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How many counties in Texas? All 254 listed

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Texas has 254 counties and county equivalents holding 29,640,343 residents. The most populous county in Texas is Harris County with 4,758,579 residents; the smallest is Kenedy County. County boundaries divide the state's land area — measured in square miles by the Census Bureau — into the units used for property assessment, elections and local sales tax. The statewide sales tax base rate is 6.25%, before county and city add-ons.

All 254 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Harris County4,758,579$73,104$255,000$1,349
Dallas County2,603,816$74,149$277,900$1,469
Tarrant County2,135,743$81,905$294,100$1,447
Bexar County2,037,344$70,571$244,100$1,290
Travis County1,307,625$97,169$487,600$1,669
Collin County1,116,601$117,588$447,600$1,792
Denton County945,644$108,185$403,400$1,642
Hidalgo County880,921$52,281$124,000$925
El Paso County866,275$58,859$167,300$1,045
Fort Bend County859,721$113,409$350,300$1,770
Montgomery County654,722$97,266$317,500$1,471
Williamson County643,889$108,309$414,600$1,720
Cameron County423,192$51,334$120,000$899
Brazoria County381,650$95,155$276,800$1,410
Bell County379,811$66,051$221,100$1,168
Galveston County354,721$85,348$284,900$1,360
Nueces County352,829$66,021$194,700$1,224
Lubbock County314,633$63,367$199,600$1,134
Webb County267,731$62,506$178,900$997
McLennan County263,608$63,888$219,200$1,106
Hays County256,429$85,827$371,400$1,417
Jefferson County253,939$59,934$159,600$1,079
Smith County238,014$71,923$220,800$1,197
Brazos County237,980$58,388$279,700$1,160
Ellis County203,927$95,898$306,400$1,449
Johnson County188,820$81,826$254,600$1,343
Guadalupe County178,368$93,776$285,900$1,439
Comal County174,552$99,015$398,800$1,460
Midland County171,496$93,984$293,000$1,383
Ector County163,206$71,031$190,500$1,284
Kaufman County160,718$88,606$290,800$1,408
Parker County158,079$102,099$343,600$1,440
Taylor County144,259$66,406$190,300$1,111
Randall County143,791$80,905$227,500$1,119
Grayson County139,988$70,455$228,300$1,178
Wichita County129,842$62,168$141,600$972
Gregg County124,860$64,809$185,800$1,072
Tom Green County119,398$66,254$186,700$1,125
Rockwall County116,931$124,917$386,000$1,899
Potter County116,634$50,448$134,900$989
Hunt County104,917$70,112$210,900$1,184
Bastrop County102,370$82,730$269,500$1,342
Liberty County97,993$64,773$167,100$1,038
Bowie County92,321$59,295$161,300$966
Victoria County91,281$70,101$197,600$1,151
Angelina County86,791$58,847$149,800$1,056
Orange County84,993$73,372$163,400$1,018
Coryell County83,772$68,904$177,400$1,120
Henderson County83,658$63,955$189,600$978
Walker County78,292$49,862$207,900$986
Wise County72,359$89,897$277,200$1,239
Harrison County69,584$66,040$178,200$977
San Patricio County69,519$67,512$180,400$1,239
Starr County65,809$38,182$93,300$715
Nacogdoches County64,897$51,528$158,200$923
Hood County64,198$86,802$281,300$1,414
Van Zandt County61,323$68,274$199,500$1,010
Waller County59,455$76,135$292,000$1,210
Anderson County57,825$58,846$173,400$1,006
Maverick County57,770$51,270$151,500$789
Hardin County57,126$72,532$188,200$1,011
Navarro County53,735$59,310$159,900$1,039
Kerr County53,166$67,927$285,100$1,079
Rusk County52,613$67,506$166,900$997
Medina County52,419$73,462$220,000$1,091
Polk County51,780$59,066$154,000$1,009
Wilson County51,501$92,461$286,300$1,069
Cherokee County51,143$59,830$160,300$880
Burnet County51,064$77,158$310,500$1,324
Lamar County50,421$61,122$175,500$897
Atascosa County50,058$69,413$157,400$997
Chambers County49,178$108,114$289,900$1,548
Val Verde County47,647$59,673$151,500$956
Caldwell County47,184$68,503$215,600$1,145
Kendall County46,971$110,498$489,800$1,576
Wood County46,094$62,524$195,100$851
Erath County43,244$65,351$251,900$1,134
Cooke County42,473$72,472$224,600$1,088
Upshur County41,864$62,794$171,200$1,015
Wharton County41,651$66,100$182,700$986
Jim Wells County38,863$47,492$104,800$885
Brown County38,294$55,305$149,900$887
Hopkins County37,351$64,725$193,200$1,038
Hill County36,664$63,147$163,100$929
Fannin County36,525$68,377$213,500$994
Matagorda County36,274$55,174$162,200$998
Washington County36,156$75,085$270,100$1,091
Howard County33,127$71,457$150,300$993
Jasper County32,807$49,919$125,900$790
Hale County32,247$52,788$106,100$798
Titus County31,284$59,220$157,900$817
Bee County31,000$56,075$102,800$1,028
Austin County30,712$75,994$270,900$1,111
Kleberg County30,629$57,612$152,200$1,022
Grimes County30,385$67,080$226,600$985
Palo Pinto County28,920$64,972$167,300$1,024
Cass County28,582$54,328$133,500$821
San Jacinto County27,983$59,526$183,100$1,018
Gillespie County27,202$67,799$432,300$1,331
Milam County25,268$59,076$168,900$948
Uvalde County24,810$57,849$144,400$966
Fayette County24,783$76,541$271,100$909
Aransas County24,449$61,754$236,800$1,052
Shelby County24,108$50,436$111,700$832
Panola County22,624$62,593$146,000$810
Lampasas County22,267$76,919$236,000$961
Limestone County22,185$58,109$154,400$835
Houston County22,042$54,563$155,100$873
Llano County22,011$65,636$322,300$995
Gaines County21,904$76,605$185,300$788
Bandera County21,589$69,703$249,800$998
Hockley County21,455$54,810$112,700$813
Moore County21,234$61,325$135,400$894
Gray County21,131$56,082$100,400$898
Colorado County20,736$68,554$194,000$1,002
Montague County20,599$62,818$189,400$957
Lavaca County20,479$61,768$220,900$879
Hutchinson County20,413$65,470$102,200$852
Willacy County20,218$45,645$60,800$868
Tyler County20,084$50,647$138,400$951
Jones County19,968$63,472$92,700$938
Calhoun County19,921$71,870$150,000$1,121
DeWitt County19,853$64,014$167,200$955
Freestone County19,813$58,460$164,400$844
Gonzales County19,764$59,355$158,900$837
Bosque County18,546$69,339$184,500$926
Andrews County18,518$76,902$188,200$1,364
Deaf Smith County18,487$54,114$116,000$919
Burleson County18,327$72,888$174,000$909
Frio County18,019$60,098$110,100$1,006
Young County17,963$63,723$165,300$849
Eastland County17,846$51,741$121,700$803
Lee County17,758$66,000$247,500$1,050
Falls County17,063$55,372$97,300$747
Robertson County16,973$66,250$172,700$773
Scurry County16,633$62,689$110,800$913
Leon County16,067$59,975$177,400$798
Jackson County15,081$61,752$175,500$1,011
Pecos County14,983$67,689$142,900$973
Karnes County14,819$59,103$136,900$872
Nolan County14,565$50,160$98,300$866
Callahan County14,017$68,455$144,800$881
Zapata County13,855$36,527$88,800$569
Trinity County13,850$51,663$110,100$823
Comanche County13,786$59,946$137,800$823
Madison County13,574$67,128$149,100$832
Reeves County13,219$56,056$113,700$988
Lamb County12,919$56,997$76,600$900
Wilbarger County12,712$51,626$98,800$862
Camp County12,652$55,061$159,900$774
Rains County12,505$64,874$214,900$895
Dawson County12,311$55,789$90,800$873
Newton County12,193$41,044$83,100$877
Morris County12,014$55,082$110,200$824
Blanco County12,008$87,564$396,200$920
Terry County11,699$45,905$111,200$813
Red River County11,621$46,912$133,800$902
Live Oak County11,444$53,869$142,300$949
Ward County11,255$71,719$138,800$939
Franklin County10,522$66,800$213,200$948
Clay County10,402$77,355$161,300$825
Sabine County9,998$59,924$131,900$738
Runnels County9,880$63,490$103,700$894
Ochiltree County9,852$64,988$137,200$905
Duval County9,824$50,081$86,400$737
Parmer County9,752$68,164$127,300$1,015
Marion County9,631$47,447$110,500$854
Zavala County9,532$41,887$88,100$544
Somervell County9,510$83,382$253,600$927
Brewster County9,464$52,612$216,000$768
Stephens County9,278$54,695$105,700$802
Mitchell County8,989$56,033$85,700$481
Archer County8,734$71,958$175,300$766
Jack County8,623$65,693$174,800$968
Dimmit County8,507$33,409$80,300$753
Hamilton County8,320$55,339$124,800$847
San Augustine County7,889$46,338$83,500$741
Coleman County7,765$52,364$91,200$714
Yoakum County7,589$82,261$183,000$931
McCulloch County7,565$51,919$104,400$838
Winkler County7,540$91,898$121,200$900
Castro County7,328$63,485$94,900$910
Dallam County7,180$72,332$140,500$1,074
Goliad County7,096$59,556$182,800$724
Bailey County7,044$70,625$104,400$744
Brooks County6,987$31,310$82,700$487
Swisher County6,981$39,031$89,200$729
La Salle County6,946$55,469$101,000—
Childress County6,772$60,333$115,100$934
Refugio County6,693$58,016$94,400$842
Presidio County6,043$29,014$123,100$445
Carson County5,802$84,583$140,600$933
San Saba County5,802$54,855$161,800$894
Lynn County5,667$57,411$130,800$933
Garza County5,435$50,545$79,300$797
Haskell County5,390$54,044$92,000$824
Delta County5,345$62,855$149,400$857
Hartley County5,307$82,122$213,200$1,023
Floyd County5,294$55,461$101,000$587
Martin County5,230$77,083$162,200$1,175
Hansford County5,182$68,299$132,100$770
Crosby County5,072$52,197$75,500$637
Wheeler County4,902$67,964$97,600$995
Jim Hogg County4,797$42,230$125,600$820
Crane County4,623$59,915$119,900$883
Mills County4,499$64,494$200,200$713
Kimble County4,355$65,703$173,100$795
Mason County3,951$68,750$274,600$751
Fisher County3,661$64,700$77,600$629
Hardeman County3,529$61,179$76,500$688
Baylor County3,464$42,313$93,300$685
Hudspeth County3,331$39,336$57,400$664
Knox County3,322$56,304$66,800$661
Coke County3,315$46,431$112,900$687
Hemphill County3,311$72,052$214,900$946
Sutton County3,306$75,000$140,600$770
Concho County3,301$59,632$105,800$919
Donley County3,276$56,648$90,500$686
Reagan County3,259$70,288$163,700$806
Upton County3,227$52,321$106,300$689
Shackelford County3,169$64,659$176,900$485
Kinney County3,140$66,341$88,500$771
Lipscomb County2,964$71,442$128,400$807
Crockett County2,881$81,739$140,000$585
Hall County2,827$46,728$80,200$610
Real County2,821$45,417—$877
Collingsworth County2,733$60,165$108,400$619
Cochran County2,520$42,137$57,700$738
Sherman County2,434$74,167$125,500$881
Schleicher County2,426$90,141$113,400$627
Culberson County2,181$42,672$84,500$971
Oldham County2,097$76,402$144,800$1,125
Menard County1,964$48,191$105,300$810
Armstrong County1,883$68,462$185,700$1,010
Jeff Davis County1,740$32,625$234,400$1,314
Dickens County1,641$50,417$65,000$753
Throckmorton County1,589$58,864$84,200$548
Irion County1,432$58,125$152,600$1,028
Edwards County1,392$38,500$78,300$714
Sterling County1,389$78,750$143,200$968
Cottle County1,302$58,819$54,100$323
Motley County1,267$62,857$81,100$725
Stonewall County1,244$61,250$54,700$620
Briscoe County1,223$41,188$82,900$692
Foard County1,079$42,212$71,400$577
Glasscock County1,070$106,806$248,600—
Terrell County851$46,989$152,200—
Roberts County785$66,118$176,800$769
Kent County727$71,420$108,900$856
Borden County723$64,250$105,400—
McMullen County623$45,833$108,800—
King County189$70,192——
Loving County54$51,087——
Kenedy County52———

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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