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Most densely populated, Texas counties · 2020

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, TXTX2,661,3972,993+18%

02Harris County, TXTX5,045,0262,772+39%

03Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4662,439+46%

04Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0881,620+44%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,6701,298+59%

06Collin County, TXTX1,297,1791,265+116%

07Denton County, TXTX1,069,3461,032+109%

08Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191955+132%

09Galveston County, TXTX372,207924+40%

10El Paso County, TXTX877,858854+27%

11Rockwall County, TXTX140,738848+150%

12Montgomery County, TXTX781,194595+111%

13Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549554+53%

14Williamson County, TXTX752,827546+144%

15Cameron County, TXTX433,946472+26%

16Gregg County, TXTX126,095454+12%

17Nueces County, TXTX352,992421+13%

18Brazos County, TXTX249,088399+53%

19Hays County, TXTX304,390356+147%

20Bell County, TXTX402,248352+56%

21Lubbock County, TXTX328,906347+28%

22Jefferson County, TXTX254,321293+2%

23Comal County, TXTX209,166289+107%

24Brazoria County, TXTX419,080273+54%

25Orange County, TXTX86,266254−0%

26Smith County, TXTX252,549253+34%

27McLennan County, TXTX272,020251+22%

28Johnson County, TXTX218,048248+42%

29Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111243+94%

30Wichita County, TXTX129,555206−2%

31Ellis County, TXTX240,867206+73%

32Midland County, TXTX187,855189+47%

33Kaufman County, TXTX209,235186+104%

34Ector County, TXTX173,801184+36%

35Parker County, TXTX184,767164+67%

36Taylor County, TXTX150,077156+13%

37Randall County, TXTX152,351154+35%

38Hood County, TXTX70,501146+50%

39Grayson County, TXTX153,613145+23%

40Potter County, TXTX114,453130+4%

41Hunt County, TXTX123,336119+30%

42Waller County, TXTX69,858111+74%

43Bastrop County, TXTX118,908109+68%

44Angelina County, TXTX88,154108+8%

45Bowie County, TXTX92,696105+4%

46Victoria County, TXTX92,656104+9%

47San Patricio County, TXTX72,05399+2%

48Walker County, TXTX83,84297+24%

49Aransas County, TXTX26,14695+6%

50Henderson County, TXTX88,59594+12%

51Caldwell County, TXTX55,15084+43%

52Webb County, TXTX281,22479+38%

53Liberty County, TXTX121,36479+31%

54Coryell County, TXTX85,59279+11%

55Tom Green County, TXTX120,60279+15%

56Chambers County, TXTX57,59478+79%

57Titus County, TXTX31,56377+11%

58Harrison County, TXTX71,95676+11%

59Wise County, TXTX83,77876+41%

60Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13071+24%

61Upshur County, TXTX44,41070+16%

62Wood County, TXTX49,68869+22%

63Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03568+9%

64Kendall County, TXTX53,28967+86%

65Camp County, TXTX13,38064+8%

66Hardin County, TXTX58,72363+17%

67Wilson County, TXTX56,13962+54%

68Washington County, TXTX38,28859+18%

69Rusk County, TXTX54,85456+10%

70Lamar County, TXTX51,50355+3%

71Anderson County, TXTX59,80555+5%

72Starr County, TXTX66,31954+23%

73Rains County, TXTX13,54253+33%

74Navarro County, TXTX57,18152+17%

75Somervell County, TXTX10,26149+35%

76Burnet County, TXTX57,01549+44%

77San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48848+23%

78Hopkins County, TXTX39,06348+15%

79Cherokee County, TXTX53,33748+8%

80Kerr County, TXTX54,03748+20%

81Cooke County, TXTX44,46148+15%

82Morris County, TXTX12,13348−8%

83Polk County, TXTX53,43447+22%

84Austin County, TXTX33,62547+28%

85Maverick County, TXTX58,82345+22%

86Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80445−1%

87Brown County, TXTX38,71140+1%

88Atascosa County, TXTX53,59040+27%

89Fannin County, TXTX39,26540+14%

90Calhoun County, TXTX19,59940−3%

91Erath County, TXTX43,91139+29%

92Howard County, TXTX30,50439+4%

93Medina County, TXTX56,88138+29%

94Wharton County, TXTX42,06038+1%

95Hill County, TXTX39,50337+11%

96Grimes County, TXTX34,25237+24%

97Franklin County, TXTX10,99436+10%

98Bee County, TXTX32,51535−4%

99Kleberg County, TXTX30,31535−2%

100Jasper County, TXTX33,07535−7%

101Willacy County, TXTX19,97134+0%

102Matagorda County, TXTX36,46333−4%

103Hale County, TXTX31,81932−11%

104Cass County, TXTX28,65130−7%

105Lampasas County, TXTX23,65730+22%

106Shelby County, TXTX24,28630−5%

107Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79130+5%

108Madison County, TXTX14,22629+4%

109Lee County, TXTX18,72928+12%

110Panola County, TXTX23,01828−1%

111Burleson County, TXTX20,54927+7%

112Bandera County, TXTX22,87626+18%

113Fayette County, TXTX25,45926+12%

114Marion County, TXTX9,89626−11%

115Gillespie County, TXTX28,52725+28%

116Limestone County, TXTX22,84924+0%

117Milam County, TXTX26,25824+2%

118Moore County, TXTX21,89124+6%

119Hockley County, TXTX21,60024−5%

120Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63323−14%

121Gray County, TXTX20,91923−7%

122Llano County, TXTX23,35323+25%

123Falls County, TXTX17,86922−9%

124Freestone County, TXTX20,81122+9%

125DeWitt County, TXTX20,30922−1%

126Montague County, TXTX21,96621+4%

127Tyler County, TXTX20,44321−5%

128Colorado County, TXTX21,43921+1%

129Jones County, TXTX20,86121−5%

130Lavaca County, TXTX20,65121+6%

131Delta County, TXTX5,54920−2%

132Sabine County, TXTX10,01220−5%

133Karnes County, TXTX15,01820−5%

134Trinity County, TXTX14,38420−1%

135Robertson County, TXTX17,83920+5%

136Young County, TXTX18,15420−0%

137Eastland County, TXTX18,14319−3%

138Scurry County, TXTX16,16219+3%

139Bosque County, TXTX18,91819+6%

140Gonzales County, TXTX20,15918+6%

141Jackson County, TXTX15,39318+4%

142Houston County, TXTX22,31618−5%

143Frio County, TXTX18,82316+13%

144Nolan County, TXTX14,11716−7%

145Blanco County, TXTX13,58116+35%

146Uvalde County, TXTX24,96316−5%

147Callahan County, TXTX14,49115+6%

148Val Verde County, TXTX47,83515+6%

149San Augustine County, TXTX7,72215−11%

150Leon County, TXTX16,89415+3%

151Comanche County, TXTX14,43214−3%

152Gaines County, TXTX23,95614+49%

153Ward County, TXTX11,12514+7%

154Zapata County, TXTX13,75314+14%

155Dawson County, TXTX11,77614−17%

156Terry County, TXTX11,72013−7%

157Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48113−12%

158Newton County, TXTX11,95413−19%

159Lamb County, TXTX12,57913−11%

160Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62612+0%

161Andrews County, TXTX18,91412+43%

162Parmer County, TXTX9,67811−1%

163Red River County, TXTX11,81611−19%

164Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28411+11%

165Live Oak County, TXTX11,92911−8%

166Stephens County, TXTX9,38010−6%

167Mitchell County, TXTX8,94710−7%

168Hamilton County, TXTX8,68010−0%

169Yoakum County, TXTX7,43810+5%

170Childress County, TXTX6,64310−13%

171Archer County, TXTX9,1299−3%

172Runnels County, TXTX9,6939−14%

173Clay County, TXTX10,7649−7%

174Jack County, TXTX9,5639−3%

175Winkler County, TXTX7,5409+9%

176Refugio County, TXTX6,6579−14%

177Bailey County, TXTX6,9638+5%

178Castro County, TXTX7,2958−11%

179Goliad County, TXTX7,2088+1%

180Swisher County, TXTX6,7038−17%

181Brooks County, TXTX6,5798−11%

182Zavala County, TXTX9,0377−17%

183McCulloch County, TXTX7,4727−7%

184Garza County, TXTX4,5107+19%

185Dimmit County, TXTX8,0246−16%

186Carson County, TXTX5,8056−11%

187Lynn County, TXTX6,0176−15%

188Coleman County, TXTX7,9156−17%

189Haskell County, TXTX5,4996−11%

190Mills County, TXTX4,5806−13%

191Crane County, TXTX4,5546+17%

192Hansford County, TXTX4,9446−2%

193Martin County, TXTX5,2846+10%

194Crosby County, TXTX4,8526−27%

195Reeves County, TXTX12,1386+12%

196Duval County, TXTX9,4025−25%

197Wheeler County, TXTX4,7735−6%

198Floyd County, TXTX4,8815−30%

199Hardeman County, TXTX3,2925−25%

200San Saba County, TXTX5,7875−7%

201Dallam County, TXTX7,5085+14%

202La Salle County, TXTX6,5174+14%

203Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5554−8%

204Mason County, TXTX3,9904+6%

205Fisher County, TXTX3,6924−15%

206Baylor County, TXTX3,4724−15%

207Real County, TXTX2,7454−9%

208Knox County, TXTX3,1924−21%

209Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834+1%

210Hartley County, TXTX4,9044−3%

211Coke County, TXTX3,4124−15%

212Donley County, TXTX3,2134−15%

213Kimble County, TXTX4,4383−4%

214Shackelford County, TXTX3,1973−6%

215Concho County, TXTX3,6073−17%

216Cochran County, TXTX2,5463−32%

217Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9553+0%

218Hall County, TXTX2,7373−25%

219Pecos County, TXTX14,5603−10%

220Sherman County, TXTX2,7813−13%

221Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4873−17%

222Reagan County, TXTX3,1663+2%

223Upton County, TXTX3,1313−3%

224Sutton County, TXTX3,2032−17%

225Kinney County, TXTX3,1282−7%

226Menard County, TXTX1,9562−17%

227Armstrong County, TXTX1,8432−14%

228Dickens County, TXTX1,6922−36%

229Schleicher County, TXTX2,2452−16%

230Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742−20%

231Presidio County, TXTX5,4332−16%

232Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5542−22%

233Foard County, TXTX1,0442−32%

234Brewster County, TXTX9,4582+8%

235Cottle County, TXTX1,2242−28%

236Sterling County, TXTX1,3491−2%

237Irion County, TXTX1,4631−15%

238Stonewall County, TXTX1,1861−26%

239Glasscock County, TXTX1,1281−21%

240Oldham County, TXTX1,7831−20%

241Crockett County, TXTX2,7691−24%

242Motley County, TXTX1,0431−25%

243Roberts County, TXTX8671−7%

244Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7111−10%

245Kent County, TXTX6741−12%

246Borden County, TXTX5671−13%

247Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4331−4%

248Edwards County, TXTX1,3701−34%

249Culberson County, TXTX2,2671−26%

250McMullen County, TXTX5441−29%

251Terrell County, TXTX7020−30%

252King County, TXTX1920−26%

253Kenedy County, TXTX3190−15%

254Loving County, TXTX520−4%

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