−33%

150Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481635−26%

151Jackson County, TXTX15,393633+8%

152McCulloch County, TXTX7,472593+9%

153Hamilton County, TXTX8,680588−5%

154Frio County, TXTX18,823573+0%

155Willacy County, TXTX19,971572−13%

156Live Oak County, TXTX11,929547−23%

157Archer County, TXTX9,129541+3%

158Coleman County, TXTX7,915523−17%

159Moore County, TXTX21,891518−23%

160Terry County, TXTX11,720499+26%

161Franklin County, TXTX10,994490−26%

162Goliad County, TXTX7,208488−3%

163Karnes County, TXTX15,018471−44%

164Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626465−12%

165Jack County, TXTX9,563463−11%

166Ward County, TXTX11,125444−12%

167Andrews County, TXTX18,914439−33%

168Runnels County, TXTX9,693420−31%

169Gaines County, TXTX23,956419−16%

170Refugio County, TXTX6,657401−10%

171Lamb County, TXTX12,579399−21%

172Mitchell County, TXTX8,947399+49%

173Duval County, TXTX9,402375−3%

174Castro County, TXTX7,295373−16%

175Kinney County, TXTX3,128357−45%

176Carson County, TXTX5,805356−13%

177Parmer County, TXTX9,678351+7%

178Kimble County, TXTX4,438350−4%

179Dallam County, TXTX7,508346−21%

180Dawson County, TXTX11,776346−11%

181Delta County, TXTX5,549339−9%

182Reeves County, TXTX12,138309−48%

183Haskell County, TXTX5,499306+2%

184Garza County, TXTX4,510298+24%

185Real County, TXTX2,745287+1%

186Mason County, TXTX3,990271−1%

187Baylor County, TXTX3,472266+2%

188Zapata County, TXTX13,753263−40%

189Dimmit County, TXTX8,024254−23%

190Fisher County, TXTX3,692249−18%

191La Salle County, TXTX6,517249−43%

192Floyd County, TXTX4,881249−16%

193Stephens County, TXTX9,380247−42%

194San Saba County, TXTX5,787244−36%

195Crane County, TXTX4,554234+8%

196Mills County, TXTX4,580228−34%

197Hansford County, TXTX4,944219−19%

198Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284216−39%

199Winkler County, TXTX7,540205−35%

200Culberson County, TXTX2,267204+57%

201Brooks County, TXTX6,579203−28%

202Wheeler County, TXTX4,773203−12%

203Crosby County, TXTX4,852202−30%

204Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433196+6%

205Hartley County, TXTX4,904188−21%

206Swisher County, TXTX6,703186−38%

207Bailey County, TXTX6,963184+51%

208Coke County, TXTX3,412183+5%

209Lynn County, TXTX6,017180−31%

210Concho County, TXTX3,607180−28%

211Childress County, TXTX6,643169−43%

212Menard County, TXTX1,956169−44%

213Armstrong County, TXTX1,843162−7%

214Donley County, TXTX3,213161−33%

215Hardeman County, TXTX3,292157−29%

216Shackelford County, TXTX3,197148−44%

217Sutton County, TXTX3,203146−39%

218Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487146−21%

219Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711142−1%

220Schleicher County, TXTX2,245141+93%

221Hall County, TXTX2,737134−12%

222Zavala County, TXTX9,037132−71%

223Presidio County, TXTX5,433130+217%

224Martin County, TXTX5,284129+0%

225Oldham County, TXTX1,783129+130%

226Knox County, TXTX3,192118−35%

227Motley County, TXTX1,043104−18%

228Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55497−5%

229Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95592−48%

230Upton County, TXTX3,13187−40%

231Hemphill County, TXTX3,08384−42%

232Briscoe County, TXTX1,47476−4%

233Yoakum County, TXTX7,43874−58%

234Irion County, TXTX1,46369−22%

235Terrell County, TXTX70263+57%

236Crockett County, TXTX2,76961−75%

237Sherman County, TXTX2,78156−66%

238Stonewall County, TXTX1,18656−25%

239Dickens County, TXTX1,69255−44%

240Cochran County, TXTX2,54654−53%

241Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55544−63%

242Foard County, TXTX1,04443−43%

243Roberts County, TXTX86742−29%

244Reagan County, TXTX3,16638−71%

245Edwards County, TXTX1,37035−62%

246Cottle County, TXTX1,22425−71%

247Glasscock County, TXTX1,12825−7%

248Borden County, TXTX56723−12%

249Kent County, TXTX67423−43%

250McMullen County, TXTX54423+21%

251Sterling County, TXTX1,34918−25%

252Kenedy County, TXTX3195–

253King County, TXTX1922−60%

254Loving County, TXTX520−100%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES