RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most population gained, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties that added the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, 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+638,686+10%

02Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466+301,606+9%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088+294,551+42%

04Collin County, TXTX1,297,179+282,124+24%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,670+265,922+13%

06Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397+245,400−33%

07Denton County, TXTX1,069,346+243,808+53%

08Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191+237,404+84%

09Williamson County, TXTX752,827+186,338+69%

10Montgomery County, TXTX781,194+164,697+48%

11Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549+96,012−48%

12Hays County, TXTX304,390+83,960+163%

13El Paso County, TXTX877,858+65,010−26%

14Bell County, TXTX402,248+60,412+29%

15Galveston County, TXTX372,207+59,373+81%

16Brazoria County, TXTX419,080+58,865+18%

17Comal County, TXTX209,166+53,029+102%

18Ellis County, TXTX240,867+42,845+64%

19Kaufman County, TXTX209,235+41,960+120%

20Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111+41,173+70%

21Brazos County, TXTX249,088+38,998+28%

22Midland County, TXTX187,855+33,111+252%

23Lubbock County, TXTX328,906+31,808+59%

24Parker County, TXTX184,767+31,295+32%

25Rockwall County, TXTX140,738+29,482+69%

26Johnson County, TXTX218,048+28,993−2%

27Ector County, TXTX173,801+28,041+1181%

28McLennan County, TXTX272,020+25,673+5%

29Smith County, TXTX252,549+23,765+2%

30Bastrop County, TXTX118,908+23,045+18%

31Randall County, TXTX152,351+20,028+37%

32Webb County, TXTX281,224+16,810−72%

33Liberty County, TXTX121,364+15,985−8%

34Cameron County, TXTX433,946+14,797−80%

35Grayson County, TXTX153,613+14,666−6%

36Hunt County, TXTX123,336+13,827+13%

37Waller County, TXTX69,858+13,589+47%

38Nueces County, TXTX352,992+12,955−42%

39Taylor County, TXTX150,077+11,702+70%

40Chambers County, TXTX57,594+11,475+93%

41Kendall County, TXTX53,289+10,869+19%

42Hood County, TXTX70,501+10,416−14%

43Tom Green County, TXTX120,602+9,779+76%

44Wise County, TXTX83,778+9,505−33%

45Walker County, TXTX83,842+8,539−21%

46Caldwell County, TXTX55,150+7,817+35%

47Coryell County, TXTX85,592+7,705−28%

48Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130+6,962−32%

49Wilson County, TXTX56,139+6,835−30%

50Burnet County, TXTX57,015+6,380−44%

51Starr County, TXTX66,319+4,952−62%

52Navarro County, TXTX57,181+4,889−6%

53Medina County, TXTX56,881+4,742−60%

54Polk County, TXTX53,434+4,710−55%

55Erath County, TXTX43,911+4,655−7%

56Victoria County, TXTX92,656+4,526−53%

57Jefferson County, TXTX254,321+4,253−66%

58Gaines County, TXTX23,956+4,072+1084%

59Atascosa County, TXTX53,590+4,070−50%

60San Patricio County, TXTX72,053+3,951−53%

61Andrews County, TXTX18,914+3,824−387%

62Maverick County, TXTX58,823+3,629−67%

63Henderson County, TXTX88,595+3,618−75%

64Cooke County, TXTX44,461+3,231−42%

65Harrison County, TXTX71,956+3,208−31%

66Kerr County, TXTX54,037+2,973−60%

67Orange County, TXTX86,266+2,971−33%

68Wood County, TXTX49,688+2,879−61%

69Grimes County, TXTX34,252+2,664−44%

70Gregg County, TXTX126,095+2,509−61%

71Washington County, TXTX38,288+2,087−51%

72Lampasas County, TXTX23,657+1,950−54%

73Llano County, TXTX23,353+1,942−64%

74Gillespie County, TXTX28,527+1,888−48%

75Austin County, TXTX33,625+1,750−53%

76Fannin County, TXTX39,265+1,747−73%

77Hopkins County, TXTX39,063+1,626−48%

78Hardin County, TXTX58,723+1,596−76%

79Upshur County, TXTX44,410+1,583−60%

80Rains County, TXTX13,542+1,250−48%

81Frio County, TXTX18,823+1,168−58%

82Lavaca County, TXTX20,651+1,074+107%

83San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488+1,018−83%

84Ward County, TXTX11,125+986−145%

85Reeves County, TXTX12,138+965−136%

86Jackson County, TXTX15,393+913−32%

87Blanco County, TXTX13,581+877−64%

88Lee County, TXTX18,729+866−69%

89Hill County, TXTX39,503+785−85%

90Somervell County, TXTX10,261+715−51%

91Winkler County, TXTX7,540+681−147%

92Aransas County, TXTX26,146+672−85%

93Burleson County, TXTX20,549+455−84%

94Martin County, TXTX5,284+438−309%

95Dallam County, TXTX7,508+412−46%

96Bandera County, TXTX22,876+366−95%

97Bowie County, TXTX92,696+328−96%

98Brewster County, TXTX9,458+314+70%

99Crane County, TXTX4,554+300−146%

100Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791+298−85%

101Lamar County, TXTX51,503+295−94%

102Wharton County, TXTX42,060+290−76%

103Montague County, TXTX21,966+246−87%

104Sterling County, TXTX1,349+229−609%

105Callahan County, TXTX14,491+164−84%

106Robertson County, TXTX17,839+135−72%

107Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035+129−97%

108Camp County, TXTX13,380+63−96%

109Bosque County, TXTX18,918+23−99%

110Reagan County, TXTX3,166+18−102%

111Scurry County, TXTX16,162+11−100%

112Delta County, TXTX5,549-1−100%

113Milam County, TXTX26,258-3−100%

114Borden County, TXTX567-10−86%

115Brown County, TXTX38,711-11−100%

116Loving County, TXTX52-18−55%

117King County, TXTX192-21−1150%

118Coke County, TXTX3,412-35−108%

119Upton County, TXTX3,131-47−95%

120Armstrong County, TXTX1,843-53−142%

121Kent County, TXTX674-55−64%

122Mason County, TXTX3,990-59−119%

123Kenedy County, TXTX319-66+43%

124Irion County, TXTX1,463-86−161%

125Roberts County, TXTX867-102−26%

126McMullen County, TXTX544-107−415%

127Glasscock County, TXTX1,128-110+168%

128Karnes County, TXTX15,018-114−104%

129Fayette County, TXTX25,459-119−107%

130Cottle County, TXTX1,224-125−64%

131Zapata County, TXTX13,753-129−104%

132Brooks County, TXTX6,579-147−36%

133Motley County, TXTX1,043-147+39%

134Howard County, TXTX30,504-152−112%

135Gonzales County, TXTX20,159-154−111%

136Yoakum County, TXTX7,438-185−87%

137Live Oak County, TXTX11,929-196−107%

138Goliad County, TXTX7,208-198−121%

139Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554-201+570%

140Briscoe County, TXTX1,474-202+12%

141Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284-208+70%

142Madison County, TXTX14,226-209−110%

143Culberson County, TXTX2,267-210−51%

144La Salle County, TXTX6,517-222−136%

145Terrell County, TXTX702-224−32%

146Foard County, TXTX1,044-241+40%

147Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955-243+183%

148Stonewall County, TXTX1,186-245−23%

149Franklin County, TXTX10,994-246−115%

150Sherman County, TXTX2,781-252−177%

151Bailey County, TXTX6,963-261−44%

152Baylor County, TXTX3,472-261−11%

153DeWitt County, TXTX20,309-273−123%

154Shackelford County, TXTX3,197-273+1850%

155Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433-274−164%

156Menard County, TXTX1,956-280−359%

157Oldham County, TXTX1,783-294+216%

158Hamilton County, TXTX8,680-295−159%

159Fisher County, TXTX3,692-302−39%

160Pecos County, TXTX14,560-314−115%

161Colorado County, TXTX21,439-317−116%

162Lynn County, TXTX6,017-319+53%

163Kimble County, TXTX4,438-321−193%

164Hansford County, TXTX4,944-328−32%

165Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-346−233%

166Knox County, TXTX3,192-366−37%

167Carson County, TXTX5,805-375+525%

168Angelina County, TXTX88,154-376−104%

169Childress County, TXTX6,643-377−122%

170Comanche County, TXTX14,432-380−159%

171Freestone County, TXTX20,811-381−119%

172Parmer County, TXTX9,678-400−361%

173San Saba County, TXTX5,787-401−151%

174Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-405+10%

175Mitchell County, TXTX8,947-413−125%

176Donley County, TXTX3,213-419−417%

177Wheeler County, TXTX4,773-420−29%

178Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-425+15%

179Cherokee County, TXTX53,337-433−108%

180Matagorda County, TXTX36,463-447−143%

181Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555-462−369%

182Kinney County, TXTX3,128-469−280%

183Nolan County, TXTX14,117-478−40%

184Mills County, TXTX4,580-480−177%

185Haskell County, TXTX5,499-483−34%

186Archer County, TXTX9,129-494−156%

187Hall County, TXTX2,737-528+329%

188Stephens County, TXTX9,380-529−180%

189Clay County, TXTX10,764-534−154%

190Anderson County, TXTX59,805-536−108%

191Jones County, TXTX20,861-539−113%

192Moore County, TXTX21,891-546−124%

193Real County, TXTX2,745-551−187%

194Jack County, TXTX9,563-572−132%

195Cochran County, TXTX2,546-580−10%

196Edwards County, TXTX1,370-580+458%

197Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-590+6%

198Runnels County, TXTX9,693-601−399%

199Crockett County, TXTX2,769-621−3057%

200Refugio County, TXTX6,657-642+334%

201Garza County, TXTX4,510-645+138%

202Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481-648+46%

203McCulloch County, TXTX7,472-653+14%

204Dickens County, TXTX1,692-674−453%

205Hartley County, TXTX4,904-680−136%

206Young County, TXTX18,154-683+273%

207Castro County, TXTX7,295-691−12%

208Sutton County, TXTX3,203-756+1203%

209Concho County, TXTX3,607-784−185%

210Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626-789+33%

211Bee County, TXTX32,515-814−111%

212Terry County, TXTX11,720-820+79%

213Marion County, TXTX9,896-821−186%

214Eastland County, TXTX18,143-858+349%

215Swisher County, TXTX6,703-883−460%

216Falls County, TXTX17,869-898−204%

217Crosby County, TXTX4,852-926+299%

218Lamb County, TXTX12,579-932+157%

219Sabine County, TXTX10,012-940−206%

220San Augustine County, TXTX7,722-947−200%

221Morris County, TXTX12,133-961+532%

222Trinity County, TXTX14,384-983−142%

223Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-1,010+1736%

224Kleberg County, TXTX30,315-1,021−180%

225Floyd County, TXTX4,881-1,044+44%

226Leon County, TXTX16,894-1,082−141%

227Titus County, TXTX31,563-1,087−126%

228Rusk County, TXTX54,854-1,116−131%

229Coleman County, TXTX7,915-1,211+155%

230Limestone County, TXTX22,849-1,238−212%

231Red River County, TXTX11,816-1,273+42333%

232Calhoun County, TXTX19,599-1,275−180%

233Val Verde County, TXTX47,835-1,293−121%

234Panola County, TXTX23,018-1,305−281%

235Gray County, TXTX20,919-1,308+7%

236Dawson County, TXTX11,776-1,377−317%

237Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-1,381+646%

238Hockley County, TXTX21,600-1,398−6%

239Shelby County, TXTX24,286-1,426−145%

240Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633-1,533−16%

241Houston County, TXTX22,316-1,666−192%

242Presidio County, TXTX5,433-1,687−353%

243Uvalde County, TXTX24,963-1,841−171%

244Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804-1,947−218%

245Duval County, TXTX9,402-1,951−1066%

246Tyler County, TXTX20,443-1,968−147%

247Willacy County, TXTX19,971-1,970−183%

248Zavala County, TXTX9,037-2,007+257%

249Cass County, TXTX28,651-2,010−541%

250Wichita County, TXTX129,555-2,150−123%

251Newton County, TXTX11,954-2,228−248%

252Potter County, TXTX114,453-2,548−116%

253Jasper County, TXTX33,075-2,730−161%

254Hale County, TXTX31,819-3,751−294%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS