Texas Counties: 2020 Population Density

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

Map of Texas Counties By 2020 Population Density

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2	2,500 to 4,999 /mi²	51	10.0 to 24.9 /mi²

5	1,000 to 2,499 /mi²	34	5.0 to 9.9 /mi²

7	500 to 999 /mi²	23	2.5 to 4.9 /mi²

13	250 to 499 /mi²	19	1.0 to 2.4 /mi²

19	100 to 249 /mi²	8	0.5 to 0.9 /mi²

28	50.0 to 99.9 /mi²	4	under 0.5 /mi²

41	25.0 to 49.9 /mi²

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By 2020 Population Density

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Rank	Name	Population Density ( /mi²)	Population 2020	Land Area (mi²)	Metro Area
1	Dallas	2,999.7	2,613,539	871.3	Dallas-Fort Worth
2	Harris	2,777.3	4,731,145	1,703.5	Houston
3	Tarrant	2,444.0	2,110,640	863.6	Dallas-Fort Worth
4	Bexar	1,620.7	2,009,324	1,239.8	San Antonio
5	Travis	1,303.0	1,290,188	990.2	Austin
6	Collin	1,265.4	1,064,465	841.2	Dallas-Fort Worth
7	Denton	1,031.9	906,422	878.4	Dallas-Fort Worth
8	Fort Bend	955.1	822,779	861.5	Houston
9	Galveston	926.8	350,682	378.4	Houston
10	El Paso	854.8	865,657	1,012.7	El Paso
11	Rockwall	848.7	107,819	127.0	Dallas-Fort Worth
12	Montgomery	595.6	620,443	1,041.7	Houston
13	Hidalgo	554.3	870,781	1,570.9	McAllen
14	Williamson	544.6	609,017	1,118.3	Austin
15	Cameron	472.6	421,017	890.9	Brownsville
16	Gregg	454.6	124,239	273.3	Longview
17	Nueces	421.2	353,178	838.5	Corpus Christi
18	Brazos	399.4	233,849	585.5	Bryan-College Station
19	Hays	355.6	241,067	678.0	Austin
20	Bell	352.7	370,647	1,051.0	Killeen
21	Lubbock	346.9	310,639	895.6	Lubbock
22	Jefferson	292.7	256,526	876.3	Beaumont-Port Arthur
23	Comal	288.7	161,501	559.5	San Antonio
24	Brazoria	274.0	372,031	1,357.7	Houston
25	Orange	254.2	84,808	333.7	Beaumont-Port Arthur
26	Smith	253.4	233,479	921.5	Tyler
27	McLennan	251.3	260,579	1,037.1	Waco
28	Johnson	248.3	179,927	724.7	Dallas-Fort Worth
29	Guadalupe	242.8	172,706	711.3	San Antonio
30	Wichita	206.0	129,350	627.8	Wichita Falls
31	Ellis	205.7	192,455	935.5	Dallas-Fort Worth
32	Midland	188.8	169,983	900.3	Midland
33	Kaufman	186.1	145,310	780.7	Dallas-Fort Worth
34	Ector	184.0	165,171	897.7	Odessa
35	Parker	164.1	148,222	903.5	Dallas-Fort Worth
36	Taylor	156.4	143,208	915.6	Abilene
37	Randall	154.4	140,753	911.5	Amarillo
38	Hood	146.4	61,598	420.6	Dallas-Fort Worth
39	Grayson	145.3	135,543	932.8	Sherman
40	Potter	130.5	118,525	908.4	Amarillo
41	Hunt	118.9	99,956	840.3	Dallas-Fort Worth
42	Waller	110.6	56,794	513.4	Houston
43	Bastrop	109.5	97,216	888.2	Austin
44	Angelina	108.3	86,395	797.8
45	Bowie	105.0	92,893	885.0	Texarkana
46	Victoria	103.5	91,319	882.1	Victoria
47	San Patricio	99.1	68,755	693.5	Corpus Christi
48	Walker	97.4	76,400	784.2
49	Aransas	94.5	23,830	252.1	Corpus Christi
50	Henderson	94.0	82,150	873.8
51	Caldwell	84.1	45,883	545.3	Austin
52	Webb	79.5	267,114	3,361.5	Laredo
53	Liberty	79.1	91,628	1,158.4	Houston
54	Coryell	79.0	83,093	1,052.1	Killeen
55	Tom Green	78.8	120,003	1,522.0	San Angelo
56	Chambers	78.0	46,571	597.1	Houston
57	Titus	77.0	31,247	406.1
58	Harrison	76.5	68,839	900.0
59	Wise	75.9	68,632	904.4	Dallas-Fort Worth
60	Van Zandt	70.7	59,541	842.6
61	Upshur	70.1	40,892	583.0	Longview
62	Wood	69.5	44,843	645.2
63	Nacogdoches	68.3	64,653	946.5
64	Kendall	66.8	44,279	662.5	San Antonio
65	Camp	63.6	12,464	195.8
66	Hardin	63.1	56,231	890.6	Beaumont-Port Arthur
67	Wilson	61.9	49,753	803.7	San Antonio
68	Washington	59.3	35,805	604.0
69	Rusk	56.5	52,214	924.0	Longview
70	Lamar	55.2	50,088	907.2
71	Anderson	54.5	57,922	1,062.6
72	Starr	53.9	65,920	1,223.2
73	Rains	53.0	12,164	229.5
74	Navarro	52.1	52,624	1,009.6
75	Burnet	49.4	49,130	994.3
76	Somervell	49.4	9,205	186.5	Dallas-Fort Worth
77	San Jacinto	48.1	27,402	569.2
78	Hopkins	48.0	36,787	767.2
79	Cherokee	47.9	50,412	1,052.9
80	Kerr	47.7	52,598	1,103.3
81	Cooke	47.6	41,668	874.8
82	Morris	47.5	11,973	252.0
83	Polk	47.4	50,123	1,057.1
84	Austin	46.7	30,167	646.5	Houston
85	Maverick	45.3	57,887	1,279.3
86	Jim Wells	45.0	38,891	865.0
87	Brown	40.3	38,095	944.4
88	Atascosa	40.2	48,981	1,219.5	San Antonio
89	Fannin	40.0	35,662	890.8
90	Calhoun	39.7	20,106	506.8
91	Erath	39.3	42,545	1,083.1
92	Howard	38.7	34,860	900.8
93	Medina	38.3	50,748	1,325.4	San Antonio
94	Wharton	38.3	41,570	1,086.2
95	Hill	37.4	35,874	958.9
96	Grimes	37.2	29,268	787.5
97	Franklin	36.4	10,359	284.4
98	Bee	35.3	31,047	880.2
99	Kleberg	35.2	31,040	881.3
100	Jasper	35.1	32,980	938.9
101	Willacy	34.1	20,164	590.6
102	Matagorda	33.0	36,255	1,100.3
103	Hale	32.4	32,522	1,004.7
104	Cass	30.4	28,454	937.0
105	Lampasas	30.3	21,627	712.8	Killeen
106	Shelby	30.2	24,022	795.6
107	Palo Pinto	29.8	28,409	951.8
108	Madison	28.9	13,455	466.1
109	Panola	28.1	22,491	801.8
110	Lee	27.8	17,478	629.0
111	Burleson	26.8	17,642	659.0	Bryan-College Station
112	Bandera	26.4	20,851	791.0	San Antonio
113	Fayette	25.7	24,435	950.0
114	Marion	25.5	9,725	380.9
115	Gillespie	25.3	26,725	1,058.2
116	Limestone	24.5	22,146	905.3
117	Milam	24.3	24,754	1,016.9
118	Moore	23.7	21,358	899.7
119	Hockley	23.7	21,537	908.4
120	Hutchinson	23.2	20,617	887.4
121	Gray	22.9	21,227	926.0
122	Llano	22.7	21,243	934.0
123	Falls	22.2	16,968	765.5	Waco
124	Freestone	22.1	19,435	877.7
125	DeWitt	21.8	19,824	909.0
126	Montague	21.4	19,965	930.9
127	Tyler	21.4	19,798	924.5
128	Colorado	21.4	20,557	960.3
129	Jones	21.2	19,663	928.6	Abilene
130	Lavaca	21.0	20,337	969.7
131	Delta	20.4	5,230	256.8
132	Sabine	20.1	9,894	491.4
133	Karnes	19.7	14,710	747.6
134	Trinity	19.6	13,602	693.6
135	Robertson	19.6	16,757	855.7	Bryan-College Station
136	Young	19.5	17,867	914.5
137	Eastland	19.1	17,725	926.5
138	Scurry	18.7	16,932	905.4
139	Bosque	18.6	18,235	983.0
140	Gonzales	18.4	19,653	1,066.7
141	Jackson	18.1	14,988	829.4
142	Houston	17.9	22,066	1,230.9
143	Frio	16.2	18,385	1,133.5
144	Nolan	16.2	14,738	912.0
145	Blanco	16.0	11,374	709.3
146	Uvalde	15.8	24,564	1,552.0
147	Callahan	15.2	13,708	899.4	Abilene
148	Val Verde	15.1	47,586	3,144.8
149	San Augustine	14.9	7,918	530.7
150	Leon	14.6	15,719	1,073.2
151	Comanche	14.5	13,594	937.8
152	Gaines	14.4	21,598	1,502.4
153	Ward	13.9	11,644	835.6
154	Zapata	13.9	13,889	998.4
155	Dawson	13.8	12,456	900.3
156	Terry	13.3	11,831	888.8
157	Wilbarger	13.3	12,887	970.8
158	Newton	13.1	12,217	933.7	Beaumont-Port Arthur
159	Lamb	12.8	13,045	1,016.2
160	Deaf Smith	12.4	18,583	1,496.9
161	Andrews	12.4	18,610	1,500.7
162	Parmer	11.2	9,869	880.8
163	Red River	11.2	11,587	1,036.6
164	Ochiltree	10.9	10,015	917.6
165	Live Oak	10.9	11,335	1,039.7
166	Stephens	10.1	9,101	896.7
167	Mitchell	9.9	8,990	911.1
168	Hamilton	9.8	8,222	835.9
169	Yoakum	9.6	7,694	799.7
170	Childress	9.6	6,664	696.4
171	Archer	9.5	8,560	903.1	Wichita Falls
172	Runnels	9.4	9,900	1,051.0
173	Clay	9.4	10,218	1,088.7	Wichita Falls
174	Jack	9.3	8,472	910.7
175	Winkler	9.3	7,791	841.1
176	Refugio	8.7	6,741	770.4
177	Bailey	8.4	6,904	826.8
178	Castro	8.2	7,371	894.4
179	Goliad	8.2	7,012	852.0	Victoria
180	Swisher	7.8	6,971	890.2
181	Brooks	7.5	7,076	943.4
182	Zavala	7.5	9,670	1,297.4
183	McCulloch	7.2	7,630	1,065.6
184	Garza	6.5	5,816	893.4
185	Dimmit	6.5	8,615	1,328.9
186	Carson	6.3	5,807	920.2	Amarillo
187	Lynn	6.3	5,596	891.9	Lubbock
188	Coleman	6.1	7,684	1,262.0
189	Haskell	6.0	5,416	903.1
190	Mills	6.0	4,456	748.3
191	Crane	6.0	4,675	785.1
192	Hansford	5.7	5,285	919.8
193	Martin	5.7	5,237	914.9	Midland
194	Crosby	5.7	5,133	900.2	Lubbock
195	Reeves	5.6	14,748	2,635.4
196	Duval	5.5	9,831	1,793.5
197	Wheeler	5.5	4,990	914.5
198	Floyd	5.4	5,402	992.1
199	Hardeman	5.1	3,549	695.1
200	San Saba	5.0	5,730	1,135.3
201	Dallam	4.7	7,115	1,503.3
202	La Salle	4.5	6,664	1,486.7
203	Jim Hogg	4.3	4,838	1,136.1
204	Mason	4.3	3,953	928.8
205	Fisher	4.1	3,672	898.9
206	Baylor	4.0	3,465	867.5
207	Real	3.9	2,758	699.2
208	Knox	3.9	3,353	850.6
209	Hemphill	3.7	3,382	906.3
210	Hartley	3.7	5,382	1,462.0
211	Coke	3.6	3,285	911.5
212	Donley	3.5	3,258	926.9
213	Kimble	3.4	4,286	1,251.0
214	Shackelford	3.4	3,105	914.3
215	Concho	3.4	3,303	983.8
216	Cochran	3.3	2,547	775.2
217	Lipscomb	3.3	3,059	932.2
218	Hall	3.2	2,825	883.5
219	Pecos	3.2	15,193	4,763.9
220	Sherman	3.0	2,782	923.0
221	Collingsworth	2.9	2,652	918.4
222	Reagan	2.9	3,385	1,175.3
223	Upton	2.7	3,308	1,241.3
224	Sutton	2.3	3,372	1,453.9
225	Kinney	2.3	3,129	1,360.1
226	Menard	2.2	1,962	902.0
227	Armstrong	2.0	1,848	909.1	Amarillo
228	Dickens	2.0	1,770	901.7
229	Schleicher	1.9	2,451	1,310.6
230	Briscoe	1.6	1,435	900.0
231	Presidio	1.6	6,131	3,855.2
232	Throckmorton	1.6	1,440	912.6
233	Foard	1.6	1,095	704.4
234	Brewster	1.5	9,546	6,183.7
235	Cottle	1.5	1,380	900.6
236	Sterling	1.5	1,372	923.5
237	Irion	1.4	1,513	1,051.6	San Angelo
238	Stonewall	1.4	1,245	916.3
239	Glasscock	1.2	1,116	900.2
240	Oldham	1.2	1,758	1,500.5	Amarillo
241	Crockett	1.1	3,098	2,807.3
242	Motley	1.1	1,063	989.6
243	Roberts	0.9	827	924.1
244	Jeff Davis	0.9	1,996	2,264.6
245	Kent	0.8	753	902.5
246	Borden	0.7	631	897.4
247	Hudspeth	0.7	3,202	4,571.0	El Paso
248	Edwards	0.7	1,422	2,117.9
249	Culberson	0.6	2,188	3,812.8
250	McMullen	0.5	600	1,139.4
251	Terrell	0.3	760	2,358.0
252	King	0.3	265	910.9
253	Kenedy	0.2	350	1,458.3
254	Loving	0.1	64	668.9
Mean Average		111.6

Sources:

Texas Demographic Center Interactive Tools
U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts
U.S. Office of Management and Budget - OMB Bulletin No. 13-01