RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most densely populated, Texas counties · 1990

Texas counties ranked by residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3972,122−16%

02Harris County, TXTX5,045,0261,651−17%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4661,352−19%

04Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088956−15%

05El Paso County, TXTX877,858584−13%

06Travis County, TXTX1,389,670580−29%

07Galveston County, TXTX372,207573−13%

08Gregg County, TXTX126,095384−6%

09Nueces County, TXTX352,992347−7%

10Collin County, TXTX1,297,179314−46%

11Denton County, TXTX1,069,346311−37%

12Cameron County, TXTX433,946292−22%

13Jefferson County, TXTX254,321273−5%

14Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191262−36%

15Lubbock County, TXTX328,906249−8%

16Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549244−33%

17Orange County, TXTX86,266241−5%

18Brazos County, TXTX249,088208−20%

19Rockwall County, TXTX140,738201−41%

20Wichita County, TXTX129,555195−7%

21McLennan County, TXTX272,020182−11%

22Bell County, TXTX402,248181−20%

23Montgomery County, TXTX781,194175−38%

24Smith County, TXTX252,549164−13%

25Brazoria County, TXTX419,080141−21%

26Johnson County, TXTX218,048134−23%

27Ector County, TXTX173,801132−2%

28Taylor County, TXTX150,077131−5%

29Williamson County, TXTX752,827125−44%

30Midland County, TXTX187,855118−8%

31Potter County, TXTX114,453108−14%

32Grayson County, TXTX153,613102−14%

33Randall County, TXTX152,35198−14%

34Hays County, TXTX304,39097−33%

35Comal County, TXTX209,16693−34%

36Bowie County, TXTX92,69692−9%

37Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11191−27%

38Ellis County, TXTX240,86791−24%

39Angelina County, TXTX88,15488−13%

40San Patricio County, TXTX72,05385−12%

41Victoria County, TXTX92,65684−12%

42Hunt County, TXTX123,33677−16%

43Parker County, TXTX184,76772−27%

44Aransas County, TXTX26,14671−20%

45Hood County, TXTX70,50169−29%

46Henderson County, TXTX88,59567−20%

47Kaufman County, TXTX209,23567−27%

48Walker County, TXTX83,84265−18%

49Tom Green County, TXTX120,60265−5%

50Harrison County, TXTX71,95664−7%

51Coryell County, TXTX85,59261−14%

52Titus County, TXTX31,56359−15%

53Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03558−8%

54Upshur County, TXTX44,41054−11%

55Morris County, TXTX12,13352+1%

56Camp County, TXTX13,38051−14%

57Caldwell County, TXTX55,15048−18%

58Lamar County, TXTX51,50348−9%

59Rusk County, TXTX54,85447−8%

60Hardin County, TXTX58,72346−14%

61Waller County, TXTX69,85846−28%

62Wood County, TXTX49,68846−20%

63Liberty County, TXTX121,36446−25%

64Anderson County, TXTX59,80545−13%

65Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13045−21%

66Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80444−4%

67Washington County, TXTX38,28843−14%

68Bastrop County, TXTX118,90843−34%

69Webb County, TXTX281,22440−31%

70Navarro County, TXTX57,18140−12%

71Cherokee County, TXTX53,33739−12%

72Wise County, TXTX83,77838−29%

73Calhoun County, TXTX19,59938−8%

74Hopkins County, TXTX39,06338−10%

75Wharton County, TXTX42,06037−3%

76Brown County, TXTX38,71136−9%

77Howard County, TXTX30,50436−4%

78Cooke County, TXTX44,46135−15%

79Hale County, TXTX31,81935−5%

80Kleberg County, TXTX30,31534−4%

81Matagorda County, TXTX36,46334−3%

82Chambers County, TXTX57,59434−23%

83Jasper County, TXTX33,07533−13%

84Starr County, TXTX66,31933−24%

85Kerr County, TXTX54,03733−17%

86Cass County, TXTX28,65132−1%

87Austin County, TXTX33,62531−16%

88Willacy County, TXTX19,97130−12%

89Rains County, TXTX13,54229−27%

90Polk County, TXTX53,43429−25%

91Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63329+8%

92Somervell County, TXTX10,26129−21%

93San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48829−26%

94Bee County, TXTX32,51529−22%

95Maverick County, TXTX58,82328−23%

96Hill County, TXTX39,50328−16%

97Wilson County, TXTX56,13928−30%

98Fannin County, TXTX39,26528−21%

99Shelby County, TXTX24,28628−13%

100Franklin County, TXTX10,99427−18%

101Panola County, TXTX23,01827−3%

102Hockley County, TXTX21,60027+7%

103Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79126−7%

104Marion County, TXTX9,89626−9%

105Gray County, TXTX20,91926+5%

106Erath County, TXTX43,91126−15%

107Atascosa County, TXTX53,59025−21%

108Grimes County, TXTX34,25224−20%

109Madison County, TXTX14,22623−16%

110Falls County, TXTX17,86923−5%

111Limestone County, TXTX22,84923−5%

112Burnet County, TXTX57,01523−34%

113Milam County, TXTX26,25823−5%

114Kendall County, TXTX53,28922−39%

115Fayette County, TXTX25,45921−8%

116DeWitt County, TXTX20,30921−6%

117Burleson County, TXTX20,54921−17%

118Medina County, TXTX56,88121−31%

119Scurry County, TXTX16,16221+14%

120Lee County, TXTX18,72920−18%

121Eastland County, TXTX18,14320+1%

122Moore County, TXTX21,89120−11%

123Young County, TXTX18,15420+1%

124Sabine County, TXTX10,01219−8%

125Lavaca County, TXTX20,65119−3%

126Colorado County, TXTX21,43919−10%

127Lampasas County, TXTX23,65719−24%

128Delta County, TXTX5,54919−9%

129Montague County, TXTX21,96619−10%

130Nolan County, TXTX14,11718+5%

131Robertson County, TXTX17,83918−3%

132Freestone County, TXTX20,81118−11%

133Tyler County, TXTX20,44318−20%

134Jones County, TXTX20,86118−21%

135Houston County, TXTX22,31617−8%

136Karnes County, TXTX15,01817−19%

137Trinity County, TXTX14,38416−17%

138Gillespie County, TXTX28,52716−17%

139Gonzales County, TXTX20,15916−8%

140Dawson County, TXTX11,77616−4%

141Jackson County, TXTX15,39316−9%

142Ward County, TXTX11,12516+20%

143Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48116+3%

144Bosque County, TXTX18,91815−12%

145San Augustine County, TXTX7,72215−11%

146Uvalde County, TXTX24,96315−10%

147Terry County, TXTX11,72015+4%

148Lamb County, TXTX12,57915+2%

149Newton County, TXTX11,95415−10%

150Comanche County, TXTX14,43214−5%

151Red River County, TXTX11,81614+0%

152Bandera County, TXTX22,87613−40%

153Callahan County, TXTX14,49113−8%

154Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62613+3%

155Llano County, TXTX23,35312−32%

156Val Verde County, TXTX47,83512−14%

157Frio County, TXTX18,82312−17%

158Leon County, TXTX16,89412−17%

159Parmer County, TXTX9,67811−2%

160Yoakum County, TXTX7,43811+20%

161Runnels County, TXTX9,69311−2%

162Refugio County, TXTX6,65710+2%

163Winkler County, TXTX7,54010+20%

164Castro County, TXTX7,29510+9%

165Stephens County, TXTX9,38010−7%

166Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28410+1%

167Andrews County, TXTX18,91410+10%

168Gaines County, TXTX23,9569−2%

169Zavala County, TXTX9,0379+5%

170Zapata County, TXTX13,7539−24%

171Hamilton County, TXTX8,6809−6%

172Clay County, TXTX10,7649−9%

173Live Oak County, TXTX11,9299−22%

174Swisher County, TXTX6,7039−3%

175Archer County, TXTX9,1299−10%

176Mitchell County, TXTX8,9479−17%

177Brooks County, TXTX6,5799+3%

178Floyd County, TXTX4,8819+9%

179Childress County, TXTX6,6439−23%

180Bailey County, TXTX6,9639+7%

181Blanco County, TXTX13,5818−29%

182McCulloch County, TXTX7,4728+7%

183Crosby County, TXTX4,8528+3%

184Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248+2%

185Coleman County, TXTX7,9158+5%

186Jack County, TXTX9,5638−20%

187Hardeman County, TXTX3,2928+12%

188Lynn County, TXTX6,0178+3%

189Haskell County, TXTX5,4998+12%

190Duval County, TXTX9,4027−2%

191Carson County, TXTX5,8057+1%

192Goliad County, TXTX7,2087−14%

193Wheeler County, TXTX4,7736+11%

194Hansford County, TXTX4,9446+9%

195Mills County, TXTX4,5806−12%

196Reeves County, TXTX12,1386+21%

197Crane County, TXTX4,5546+16%

198Garza County, TXTX4,5106+6%

199Knox County, TXTX3,1926+14%

200Cochran County, TXTX2,5466+17%

201Martin County, TXTX5,2845+4%

202Fisher County, TXTX3,6925+11%

203Baylor County, TXTX3,4725+7%

204San Saba County, TXTX5,7875−13%

205Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5554−3%

206Hall County, TXTX2,7374+3%

207Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834+11%

208Donley County, TXTX3,2134−3%

209Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4874+11%

210Reagan County, TXTX3,1664+36%

211Coke County, TXTX3,4124−11%

212Mason County, TXTX3,9904−8%

213Dallam County, TXTX7,5084−12%

214Shackelford County, TXTX3,1974+0%

215Upton County, TXTX3,1314+31%

216La Salle County, TXTX6,5174−10%

217Real County, TXTX2,7453−21%

218Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9553+3%

219Kimble County, TXTX4,4383−8%

220Sherman County, TXTX2,7813−10%

221Concho County, TXTX3,6073−23%

222Pecos County, TXTX14,5603−13%

223Dickens County, TXTX1,6923−7%

224Sutton County, TXTX3,2033+1%

225Foard County, TXTX1,0443+11%

226Menard County, TXTX1,9562−5%

227Cottle County, TXTX1,2242+18%

228Hartley County, TXTX4,9042−34%

229Kinney County, TXTX3,1282−8%

230Schleicher County, TXTX2,2452+2%

231Armstrong County, TXTX1,8432−6%

232Stonewall County, TXTX1,1862+19%

233Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742+10%

234Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5542+2%

235Presidio County, TXTX5,4332−9%

236Glasscock County, TXTX1,1282+3%

237Sterling County, TXTX1,3492+3%

238Irion County, TXTX1,4632−8%

239Motley County, TXTX1,0432+7%

240Oldham County, TXTX1,7832+4%

241Crockett County, TXTX2,7691−1%

242Brewster County, TXTX9,4581−2%

243Kent County, TXTX6741+18%

244Roberts County, TXTX8671+16%

245Edwards County, TXTX1,3701+5%

246Culberson County, TXTX2,2671+15%

247Borden County, TXTX5671+10%

248Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7111−12%

249McMullen County, TXTX5441−4%

250Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331−13%

251Terrell County, TXTX7021+30%

252King County, TXTX1920−1%

253Kenedy County, TXTX3190+11%

254Loving County, TXTX520+60%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES