Texas Counties: 2010 Population Density

Population density is based on land area, which excludes bodies of water, not on total area.

Map of Texas Counties By 2010 Population Density

Legend

1	2,500 to 4,999 /mi²	53	10.0 to 24.9 /mi²

4	1,000 to 2,499 /mi²	30	5.0 to 9.9 /mi²

6	500 to 999 /mi²	28	2.5 to 4.9 /mi²

10	250 to 499 /mi²	16	1.0 to 2.4 /mi²

22	100 to 249 /mi²	6	0.5 to 0.9 /mi²

29	50.0 to 99.9 /mi²	4	under 0.5 /mi²

45	25.0 to 49.9 /mi²

TexasCounties.net

Table of Texas Counties Ordered By 2010 Population Density

[-]Collapse Table [+]Expand Table

Rank	Name	Population Density ( /mi²)	Population 2010	Land Area (mi²)	Metro Area
1	Dallas	2,718.0	2,368,139	871.3	Dallas-Fort Worth
2	Harris	2,402.4	4,092,459	1,703.5	Houston
3	Tarrant	2,094.7	1,809,034	863.6	Dallas-Fort Worth
4	Bexar	1,383.1	1,714,773	1,239.8	San Antonio
5	Travis	1,034.4	1,024,266	990.2	Austin
6	Collin	930.0	782,341	841.2	Dallas-Fort Worth
7	El Paso	790.6	800,647	1,012.7	El Paso
8	Galveston	769.9	291,309	378.4	Houston
9	Denton	754.3	662,614	878.4	Dallas-Fort Worth
10	Fort Bend	679.5	585,375	861.5	Houston
11	Rockwall	616.6	78,337	127.0	Dallas-Fort Worth
12	Hidalgo	493.2	774,769	1,570.9	McAllen
13	Cameron	456.0	406,220	890.9	Brownsville
14	Gregg	445.4	121,730	273.3	Longview
15	Montgomery	437.5	455,746	1,041.7	Houston
16	Nueces	405.8	340,223	838.5	Corpus Christi
17	Williamson	378.0	422,679	1,118.3	Austin
18	Brazos	332.8	194,851	585.5	Bryan-College Station
19	Lubbock	311.3	278,831	895.6	Lubbock
20	Bell	295.2	310,235	1,051.0	Killeen
21	Jefferson	287.9	252,273	876.3	Beaumont-Port Arthur
22	Orange	245.3	81,837	333.7	Beaumont-Port Arthur
23	Hays	231.7	157,107	678.0	Austin
24	Brazoria	230.7	313,166	1,357.7	Houston
25	Smith	227.6	209,714	921.5	Tyler
26	McLennan	226.5	234,906	1,037.1	Waco
27	Wichita	209.5	131,500	627.8	Wichita Falls
28	Johnson	208.3	150,934	724.7	Dallas-Fort Worth
29	Comal	193.9	108,472	559.5	San Antonio
30	Guadalupe	184.9	131,533	711.3	San Antonio
31	Ellis	159.9	149,610	935.5	Dallas-Fort Worth
32	Ector	152.8	137,130	897.7	Odessa
33	Midland	152.0	136,872	900.3	Midland
34	Taylor	143.6	131,506	915.6	Abilene
35	Potter	133.3	121,073	908.4	Amarillo
36	Randall	132.4	120,725	911.5	Amarillo
37	Kaufman	132.4	103,350	780.7	Dallas-Fort Worth
38	Grayson	129.6	120,877	932.8	Sherman
39	Parker	129.4	116,927	903.5	Dallas-Fort Worth
40	Hood	121.7	51,182	420.6
41	Angelina	108.8	86,771	797.8
42	Bowie	104.6	92,565	885.0	Texarkana
43	Hunt	102.5	86,129	840.3	Dallas-Fort Worth
44	Victoria	98.4	86,793	882.1	Victoria
45	San Patricio	93.5	64,804	693.5	Corpus Christi
46	Aransas	91.9	23,158	252.1	Corpus Christi
47	Henderson	89.9	78,532	873.8
48	Walker	86.5	67,861	784.2
49	Waller	84.1	43,205	513.4	Houston
50	Bastrop	83.5	74,171	888.2	Austin
51	Titus	79.6	32,334	406.1
52	Webb	74.5	250,304	3,361.5	Laredo
53	Harrison	72.9	65,631	900.0
54	Tom Green	72.4	110,224	1,522.0	San Angelo
55	Coryell	71.7	75,388	1,052.1	Killeen
56	Caldwell	69.8	38,066	545.3	Austin
57	Nacogdoches	68.2	64,524	946.5	Nacogdoches
58	Upshur	67.4	39,309	583.0	Longview
59	Wise	65.4	59,127	904.4	Dallas-Fort Worth
60	Liberty	65.3	75,643	1,158.4	Houston
61	Wood	65.0	41,964	645.2
62	Camp	63.3	12,401	195.8
63	Van Zandt	62.4	52,579	842.6
64	Hardin	61.3	54,635	890.6	Beaumont-Port Arthur
65	Chambers	58.8	35,096	597.1	Houston
66	Rusk	57.7	53,330	924.0	Longview
67	Washington	55.8	33,718	604.0
68	Anderson	55.0	58,458	1,062.6
69	Lamar	54.9	49,793	907.2
70	Wilson	53.4	42,918	803.7	San Antonio
71	Morris	51.3	12,934	252.0
72	Kendall	50.4	33,410	662.5	San Antonio
73	Starr	49.8	60,968	1,223.2
74	Cherokee	48.3	50,845	1,052.9
75	Rains	47.6	10,914	229.5
76	Navarro	47.3	47,735	1,009.6
77	Jim Wells	47.2	40,838	865.0
78	San Jacinto	46.3	26,384	569.2	Houston
79	Hopkins	45.8	35,161	767.2
80	Somervell	45.5	8,490	186.5
81	Kerr	45.0	49,625	1,103.3
82	Austin	44.0	28,417	646.5	Houston
83	Cooke	43.9	38,437	874.8
84	Burnet	43.0	42,750	994.3
85	Polk	43.0	45,413	1,057.1
86	Maverick	42.4	54,258	1,279.3
87	Calhoun	42.2	21,381	506.8	Victoria
88	Brown	40.3	38,106	944.4
89	Howard	38.9	35,012	900.8
90	Fannin	38.1	33,915	890.8
91	Jasper	38.0	35,710	938.9
92	Wharton	38.0	41,280	1,086.2
93	Willacy	37.5	22,134	590.6
94	Franklin	37.3	10,605	284.4
95	Atascosa	36.8	44,911	1,219.5	San Antonio
96	Hill	36.6	35,089	958.9
97	Kleberg	36.4	32,061	881.3
98	Bee	36.2	31,861	880.2
99	Hale	36.1	36,273	1,004.7
100	Erath	35.0	37,890	1,083.1
101	Medina	34.7	46,006	1,325.4	San Antonio
102	Grimes	33.8	26,604	787.5
103	Matagorda	33.4	36,702	1,100.3
104	Cass	32.5	30,464	937.0
105	Shelby	32.0	25,448	795.6
106	Panola	29.7	23,796	801.8
107	Palo Pinto	29.5	28,111	951.8
108	Madison	29.3	13,664	466.1
109	Marion	27.7	10,546	380.9
110	Lampasas	27.6	19,677	712.8	Killeen
111	Lee	26.4	16,612	629.0
112	Burleson	26.1	17,187	659.0	Bryan-College Station
113	Bandera	25.9	20,485	791.0	San Antonio
114	Fayette	25.8	24,554	950.0
115	Limestone	25.8	23,384	905.3
116	Hockley	25.2	22,935	908.4
117	Hutchinson	25.0	22,150	887.4
118	Moore	24.3	21,904	899.7
119	Milam	24.3	24,757	1,016.9
120	Gray	24.3	22,535	926.0
121	Tyler	23.5	21,766	924.5
122	Gillespie	23.5	24,837	1,058.2
123	Falls	23.3	17,866	765.5
124	Freestone	22.6	19,816	877.7
125	DeWitt	22.1	20,097	909.0
126	Sabine	22.0	10,834	491.4
127	Jones	21.8	20,202	928.6	Abilene
128	Colorado	21.7	20,874	960.3
129	Montague	21.2	19,719	930.9
130	Trinity	21.0	14,585	693.6
131	Llano	20.7	19,301	934.0
132	Delta	20.4	5,231	256.8	Dallas-Fort Worth
133	Young	20.3	18,550	914.5
134	Eastland	20.1	18,583	926.5
135	Lavaca	19.9	19,263	969.7
136	Karnes	19.8	14,824	747.6
137	Robertson	19.4	16,622	855.7	Bryan-College Station
138	Houston	19.3	23,732	1,230.9
139	Scurry	18.7	16,921	905.4
140	Gonzales	18.6	19,807	1,066.7
141	Bosque	18.5	18,212	983.0
142	Uvalde	17.0	26,405	1,552.0
143	Jackson	17.0	14,075	829.4
144	San Augustine	16.7	8,865	530.7
145	Nolan	16.7	15,216	912.0
146	Leon	15.7	16,801	1,073.2
147	Val Verde	15.5	48,879	3,144.8
148	Newton	15.5	14,445	933.7
149	Dawson	15.4	13,833	900.3
150	Frio	15.2	17,217	1,133.5
151	Callahan	15.1	13,544	899.4	Abilene
152	Comanche	14.9	13,974	937.8
153	Blanco	14.8	10,497	709.3
154	Terry	14.2	12,651	888.8
155	Zapata	14.0	14,018	998.4
156	Wilbarger	13.9	13,535	970.8
157	Lamb	13.8	13,977	1,016.2
158	Deaf Smith	12.9	19,372	1,496.9
159	Ward	12.8	10,658	835.6
160	Red River	12.4	12,860	1,036.6
161	Gaines	11.7	17,526	1,502.4
162	Parmer	11.7	10,269	880.8
163	Ochiltree	11.1	10,223	917.6
164	Live Oak	11.1	11,531	1,039.7
165	Stephens	10.7	9,630	896.7
166	Mitchell	10.3	9,403	911.1
167	Hamilton	10.2	8,517	835.9
168	Childress	10.1	7,041	696.4
169	Archer	10.0	9,054	903.1	Wichita Falls
170	Runnels	10.0	10,501	1,051.0
171	Jack	9.9	9,044	910.7
172	Clay	9.9	10,752	1,088.7	Wichita Falls
173	Andrews	9.9	14,786	1,500.7
174	Yoakum	9.9	7,879	799.7
175	Refugio	9.6	7,383	770.4
176	Castro	9.0	8,062	894.4
177	Zavala	9.0	11,677	1,297.4
178	Swisher	8.8	7,854	890.2
179	Bailey	8.7	7,165	826.8
180	Goliad	8.5	7,210	852.0	Victoria
181	Winkler	8.5	7,110	841.1
182	McCulloch	7.8	8,283	1,065.6
183	Brooks	7.7	7,223	943.4
184	Dimmit	7.5	9,996	1,328.9
185	Garza	7.2	6,461	893.4
186	Coleman	7.0	8,895	1,262.0
187	Crosby	6.7	6,059	900.2	Lubbock
188	Carson	6.7	6,182	920.2	Amarillo
189	Lynn	6.6	5,915	891.9
190	Mills	6.6	4,936	748.3
191	Duval	6.6	11,782	1,793.5
192	Haskell	6.5	5,899	903.1
193	Floyd	6.5	6,446	992.1
194	Hansford	6.1	5,613	919.8
195	Hardeman	6.0	4,139	695.1
196	Wheeler	5.9	5,410	914.5
197	Crane	5.6	4,375	785.1
198	San Saba	5.4	6,131	1,135.3
199	Martin	5.2	4,799	914.9
200	Reeves	5.2	13,783	2,635.4
201	Real	4.7	3,309	699.2
202	Jim Hogg	4.7	5,300	1,136.1
203	La Salle	4.6	6,886	1,486.7
204	Dallam	4.5	6,703	1,503.3
205	Fisher	4.4	3,974	898.9
206	Knox	4.4	3,719	850.6
207	Mason	4.3	4,012	928.8
208	Baylor	4.3	3,726	867.5
209	Hemphill	4.2	3,807	906.3
210	Concho	4.2	4,087	983.8
211	Hartley	4.1	6,062	1,462.0
212	Cochran	4.0	3,127	775.2
213	Donley	4.0	3,677	926.9
214	Hall	3.8	3,353	883.5
215	Shackelford	3.7	3,378	914.3
216	Kimble	3.7	4,607	1,251.0
217	Coke	3.6	3,320	911.5
218	Lipscomb	3.5	3,302	932.2
219	Collingsworth	3.3	3,057	918.4
220	Sherman	3.3	3,034	923.0
221	Pecos	3.3	15,507	4,763.9
222	Reagan	2.9	3,367	1,175.3
223	Sutton	2.8	4,128	1,453.9
224	Dickens	2.7	2,444	901.7
225	Upton	2.7	3,355	1,241.3
226	Kinney	2.6	3,598	1,360.1
227	Schleicher	2.6	3,461	1,310.6
228	Menard	2.5	2,242	902.0
229	Armstrong	2.1	1,901	909.1	Amarillo
230	Presidio	2.0	7,818	3,855.2
231	Foard	1.9	1,336	704.4
232	Briscoe	1.8	1,637	900.0
233	Throckmorton	1.8	1,641	912.6
234	Cottle	1.7	1,505	900.6
235	Stonewall	1.6	1,490	916.3
236	Irion	1.5	1,599	1,051.6	San Angelo
237	Brewster	1.5	9,232	6,183.7
238	Oldham	1.4	2,052	1,500.5
239	Glasscock	1.4	1,226	900.2
240	Crockett	1.3	3,719	2,807.3
241	Sterling	1.2	1,143	923.5
242	Motley	1.2	1,210	989.6
243	Jeff Davis	1.0	2,342	2,264.6
244	Roberts	1.0	929	924.1
245	Edwards	0.9	2,002	2,117.9
246	Kent	0.9	808	902.5
247	Hudspeth	0.8	3,476	4,571.0
248	Borden	0.7	641	897.4
249	Culberson	0.6	2,398	3,812.8
250	McMullen	0.6	707	1,139.4
251	Terrell	0.4	984	2,358.0
252	King	0.3	286	910.9
253	Kenedy	0.3	416	1,458.3
254	Loving	0.1	82	668.9
Mean Average		96.3

Sources:

Texas State Library and Archives Commission
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts