Texas Counties by Population

Below are the 254 Texas counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2021 American Community Survey. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

Rank County Population
1 Harris County 4,697,957
2 Dallas County 2,604,722
3 Tarrant County 2,091,953
4 Bexar County 1,990,522
5 Travis County 1,267,795
6 Collin County 1,039,812
7 Denton County 885,012
8 Hidalgo County 865,677
9 El Paso County 860,485
10 Fort Bend County 806,497
11 Montgomery County 607,999
12 Williamson County 591,759
13 Cameron County 420,554
14 Brazoria County 368,575
15 Bell County 364,703
16 Nueces County 353,594
17 Galveston County 347,084
18 Lubbock County 308,580
19 Webb County 266,963
20 McLennan County 258,031
21 Jefferson County 256,755
22 Hays County 234,573
23 Smith County 231,429
24 Brazos County 231,095
25 Ellis County 187,984
26 Johnson County 177,022
27 Guadalupe County 169,477
28 Midland County 166,964
29 Ector County 161,258
30 Comal County 156,257
31 Parker County 144,803
32 Taylor County 141,739
33 Kaufman County 140,145
34 Randall County 139,176
35 Grayson County 134,205
36 Wichita County 129,419
37 Gregg County 123,744
38 Tom Green County 119,048
39 Potter County 119,043
40 Rockwall County 105,227
41 Hunt County 98,783
42 Bastrop County 94,887
43 Bowie County 92,957
44 Victoria County 91,280
45 Liberty County 89,948
46 Angelina County 86,584
47 Orange County 85,045
48 Henderson County 81,717
49 Coryell County 81,692
50 Walker County 76,506
51 Harrison County 68,674
52 San Patricio County 68,600
53 Wise County 67,877
54 Starr County 65,568
55 Nacogdoches County 64,822
56 Hood County 60,521
57 Van Zandt County 58,782
58 Anderson County 58,133
59 Maverick County 57,769
60 Hardin County 56,124
61 Waller County 55,505
62 Rusk County 52,542
63 Kerr County 52,411
64 Navarro County 51,908
65 Cherokee County 50,564
66 Medina County 50,458
67 Lamar County 49,932
68 Wilson County 49,374
69 Polk County 49,372
70 Atascosa County 48,684
71 Burnet County 48,424
72 Val Verde County 47,767
73 Caldwell County 45,286
74 Chambers County 45,257
75 Wood County 44,615
76 Kendall County 43,842
77 Erath County 42,288
78 Wharton County 41,602
79 Cooke County 41,215
80 Upshur County 40,781
81 Jim Wells County 39,203
82 Brown County 38,085
83 Hopkins County 36,666
84 Matagorda County 36,323
85 Hill County 35,686
86 Washington County 35,561
87 Fannin County 35,453
88 Howard County 34,620
89 Jasper County 33,369
90 Hale County 32,879
91 Titus County 31,327
92 Bee County 31,191
93 Kleberg County 31,015
94 Austin County 30,132
95 Grimes County 28,878
96 Cass County 28,692
97 Palo Pinto County 28,303
98 San Jacinto County 27,380
99 Gillespie County 26,730
100 Uvalde County 24,918
101 Milam County 24,895
102 Fayette County 24,445
103 Shelby County 24,254
104 Aransas County 24,149
105 Panola County 22,583
106 Houston County 22,288
107 Limestone County 22,252
108 Hockley County 21,670
109 Moore County 21,494
110 Lampasas County 21,443
111 Gray County 21,398
112 Llano County 21,246
113 Gaines County 21,167
114 Bandera County 20,839
115 Hutchinson County 20,801
116 Colorado County 20,559
117 Willacy County 20,423
118 Calhoun County 20,367
119 Lavaca County 20,287
120 Tyler County 20,032
121 Montague County 19,850
122 DeWitt County 19,834
123 Jones County 19,721
124 Gonzales County 19,720
125 Freestone County 19,478
126 Deaf Smith County 18,675
127 Frio County 18,428
128 Bosque County 18,275
129 Andrews County 18,184
130 Young County 17,894
131 Eastland County 17,785
132 Burleson County 17,687
133 Lee County 17,393
134 Falls County 17,074
135 Scurry County 16,985
136 Robertson County 16,839
137 Leon County 15,877
138 Pecos County 15,202
139 Jackson County 14,971
140 Karnes County 14,823
141 Nolan County 14,727
142 Reeves County 14,584
143 Zapata County 13,945
144 Callahan County 13,781
145 Trinity County 13,695
146 Madison County 13,579
147 Comanche County 13,540
148 Lamb County 13,147
149 Wilbarger County 12,887
150 Newton County 12,532
151 Camp County 12,498
152 Dawson County 12,371
153 Rains County 12,013
154 Morris County 11,988
155 Terry County 11,937
156 Red River County 11,685
157 Live Oak County 11,378
158 Ward County 11,375
159 Blanco County 11,313
160 Franklin County 10,413
161 Clay County 10,236
162 Ochiltree County 10,063
163 Duval County 10,001
164 Sabine County 9,974
165 Zavala County 9,900
166 Runnels County 9,887
167 Parmer County 9,874
168 Marion County 9,748
169 Brewster County 9,501
170 Somervell County 9,170
171 Stephens County 9,142
172 Mitchell County 8,903
173 Dimmit County 8,840
174 Archer County 8,616
175 Jack County 8,494
176 Hamilton County 8,211
177 San Augustine County 7,964
178 Coleman County 7,848
179 Yoakum County 7,707
180 McCulloch County 7,676
181 Winkler County 7,629
182 Castro County 7,450
183 Dallam County 7,135
184 Brooks County 7,100
185 Goliad County 7,085
186 Swisher County 7,055
187 Bailey County 6,968
188 La Salle County 6,956
189 Refugio County 6,822
190 Childress County 6,784
191 Presidio County 6,328
192 Carson County 5,856
193 San Saba County 5,775
194 Garza County 5,734
195 Lynn County 5,587
196 Floyd County 5,478
197 Hartley County 5,465
198 Haskell County 5,420
199 Hansford County 5,332
200 Crosby County 5,265
201 Delta County 5,251
202 Martin County 5,213
203 Wheeler County 5,091
204 Jim Hogg County 4,864
205 Crane County 4,654
206 Mills County 4,520
207 Kimble County 4,295
208 Mason County 3,948
209 Fisher County 3,720
210 Hardeman County 3,567
211 Baylor County 3,491
212 Hemphill County 3,450
213 Sutton County 3,417
214 Knox County 3,384
215 Reagan County 3,363
216 Upton County 3,340
217 Hudspeth County 3,322
218 Coke County 3,288
219 Donley County 3,266
220 Kinney County 3,199
221 Concho County 3,181
222 Shackelford County 3,145
223 Lipscomb County 3,138
224 Collingsworth County 2,948
225 Crockett County 2,939
226 Hall County 2,875
227 Real County 2,852
228 Cochran County 2,553
229 Schleicher County 2,547
230 Sherman County 2,357
231 Oldham County 2,251
232 Culberson County 2,209
233 Jeff Davis County 2,021
234 Menard County 1,981
235 Armstrong County 1,980
236 Dickens County 1,569
237 Cottle County 1,560
238 Irion County 1,555
239 Throckmorton County 1,426
240 Sterling County 1,391
241 Edwards County 1,366
242 Stonewall County 1,358
243 Motley County 1,269
244 Briscoe County 1,266
245 Glasscock County 1,221
246 Foard County 1,087
247 Terrell County 979
248 McMullen County 729
249 Roberts County 724
250 Kent County 632
251 Borden County 550
252 King County 229
253 Kenedy County 169
254 Loving County 83

United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

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