RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most densely populated, Texas counties · 2010

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, TXTX2,661,3972,712+7%

02Harris County, TXTX5,045,0262,397+20%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4662,091+25%

04Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0881,383+23%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,6701,030+26%

06Collin County, TXTX1,297,179930+59%

07El Paso County, TXTX877,858790+18%

08Galveston County, TXTX372,207768+16%

09Denton County, TXTX1,069,346754+53%

10Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191679+65%

11Rockwall County, TXTX140,738616+82%

12Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549493+36%

13Cameron County, TXTX433,946456+21%

14Gregg County, TXTX126,095445+9%

15Montgomery County, TXTX781,194437+55%

16Nueces County, TXTX352,992405+8%

17Williamson County, TXTX752,827379+69%

18Brazos County, TXTX249,088332+28%

19Lubbock County, TXTX328,906311+15%

20Bell County, TXTX402,248294+30%

21Jefferson County, TXTX254,321288+0%

22Orange County, TXTX86,266245−4%

23Hays County, TXTX304,390232+61%

24Brazoria County, TXTX419,080230+30%

25Smith County, TXTX252,549228+20%

26McLennan County, TXTX272,020227+10%

27Wichita County, TXTX129,555210−0%

28Johnson County, TXTX218,048208+19%

29Comal County, TXTX209,166194+39%

30Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111185+48%

31Ellis County, TXTX240,867160+34%

32Ector County, TXTX173,801153+13%

33Midland County, TXTX187,855152+18%

34Taylor County, TXTX150,077144+4%

35Potter County, TXTX114,453133+7%

36Kaufman County, TXTX209,235132+45%

37Randall County, TXTX152,351132+16%

38Grayson County, TXTX153,613130+9%

39Parker County, TXTX184,767129+32%

40Hood County, TXTX70,501122+25%

41Angelina County, TXTX88,154109+8%

42Bowie County, TXTX92,696105+4%

43Hunt County, TXTX123,336102+12%

44Victoria County, TXTX92,65698+3%

45San Patricio County, TXTX72,05393−3%

46Aransas County, TXTX26,14692+3%

47Henderson County, TXTX88,59590+7%

48Walker County, TXTX83,84287+10%

49Waller County, TXTX69,85884+32%

50Bastrop County, TXTX118,90884+28%

51Titus County, TXTX31,56380+15%

52Webb County, TXTX281,22474+30%

53Harrison County, TXTX71,95673+6%

54Tom Green County, TXTX120,60272+6%

55Coryell County, TXTX85,59272+1%

56Caldwell County, TXTX55,15070+18%

57Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03568+9%

58Upshur County, TXTX44,41067+11%

59Wise County, TXTX83,77865+21%

60Liberty County, TXTX121,36465+8%

61Wood County, TXTX49,68865+14%

62Camp County, TXTX13,38063+7%

63Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13062+9%

64Hardin County, TXTX58,72361+14%

65Chambers County, TXTX57,59459+35%

66Rusk County, TXTX54,85458+13%

67Washington County, TXTX38,28856+11%

68Anderson County, TXTX59,80555+6%

69Lamar County, TXTX51,50355+3%

70Wilson County, TXTX56,13953+32%

71Morris County, TXTX12,13351−1%

72Kendall County, TXTX53,28950+41%

73Starr County, TXTX66,31950+14%

74Cherokee County, TXTX53,33748+9%

75Rains County, TXTX13,54248+19%

76Navarro County, TXTX57,18147+6%

77Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80447+4%

78San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48846+19%

79Hopkins County, TXTX39,06346+10%

80Somervell County, TXTX10,26146+25%

81Kerr County, TXTX54,03745+14%

82Austin County, TXTX33,62544+20%

83Cooke County, TXTX44,46144+6%

84Burnet County, TXTX57,01543+25%

85Polk County, TXTX53,43443+10%

86Maverick County, TXTX58,82342+15%

87Calhoun County, TXTX19,59942+4%

88Brown County, TXTX38,71140+1%

89Howard County, TXTX30,50439+4%

90Fannin County, TXTX39,26538+9%

91Jasper County, TXTX33,07538+0%

92Wharton County, TXTX42,06038+0%

93Willacy County, TXTX19,97137+10%

94Franklin County, TXTX10,99437+12%

95Atascosa County, TXTX53,59037+16%

96Hill County, TXTX39,50337+9%

97Kleberg County, TXTX30,31536+2%

98Bee County, TXTX32,51536−2%

99Hale County, TXTX31,81936−1%

100Erath County, TXTX43,91135+15%

101Medina County, TXTX56,88135+17%

102Grimes County, TXTX34,25234+13%

103Matagorda County, TXTX36,46334−3%

104Cass County, TXTX28,65133+0%

105Shelby County, TXTX24,28632+1%

106Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79130+4%

107Panola County, TXTX23,01829+5%

108Madison County, TXTX14,22629+6%

109Marion County, TXTX9,89628−4%

110Lampasas County, TXTX23,65728+11%

111Lee County, TXTX18,72926+6%

112Burleson County, TXTX20,54926+4%

113Bandera County, TXTX22,87626+16%

114Fayette County, TXTX25,45926+13%

115Limestone County, TXTX22,84926+6%

116Hockley County, TXTX21,60025+1%

117Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63325−7%

118Milam County, TXTX26,25824+2%

119Moore County, TXTX21,89124+9%

120Gray County, TXTX20,91924−1%

121Tyler County, TXTX20,44324+4%

122Gillespie County, TXTX28,52723+19%

123Falls County, TXTX17,86923−4%

124Freestone County, TXTX20,81123+11%

125DeWitt County, TXTX20,30922+0%

126Sabine County, TXTX10,01222+3%

127Jones County, TXTX20,86122−3%

128Colorado County, TXTX21,43922+2%

129Montague County, TXTX21,96621+3%

130Trinity County, TXTX14,38421+6%

131Llano County, TXTX23,35321+13%

132Delta County, TXTX5,54920−2%

133Young County, TXTX18,15420+3%

134Eastland County, TXTX18,14320+2%

135Lavaca County, TXTX20,65120+0%

136Karnes County, TXTX15,01820−4%

137Robertson County, TXTX17,83919+4%

138Houston County, TXTX22,31619+2%

139Scurry County, TXTX16,16219+3%

140Gonzales County, TXTX20,15919+6%

141Bosque County, TXTX18,91819+6%

142Uvalde County, TXTX24,96317+2%

143Jackson County, TXTX15,39317−2%

144San Augustine County, TXTX7,72217−1%

145Nolan County, TXTX14,11717−4%

146Leon County, TXTX16,89416+10%

147Val Verde County, TXTX47,83516+9%

148Newton County, TXTX11,95415−4%

149Dawson County, TXTX11,77615−8%

150Frio County, TXTX18,82315+6%

151Callahan County, TXTX14,49115+5%

152Comanche County, TXTX14,43215−0%

153Blanco County, TXTX13,58115+25%

154Terry County, TXTX11,72014−1%

155Zapata County, TXTX13,75314+15%

156Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48114−8%

157Lamb County, TXTX12,57914−5%

158Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62613+4%

159Ward County, TXTX11,12513−2%

160Red River County, TXTX11,81612−10%

161Gaines County, TXTX23,95612+21%

162Parmer County, TXTX9,67812+3%

163Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28411+14%

164Live Oak County, TXTX11,92911−6%

165Stephens County, TXTX9,38011−0%

166Mitchell County, TXTX8,94710−3%

167Hamilton County, TXTX8,68010+3%

168Childress County, TXTX6,64310−8%

169Archer County, TXTX9,12910+2%

170Runnels County, TXTX9,69310−9%

171Jack County, TXTX9,56310+3%

172Clay County, TXTX10,76410−2%

173Andrews County, TXTX18,91410+14%

174Yoakum County, TXTX7,43810+8%

175Refugio County, TXTX6,65710−6%

176Castro County, TXTX7,2959−3%

177Zavala County, TXTX9,0379+1%

178Swisher County, TXTX6,7039−6%

179Bailey County, TXTX6,9639+9%

180Goliad County, TXTX7,2088+4%

181Winkler County, TXTX7,5408−1%

182McCulloch County, TXTX7,4728+1%

183Brooks County, TXTX6,5798−9%

184Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248−2%

185Garza County, TXTX4,5107+33%

186Coleman County, TXTX7,9157−4%

187Crosby County, TXTX4,8527−14%

188Carson County, TXTX5,8057−5%

189Lynn County, TXTX6,0177−10%

190Mills County, TXTX4,5807−4%

191Duval County, TXTX9,4027−10%

192Haskell County, TXTX5,4997−3%

193Floyd County, TXTX4,8816−17%

194Hansford County, TXTX4,9446+5%

195Hardeman County, TXTX3,2926−12%

196Wheeler County, TXTX4,7736+2%

197Crane County, TXTX4,5546+9%

198San Saba County, TXTX5,7875−1%

199Martin County, TXTX5,2845+1%

200Reeves County, TXTX12,1385+5%

201Real County, TXTX2,7455+9%

202Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5555+0%

203La Salle County, TXTX6,5175+17%

204Dallam County, TXTX7,5084+8%

205Fisher County, TXTX3,6924−9%

206Knox County, TXTX3,1924−13%

207Mason County, TXTX3,9904+7%

208Baylor County, TXTX3,4724−9%

209Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834+14%

210Concho County, TXTX3,6074+3%

211Hartley County, TXTX4,9044+9%

212Cochran County, TXTX2,5464−16%

213Donley County, TXTX3,2134−4%

214Hall County, TXTX2,7374−11%

215Shackelford County, TXTX3,1974+2%

216Kimble County, TXTX4,4384+3%

217Coke County, TXTX3,4124−14%

218Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9554+8%

219Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4873−5%

220Sherman County, TXTX2,7813−5%

221Pecos County, TXTX14,5603−8%

222Reagan County, TXTX3,1663+1%

223Sutton County, TXTX3,2033+1%

224Dickens County, TXTX1,6923−12%

225Upton County, TXTX3,1313−1%

226Kinney County, TXTX3,1283+6%

227Schleicher County, TXTX2,2453+18%

228Menard County, TXTX1,9562−5%

229Armstrong County, TXTX1,8432−11%

230Presidio County, TXTX5,4332+7%

231Foard County, TXTX1,0442−18%

232Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742−9%

233Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5542−11%

234Cottle County, TXTX1,2242−21%

235Stonewall County, TXTX1,1862−12%

236Irion County, TXTX1,4632−10%

237Brewster County, TXTX9,4581+4%

238Oldham County, TXTX1,7831−6%

239Glasscock County, TXTX1,1281−13%

240Crockett County, TXTX2,7691−9%

241Sterling County, TXTX1,3491−18%

242Motley County, TXTX1,0431−15%

243Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7111+6%

244Roberts County, TXTX8671+5%

245Edwards County, TXTX1,3701−7%

246Kent County, TXTX6741−6%

247Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331+4%

248Borden County, TXTX5671−12%

249Culberson County, TXTX2,2671−19%

250McMullen County, TXTX5441−17%

251Terrell County, TXTX7020−9%

252King County, TXTX1920−20%

253Kenedy County, TXTX3190+0%

254Loving County, TXTX520+22%

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