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Most densely populated, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties ranked by residents per square mile (2000). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 254 is 21.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990

01Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3972,541+20%

02Harris County, TXTX5,045,0261,992+21%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4661,671+24%

04Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0881,123+18%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,670817+41%

06El Paso County, TXTX877,858671+15%

07Galveston County, TXTX372,207659+15%

08Collin County, TXTX1,297,179584+86%

09Denton County, TXTX1,069,346493+58%

10Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191411+57%

11Gregg County, TXTX126,095407+6%

12Cameron County, TXTX433,946376+29%

13Nueces County, TXTX352,992374+8%

14Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549362+48%

15Rockwall County, TXTX140,738339+68%

16Jefferson County, TXTX254,321287+5%

17Montgomery County, TXTX781,194282+61%

18Lubbock County, TXTX328,906271+9%

19Brazos County, TXTX249,088260+25%

20Orange County, TXTX86,266255+6%

21Bell County, TXTX402,248226+25%

22Williamson County, TXTX752,827224+79%

23Wichita County, TXTX129,555210+8%

24McLennan County, TXTX272,020206+13%

25Smith County, TXTX252,549190+15%

26Brazoria County, TXTX419,080177+26%

27Johnson County, TXTX218,048175+31%

28Hays County, TXTX304,390144+49%

29Comal County, TXTX209,166139+51%

30Taylor County, TXTX150,077138+6%

31Ector County, TXTX173,801135+2%

32Midland County, TXTX187,855129+9%

33Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111125+37%

34Potter County, TXTX114,453125+16%

35Ellis County, TXTX240,867119+31%

36Grayson County, TXTX153,613119+16%

37Randall County, TXTX152,351114+16%

38Bowie County, TXTX92,696101+9%

39Angelina County, TXTX88,154100+15%

40Parker County, TXTX184,76798+37%

41Hood County, TXTX70,50198+42%

42San Patricio County, TXTX72,05397+14%

43Victoria County, TXTX92,65695+13%

44Kaufman County, TXTX209,23591+37%

45Hunt County, TXTX123,33691+19%

46Aransas County, TXTX26,14689+26%

47Henderson County, TXTX88,59584+25%

48Walker County, TXTX83,84279+21%

49Coryell County, TXTX85,59271+17%

50Titus County, TXTX31,56369+17%

51Harrison County, TXTX71,95669+8%

52Tom Green County, TXTX120,60268+6%

53Bastrop County, TXTX118,90865+51%

54Waller County, TXTX69,85864+40%

55Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03563+8%

56Liberty County, TXTX121,36461+33%

57Upshur County, TXTX44,41061+12%

58Caldwell County, TXTX55,15059+22%

59Camp County, TXTX13,38059+17%

60Webb County, TXTX281,22457+45%

61Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13057+27%

62Wood County, TXTX49,68857+25%

63Hardin County, TXTX58,72354+16%

64Wise County, TXTX83,77854+41%

65Lamar County, TXTX51,50353+10%

66Anderson County, TXTX59,80552+15%

67Morris County, TXTX12,13352−1%

68Rusk County, TXTX54,85451+8%

69Washington County, TXTX38,28850+16%

70Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80445+4%

71Navarro County, TXTX57,18145+13%

72Cherokee County, TXTX53,33744+14%

73Starr County, TXTX66,31944+32%

74Chambers County, TXTX57,59444+30%

75Hopkins County, TXTX39,06342+11%

76Cooke County, TXTX44,46142+18%

77Calhoun County, TXTX19,59941+8%

78Wilson County, TXTX56,13940+43%

79Brown County, TXTX38,71140+10%

80Rains County, TXTX13,54240+36%

81Kerr County, TXTX54,03740+20%

82San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48839+36%

83Polk County, TXTX53,43439+34%

84Jasper County, TXTX33,07538+14%

85Wharton County, TXTX42,06038+3%

86Howard County, TXTX30,50437+4%

87Maverick County, TXTX58,82337+30%

88Bee County, TXTX32,51537+29%

89Somervell County, TXTX10,26137+27%

90Austin County, TXTX33,62536+19%

91Hale County, TXTX31,81936+6%

92Kendall County, TXTX53,28936+63%

93Kleberg County, TXTX30,31536+4%

94Fannin County, TXTX39,26535+26%

95Matagorda County, TXTX36,46335+3%

96Burnet County, TXTX57,01534+51%

97Willacy County, TXTX19,97134+13%

98Hill County, TXTX39,50334+19%

99Franklin County, TXTX10,99433+21%

100Cass County, TXTX28,65132+2%

101Shelby County, TXTX24,28632+14%

102Atascosa County, TXTX53,59032+27%

103Erath County, TXTX43,91130+18%

104Grimes County, TXTX34,25230+25%

105Medina County, TXTX56,88130+44%

106Marion County, TXTX9,89629+10%

107Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79128+8%

108Panola County, TXTX23,01828+3%

109Madison County, TXTX14,22628+18%

110Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63327−7%

111Hockley County, TXTX21,60025−6%

112Burleson County, TXTX20,54925+21%

113Lampasas County, TXTX23,65725+31%

114Lee County, TXTX18,72925+22%

115Gray County, TXTX20,91925−5%

116Limestone County, TXTX22,84924+5%

117Falls County, TXTX17,86924+5%

118Milam County, TXTX26,25824+6%

119Fayette County, TXTX25,45923+9%

120Tyler County, TXTX20,44323+25%

121Jones County, TXTX20,86122+26%

122Moore County, TXTX21,89122+13%

123Bandera County, TXTX22,87622+67%

124DeWitt County, TXTX20,30922+6%

125Sabine County, TXTX10,01221+9%

126Colorado County, TXTX21,43921+11%

127Delta County, TXTX5,54921+10%

128Karnes County, TXTX15,01821+24%

129Montague County, TXTX21,96621+11%

130Freestone County, TXTX20,81120+13%

131Trinity County, TXTX14,38420+20%

132Lavaca County, TXTX20,65120+3%

133Eastland County, TXTX18,14320−1%

134Gillespie County, TXTX28,52720+21%

135Young County, TXTX18,15420−1%

136Houston County, TXTX22,31619+8%

137Robertson County, TXTX17,83919+3%

138Llano County, TXTX23,35318+47%

139Scurry County, TXTX16,16218−12%

140Bosque County, TXTX18,91818+14%

141Gonzales County, TXTX20,15917+8%

142Jackson County, TXTX15,39317+10%

143Nolan County, TXTX14,11717−5%

144San Augustine County, TXTX7,72217+12%

145Uvalde County, TXTX24,96317+11%

146Dawson County, TXTX11,77617+4%

147Newton County, TXTX11,95416+11%

148Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48115−3%

149Comanche County, TXTX14,43215+5%

150Lamb County, TXTX12,57914−2%

151Terry County, TXTX11,72014−3%

152Callahan County, TXTX14,49114+9%

153Frio County, TXTX18,82314+21%

154Leon County, TXTX16,89414+21%

155Val Verde County, TXTX47,83514+16%

156Red River County, TXTX11,816140%

157Ward County, TXTX11,12513−17%

158Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62612−3%

159Zapata County, TXTX13,75312+31%

160Blanco County, TXTX13,58112+41%

161Live Oak County, TXTX11,92912+29%

162Parmer County, TXTX9,67811+2%

163Childress County, TXTX6,64311+29%

164Runnels County, TXTX9,69311+2%

165Stephens County, TXTX9,38011+7%

166Mitchell County, TXTX8,94711+21%

167Refugio County, TXTX6,65710−2%

168Clay County, TXTX10,76410+10%

169Hamilton County, TXTX8,68010+6%

170Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28410−1%

171Archer County, TXTX9,12910+11%

172Gaines County, TXTX23,95610+2%

173Jack County, TXTX9,56310+26%

174Swisher County, TXTX6,7039+3%

175Castro County, TXTX7,2959−9%

176Yoakum County, TXTX7,4389−17%

177Zavala County, TXTX9,0379−5%

178Andrews County, TXTX18,9149−9%

179Winkler County, TXTX7,5409−17%

180Brooks County, TXTX6,5798−3%

181Goliad County, TXTX7,2088+16%

182Bailey County, TXTX6,9638−7%

183Crosby County, TXTX4,8528−3%

184Floyd County, TXTX4,8818−9%

185Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248−2%

186McCulloch County, TXTX7,4728−7%

187Lynn County, TXTX6,0177−3%

188Duval County, TXTX9,4027+2%

189Coleman County, TXTX7,9157−5%

190Carson County, TXTX5,8057−1%

191Mills County, TXTX4,5807+14%

192Hardeman County, TXTX3,2927−11%

193Haskell County, TXTX5,4997−11%

194Hansford County, TXTX4,9446−8%

195Wheeler County, TXTX4,7736−10%

196Garza County, TXTX4,5105−5%

197San Saba County, TXTX5,7875+15%

198Martin County, TXTX5,2845−4%

199Crane County, TXTX4,5545−14%

200Knox County, TXTX3,1925−12%

201Reeves County, TXTX12,1385−17%

202Fisher County, TXTX3,6925−10%

203Cochran County, TXTX2,5465−15%

204Baylor County, TXTX3,4725−7%

205Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5555+3%

206Real County, TXTX2,7454+26%

207Hall County, TXTX2,7374−3%

208Coke County, TXTX3,4124+13%

209Dallam County, TXTX7,5084+14%

210Donley County, TXTX3,2134+4%

211Concho County, TXTX3,6074+30%

212Mason County, TXTX3,9904+9%

213La Salle County, TXTX6,5174+12%

214Hartley County, TXTX4,9044+52%

215Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834−10%

216Shackelford County, TXTX3,19740%

217Kimble County, TXTX4,4384+8%

218Pecos County, TXTX14,5604+15%

219Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4873−10%

220Sherman County, TXTX2,7813+11%

221Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9553−3%

222Dickens County, TXTX1,6923+7%

223Reagan County, TXTX3,1663−26%

224Sutton County, TXTX3,2033−1%

225Upton County, TXTX3,1313−23%

226Menard County, TXTX1,9563+5%

227Kinney County, TXTX3,1282+8%

228Armstrong County, TXTX1,8432+6%

229Foard County, TXTX1,0442−10%

230Schleicher County, TXTX2,2452−2%

231Cottle County, TXTX1,2242−15%

232Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5542−2%

233Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742−9%

234Presidio County, TXTX5,4332+10%

235Stonewall County, TXTX1,1862−16%

236Irion County, TXTX1,4632+9%

237Glasscock County, TXTX1,1282−3%

238Sterling County, TXTX1,3492−3%

239Crockett County, TXTX2,7691+1%

240Oldham County, TXTX1,7831−4%

241Motley County, TXTX1,0431−7%

242Brewster County, TXTX9,4581+2%

243Edwards County, TXTX1,3701−5%

244Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7111+13%

245Roberts County, TXTX8671−13%

246Kent County, TXTX6741−15%

247Borden County, TXTX5671−9%

248Culberson County, TXTX2,2671−13%

249McMullen County, TXTX5441+4%

250Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331+15%

251Terrell County, TXTX7020−23%

252King County, TXTX1920+1%

253Kenedy County, TXTX3190−10%

254Loving County, TXTX520−37%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS