RANKING · 2025 ESTIMATES · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most population gained, Texas counties

Texas counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026+313,881−46%

02Collin County, TXTX1,297,179+232,714+2%

03Denton County, TXTX1,069,346+162,924+2%

04Montgomery County, TXTX781,194+160,751+44%

05Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191+152,412+18%

06Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088+150,764−27%

07Williamson County, TXTX752,827+143,810+30%

08Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466+137,826−50%

09Travis County, TXTX1,389,670+99,482−58%

10Kaufman County, TXTX209,235+63,925+235%

11Hays County, TXTX304,390+63,323+98%

12Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549+50,768−73%

13Ellis County, TXTX240,867+48,412+85%

14Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397+47,858−87%

15Comal County, TXTX209,166+47,665+82%

16Brazoria County, TXTX419,080+47,049−6%

17Johnson County, TXTX218,048+38,121+29%

18Parker County, TXTX184,767+36,545+54%

19Rockwall County, TXTX140,738+32,919+88%

20Bell County, TXTX402,248+31,601−33%

21Liberty County, TXTX121,364+29,736+71%

22Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111+28,405+18%

23Hunt County, TXTX123,336+23,380+91%

24Bastrop County, TXTX118,908+21,692+11%

25Galveston County, TXTX372,207+21,525−34%

26Smith County, TXTX252,549+19,070−18%

27Lubbock County, TXTX328,906+18,267−9%

28Grayson County, TXTX153,613+18,070+16%

29Midland County, TXTX187,855+17,872+90%

30Brazos County, TXTX249,088+15,239−50%

31Wise County, TXTX83,778+15,146+7%

32Webb County, TXTX281,224+14,110−76%

33Waller County, TXTX69,858+13,064+41%

34Cameron County, TXTX433,946+12,929−83%

35El Paso County, TXTX877,858+12,201−86%

36Randall County, TXTX152,351+11,598−21%

37McLennan County, TXTX272,020+11,441−53%

38Chambers County, TXTX57,594+11,023+85%

39Caldwell County, TXTX55,150+9,267+60%

40Kendall County, TXTX53,289+9,010−2%

41Hood County, TXTX70,501+8,903−27%

42Ector County, TXTX173,801+8,630+294%

43Burnet County, TXTX57,015+7,885−31%

44Walker County, TXTX83,842+7,442−31%

45Taylor County, TXTX150,077+6,869−0%

46Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130+6,589−35%

47Henderson County, TXTX88,595+6,445−56%

48Wilson County, TXTX56,139+6,386−35%

49Medina County, TXTX56,881+6,133−49%

50Grimes County, TXTX34,252+4,984+6%

51Wood County, TXTX49,688+4,845−34%

52Atascosa County, TXTX53,590+4,609−43%

53Navarro County, TXTX57,181+4,557−12%

54Hill County, TXTX39,503+3,629−30%

55Fannin County, TXTX39,265+3,603−44%

56Upshur County, TXTX44,410+3,518−10%

57Austin County, TXTX33,625+3,458−8%

58Polk County, TXTX53,434+3,311−68%

59San Patricio County, TXTX72,053+3,298−61%

60Harrison County, TXTX71,956+3,117−33%

61Cherokee County, TXTX53,337+2,925−48%

62Burleson County, TXTX20,549+2,907+2%

63Cooke County, TXTX44,461+2,793−50%

64Rusk County, TXTX54,854+2,640−27%

65Coryell County, TXTX85,592+2,499−77%

66Hardin County, TXTX58,723+2,492−63%

67Washington County, TXTX38,288+2,483−41%

68Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791+2,382+21%

69Gaines County, TXTX23,956+2,358+585%

70Aransas County, TXTX26,146+2,316−50%

71Hopkins County, TXTX39,063+2,276−27%

72Blanco County, TXTX13,581+2,207−10%

73Llano County, TXTX23,353+2,110−61%

74San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488+2,086−64%

75Lampasas County, TXTX23,657+2,030−52%

76Bandera County, TXTX22,876+2,025−71%

77Montague County, TXTX21,966+2,001+9%

78Anderson County, TXTX59,805+1,883−73%

79Gregg County, TXTX126,095+1,856−71%

80Gillespie County, TXTX28,527+1,802−50%

81Angelina County, TXTX88,154+1,759−83%

82Milam County, TXTX26,258+1,504+16%

83Bee County, TXTX32,515+1,468−80%

84Orange County, TXTX86,266+1,458−67%

85Kerr County, TXTX54,037+1,439−80%

86Lamar County, TXTX51,503+1,415−69%

87Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035+1,382−69%

88Rains County, TXTX13,542+1,378−43%

89Freestone County, TXTX20,811+1,376−33%

90Erath County, TXTX43,911+1,366−73%

91Victoria County, TXTX92,656+1,337−86%

92Lee County, TXTX18,729+1,251−55%

93Jones County, TXTX20,861+1,198−72%

94Leon County, TXTX16,894+1,175−56%

95Jack County, TXTX9,563+1,091−39%

96Robertson County, TXTX17,839+1,082+121%

97Somervell County, TXTX10,261+1,056−27%

98Fayette County, TXTX25,459+1,024−40%

99Maverick County, TXTX58,823+936−91%

100Camp County, TXTX13,380+916−44%

101Falls County, TXTX17,869+901+4%

102Colorado County, TXTX21,439+882−56%

103Comanche County, TXTX14,432+838+30%

104Callahan County, TXTX14,491+783−25%

105Trinity County, TXTX14,384+782−66%

106Madison County, TXTX14,226+771−62%

107Limestone County, TXTX22,849+703−36%

108Bosque County, TXTX18,918+683−67%

109Tyler County, TXTX20,443+645−85%

110Franklin County, TXTX10,994+635−62%

111Brown County, TXTX38,711+616−81%

112Tom Green County, TXTX120,602+599−89%

113Live Oak County, TXTX11,929+594−78%

114Archer County, TXTX9,129+569−35%

115Clay County, TXTX10,764+546−44%

116Moore County, TXTX21,891+533−76%

117Panola County, TXTX23,018+527−27%

118Gonzales County, TXTX20,159+506−64%

119Wharton County, TXTX42,060+490−60%

120DeWitt County, TXTX20,309+485−59%

121Hamilton County, TXTX8,680+458−8%

122Frio County, TXTX18,823+438−84%

123Lynn County, TXTX6,017+421−302%

124Eastland County, TXTX18,143+418−319%

125Jackson County, TXTX15,393+405−70%

126Starr County, TXTX66,319+399−97%

127Uvalde County, TXTX24,963+399−85%

128Dallam County, TXTX7,508+393−48%

129Delta County, TXTX5,549+319−32%

130Titus County, TXTX31,563+316−92%

131Lavaca County, TXTX20,651+314−40%

132Karnes County, TXTX15,018+308−90%

133Andrews County, TXTX18,914+304−123%

134Concho County, TXTX3,607+304−67%

135Young County, TXTX18,154+287−257%

136Stephens County, TXTX9,380+279−58%

137Shelby County, TXTX24,286+264−92%

138Houston County, TXTX22,316+250−86%

139Val Verde County, TXTX47,835+249−96%

140Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433+231−46%

141Coleman County, TXTX7,915+231−149%

142Red River County, TXTX11,816+229−7733%

143Matagorda County, TXTX36,463+208−80%

144Wichita County, TXTX129,555+205−98%

145Cass County, TXTX28,651+197−57%

146Goliad County, TXTX7,208+196−79%

147Marion County, TXTX9,896+171−82%

148Morris County, TXTX12,133+160−205%

149Kimble County, TXTX4,438+152−56%

150Coke County, TXTX3,412+127−71%

151Mills County, TXTX4,580+124−80%

152Sabine County, TXTX10,012+118−87%

153Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554+114−480%

154Jasper County, TXTX33,075+95−98%

155Shackelford County, TXTX3,197+92−757%

156Haskell County, TXTX5,499+83−111%

157Culberson County, TXTX2,267+79−118%

158Hockley County, TXTX21,600+63−104%

159Bailey County, TXTX6,963+59−113%

160San Saba County, TXTX5,787+57−93%

161Martin County, TXTX5,284+47−122%

162Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626+43−107%

163Roberts County, TXTX867+40−129%

164Briscoe County, TXTX1,474+39−122%

165Mason County, TXTX3,990+37−88%

166Oldham County, TXTX1,783+25−127%

167Fisher County, TXTX3,692+20−104%

168Glasscock County, TXTX1,128+12−129%

169Baylor County, TXTX3,472+7−102%

170Cochran County, TXTX2,546-1−100%

171Kinney County, TXTX3,128-1−100%

172Sherman County, TXTX2,781-1−100%

173Carson County, TXTX5,805-2−97%

174Armstrong County, TXTX1,843-5−104%

175Menard County, TXTX1,956-6−106%

176Loving County, TXTX52-12−70%

177Real County, TXTX2,745-13−102%

178Motley County, TXTX1,043-20−81%

179Childress County, TXTX6,643-21−101%

180Sterling County, TXTX1,349-23−49%

181Kenedy County, TXTX319-31−33%

182Mitchell County, TXTX8,947-43−103%

183Donley County, TXTX3,213-45−134%

184Irion County, TXTX1,463-50−135%

185Foard County, TXTX1,044-51−70%

186Edwards County, TXTX1,370-52−50%

187McMullen County, TXTX544-56−265%

188Terrell County, TXTX702-58−82%

189Stonewall County, TXTX1,186-59−82%

190Borden County, TXTX567-64−9%

191King County, TXTX192-73−3750%

192Castro County, TXTX7,295-76−90%

193Dickens County, TXTX1,692-78−141%

194Kent County, TXTX674-79−48%

195Refugio County, TXTX6,657-84−43%

196Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804-87−105%

197Hall County, TXTX2,737-88−28%

198Brewster County, TXTX9,458-88−148%

199Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955-104+21%

200Terry County, TXTX11,720-111−76%

201Crane County, TXTX4,554-121−82%

202Zapata County, TXTX13,753-136−105%

203La Salle County, TXTX6,517-147−124%

204Cottle County, TXTX1,224-156−55%

205McCulloch County, TXTX7,472-158−72%

206Knox County, TXTX3,192-161−72%

207Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-165−55%

208Sutton County, TXTX3,203-169+191%

209Upton County, TXTX3,131-177−83%

210Nueces County, TXTX352,992-186−101%

211Parmer County, TXTX9,678-191−225%

212Willacy County, TXTX19,971-193−108%

213San Augustine County, TXTX7,722-196−121%

214Bowie County, TXTX92,696-197−103%

215Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-206+275%

216Runnels County, TXTX9,693-207−203%

217Wheeler County, TXTX4,773-217−64%

218Reagan County, TXTX3,166-219−82%

219Winkler County, TXTX7,540-251−83%

220Yoakum County, TXTX7,438-256−83%

221Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-257−54%

222Newton County, TXTX11,954-263−117%

223Swisher County, TXTX6,703-268−209%

224Crosby County, TXTX4,852-281+21%

225Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555-283−265%

226Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-285−209%

227Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-299−19%

228Gray County, TXTX20,919-308−75%

229Crockett County, TXTX2,769-329−1667%

230Hansford County, TXTX4,944-341−29%

231Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481-406−9%

232Duval County, TXTX9,402-429−312%

233Lamb County, TXTX12,579-466+28%

234Hartley County, TXTX4,904-478−125%

235Brooks County, TXTX6,579-497+118%

236Calhoun County, TXTX19,599-507−132%

237Ward County, TXTX11,125-519−76%

238Floyd County, TXTX4,881-521−28%

239Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-591+219%

240Nolan County, TXTX14,117-621−22%

241Pecos County, TXTX14,560-633−130%

242Zavala County, TXTX9,037-633+13%

243Dawson County, TXTX11,776-680−207%

244Presidio County, TXTX5,433-698−205%

245Hale County, TXTX31,819-703−136%

246Kleberg County, TXTX30,315-725−157%

247Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284-731+499%

248Scurry County, TXTX16,162-770−66%

249Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633-984−46%

250Garza County, TXTX4,510-1,306+382%

251Jefferson County, TXTX254,321-2,205−117%

252Reeves County, TXTX12,138-2,610−4%

253Potter County, TXTX114,453-4,072−126%

254Howard County, TXTX30,504-4,356−439%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES