| 2 | 2.5 to 5 million | 63 | 10,000 to 24,999 | ||
| 4 | 1 to 2.5 million | 40 | 5,000 to 9,999 | ||
| 6 | 500,000 to 999,999 | 27 | 2,500 to 4,999 | ||
| 9 | 250,000 to 499,999 | 17 | 1,000 to 2,499 | ||
| 19 | 100,000 to 249,999 | 5 | 500 to 999 | ||
| 28 | 50,000 to 99,999 | 2 | 250 to 499 | ||
| 31 | 25,000 to 49,999 | 1 | under 249 | ||
| Rank | Name | Population 2020 | Population Density (/mi2) | Metro Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | 4,731,145 | 2,777.3 | Houston |
| 2 | Dallas | 2,613,539 | 2,999.7 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 3 | Tarrant | 2,110,640 | 2,444.0 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 4 | Bexar | 2,009,324 | 1,620.7 | San Antonio |
| 5 | Travis | 1,290,188 | 1,303.0 | Austin |
| 6 | Collin | 1,064,465 | 1,265.4 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 7 | Denton | 906,422 | 1,031.9 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 8 | Hidalgo | 870,781 | 554.3 | McAllen |
| 9 | El Paso | 865,657 | 854.8 | El Paso |
| 10 | Fort Bend | 822,779 | 955.1 | Houston |
| 11 | Montgomery | 620,443 | 595.6 | Houston |
| 12 | Williamson | 609,017 | 544.6 | Austin |
| 13 | Cameron | 421,017 | 472.6 | Brownsville |
| 14 | Brazoria | 372,031 | 274.0 | Houston |
| 15 | Bell | 370,647 | 352.7 | Killeen |
| 16 | Nueces | 353,178 | 421.2 | Corpus Christi |
| 17 | Galveston | 350,682 | 926.8 | Houston |
| 18 | Lubbock | 310,639 | 346.9 | Lubbock |
| 19 | Webb | 267,114 | 79.5 | Laredo |
| 20 | McLennan | 260,579 | 251.3 | Waco |
| 21 | Jefferson | 256,526 | 292.7 | Beaumont-Port Arthur |
| 22 | Hays | 241,067 | 355.6 | Austin |
| 23 | Brazos | 233,849 | 399.4 | Bryan-College Station |
| 24 | Smith | 233,479 | 253.4 | Tyler |
| 25 | Ellis | 192,455 | 205.7 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 26 | Johnson | 179,927 | 248.3 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 27 | Guadalupe | 172,706 | 242.8 | San Antonio |
| 28 | Midland | 169,983 | 188.8 | Midland |
| 29 | Ector | 165,171 | 184.0 | Odessa |
| 30 | Comal | 161,501 | 288.7 | San Antonio |
| 31 | Parker | 148,222 | 164.1 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 32 | Kaufman | 145,310 | 186.1 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 33 | Taylor | 143,208 | 156.4 | Abilene |
| 34 | Randall | 140,753 | 154.4 | Amarillo |
| 35 | Grayson | 135,543 | 145.3 | Sherman |
| 36 | Wichita | 129,350 | 206.0 | Wichita Falls |
| 37 | Gregg | 124,239 | 454.6 | Longview |
| 38 | Tom Green | 120,003 | 78.8 | San Angelo |
| 39 | Potter | 118,525 | 130.5 | Amarillo |
| 40 | Rockwall | 107,819 | 848.7 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 41 | Hunt | 99,956 | 118.9 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 42 | Bastrop | 97,216 | 109.5 | Austin |
| 43 | Bowie | 92,893 | 105.0 | Texarkana |
| 44 | Liberty | 91,628 | 79.1 | Houston |
| 45 | Victoria | 91,319 | 103.5 | Victoria |
| 46 | Angelina | 86,395 | 108.3 | |
| 47 | Orange | 84,808 | 254.2 | Beaumont-Port Arthur |
| 48 | Coryell | 83,093 | 79.0 | Killeen |
| 49 | Henderson | 82,150 | 94.0 | |
| 50 | Walker | 76,400 | 97.4 | |
| 51 | Harrison | 68,839 | 76.5 | |
| 52 | San Patricio | 68,755 | 99.1 | Corpus Christi |
| 53 | Wise | 68,632 | 75.9 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 54 | Starr | 65,920 | 53.9 | |
| 55 | Nacogdoches | 64,653 | 68.3 | |
| 56 | Hood | 61,598 | 146.4 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 57 | Van Zandt | 59,541 | 70.7 | |
| 58 | Anderson | 57,922 | 54.5 | |
| 59 | Maverick | 57,887 | 45.3 | |
| 60 | Waller | 56,794 | 110.6 | Houston |
| 61 | Hardin | 56,231 | 63.1 | Beaumont-Port Arthur |
| 62 | Navarro | 52,624 | 52.1 | |
| 63 | Kerr | 52,598 | 47.7 | |
| 64 | Rusk | 52,214 | 56.5 | Longview |
| 65 | Medina | 50,748 | 38.3 | San Antonio |
| 66 | Cherokee | 50,412 | 47.9 | |
| 67 | Polk | 50,123 | 47.4 | |
| 68 | Lamar | 50,088 | 55.2 | |
| 69 | Wilson | 49,753 | 61.9 | San Antonio |
| 70 | Burnet | 49,130 | 49.4 | |
| 71 | Atascosa | 48,981 | 40.2 | San Antonio |
| 72 | Val Verde | 47,586 | 15.1 | |
| 73 | Chambers | 46,571 | 78.0 | Houston |
| 74 | Caldwell | 45,883 | 84.1 | Austin |
| 75 | Wood | 44,843 | 69.5 | |
| 76 | Kendall | 44,279 | 66.8 | San Antonio |
| 77 | Erath | 42,545 | 39.3 | |
| 78 | Cooke | 41,668 | 47.6 | |
| 79 | Wharton | 41,570 | 38.3 | |
| 80 | Upshur | 40,892 | 70.1 | Longview |
| 81 | Jim Wells | 38,891 | 45.0 | |
| 82 | Brown | 38,095 | 40.3 | |
| 83 | Hopkins | 36,787 | 48.0 | |
| 84 | Matagorda | 36,255 | 33.0 | |
| 85 | Hill | 35,874 | 37.4 | |
| 86 | Washington | 35,805 | 59.3 | |
| 87 | Fannin | 35,662 | 40.0 | |
| 88 | Howard | 34,860 | 38.7 | |
| 89 | Jasper | 32,980 | 35.1 | |
| 90 | Hale | 32,522 | 32.4 | |
| 91 | Titus | 31,247 | 77.0 | |
| 92 | Bee | 31,047 | 35.3 | |
| 93 | Kleberg | 31,040 | 35.2 | |
| 94 | Austin | 30,167 | 46.7 | Houston |
| 95 | Grimes | 29,268 | 37.2 | |
| 96 | Cass | 28,454 | 30.4 | |
| 97 | Palo Pinto | 28,409 | 29.8 | |
| 98 | San Jacinto | 27,402 | 48.1 | |
| 99 | Gillespie | 26,725 | 25.3 | |
| 100 | Milam | 24,754 | 24.3 | |
| 101 | Uvalde | 24,564 | 15.8 | |
| 102 | Fayette | 24,435 | 25.7 | |
| 103 | Shelby | 24,022 | 30.2 | |
| 104 | Aransas | 23,830 | 94.5 | Corpus Christi |
| 105 | Panola | 22,491 | 28.1 | |
| 106 | Limestone | 22,146 | 24.5 | |
| 107 | Houston | 22,066 | 17.9 | |
| 108 | Lampasas | 21,627 | 30.3 | Killeen |
| 109 | Gaines | 21,598 | 14.4 | |
| 110 | Hockley | 21,537 | 23.7 | |
| 111 | Moore | 21,358 | 23.7 | |
| 112 | Llano | 21,243 | 22.7 | |
| 113 | Gray | 21,227 | 22.9 | |
| 114 | Bandera | 20,851 | 26.4 | San Antonio |
| 115 | Hutchinson | 20,617 | 23.2 | |
| 116 | Colorado | 20,557 | 21.4 | |
| 117 | Lavaca | 20,337 | 21.0 | |
| 118 | Willacy | 20,164 | 34.1 | |
| 119 | Calhoun | 20,106 | 39.7 | |
| 120 | Montague | 19,965 | 21.4 | |
| 121 | DeWitt | 19,824 | 21.8 | |
| 122 | Tyler | 19,798 | 21.4 | |
| 123 | Jones | 19,663 | 21.2 | Abilene |
| 124 | Gonzales | 19,653 | 18.4 | |
| 125 | Freestone | 19,435 | 22.1 | |
| 126 | Andrews | 18,610 | 12.4 | |
| 127 | Deaf Smith | 18,583 | 12.4 | |
| 128 | Frio | 18,385 | 16.2 | |
| 129 | Bosque | 18,235 | 18.6 | |
| 130 | Young | 17,867 | 19.5 | |
| 131 | Eastland | 17,725 | 19.1 | |
| 132 | Burleson | 17,642 | 26.8 | Bryan-College Station |
| 133 | Lee | 17,478 | 27.8 | |
| 134 | Falls | 16,968 | 22.2 | Waco |
| 135 | Scurry | 16,932 | 18.7 | |
| 136 | Robertson | 16,757 | 19.6 | Bryan-College Station |
| 137 | Leon | 15,719 | 14.6 | |
| 138 | Pecos | 15,193 | 3.2 | |
| 139 | Jackson | 14,988 | 18.1 | |
| 140 | Reeves | 14,748 | 5.6 | |
| 141 | Nolan | 14,738 | 16.2 | |
| 142 | Karnes | 14,710 | 19.7 | |
| 143 | Zapata | 13,889 | 13.9 | |
| 144 | Callahan | 13,708 | 15.2 | Abilene |
| 145 | Trinity | 13,602 | 19.6 | |
| 146 | Comanche | 13,594 | 14.5 | |
| 147 | Madison | 13,455 | 28.9 | |
| 148 | Lamb | 13,045 | 12.8 | |
| 149 | Wilbarger | 12,887 | 13.3 | |
| 150 | Camp | 12,464 | 63.6 | |
| 151 | Dawson | 12,456 | 13.8 | |
| 152 | Newton | 12,217 | 13.1 | Beaumont-Port Arthur |
| 153 | Rains | 12,164 | 53.0 | |
| 154 | Morris | 11,973 | 47.5 | |
| 155 | Terry | 11,831 | 13.3 | |
| 156 | Ward | 11,644 | 13.9 | |
| 157 | Red River | 11,587 | 11.2 | |
| 158 | Blanco | 11,374 | 16.0 | |
| 159 | Live Oak | 11,335 | 10.9 | |
| 160 | Franklin | 10,359 | 36.4 | |
| 161 | Clay | 10,218 | 9.4 | Wichita Falls |
| 162 | Ochiltree | 10,015 | 10.9 | |
| 163 | Runnels | 9,900 | 9.4 | |
| 164 | Sabine | 9,894 | 20.1 | |
| 165 | Parmer | 9,869 | 11.2 | |
| 166 | Duval | 9,831 | 5.5 | |
| 167 | Marion | 9,725 | 25.5 | |
| 168 | Zavala | 9,670 | 7.5 | |
| 169 | Brewster | 9,546 | 1.5 | |
| 170 | Somervell | 9,205 | 49.4 | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 171 | Stephens | 9,101 | 10.1 | |
| 172 | Mitchell | 8,990 | 9.9 | |
| 173 | Dimmit | 8,615 | 6.5 | |
| 174 | Archer | 8,560 | 9.5 | Wichita Falls |
| 175 | Jack | 8,472 | 9.3 | |
| 176 | Hamilton | 8,222 | 9.8 | |
| 177 | San Augustine | 7,918 | 14.9 | |
| 178 | Winkler | 7,791 | 9.3 | |
| 179 | Yoakum | 7,694 | 9.6 | |
| 180 | Coleman | 7,684 | 6.1 | |
| 181 | McCulloch | 7,630 | 7.2 | |
| 182 | Castro | 7,371 | 8.2 | |
| 183 | Dallam | 7,115 | 4.7 | |
| 184 | Brooks | 7,076 | 7.5 | |
| 185 | Goliad | 7,012 | 8.2 | Victoria |
| 186 | Swisher | 6,971 | 7.8 | |
| 187 | Bailey | 6,904 | 8.4 | |
| 188 | Refugio | 6,741 | 8.7 | |
| 189 | Childress | 6,664 | 9.6 | |
| 190 | La Salle | 6,664 | 4.5 | |
| 191 | Presidio | 6,131 | 1.6 | |
| 192 | Garza | 5,816 | 6.5 | |
| 193 | Carson | 5,807 | 6.3 | Amarillo |
| 194 | San Saba | 5,730 | 5.0 | |
| 195 | Lynn | 5,596 | 6.3 | Lubbock |
| 196 | Haskell | 5,416 | 6.0 | |
| 197 | Floyd | 5,402 | 5.4 | |
| 198 | Hartley | 5,382 | 3.7 | |
| 199 | Hansford | 5,285 | 5.7 | |
| 200 | Martin | 5,237 | 5.7 | Midland |
| 201 | Delta | 5,230 | 20.4 | |
| 202 | Crosby | 5,133 | 5.7 | Lubbock |
| 203 | Wheeler | 4,990 | 5.5 | |
| 204 | Jim Hogg | 4,838 | 4.3 | |
| 205 | Crane | 4,675 | 6.0 | |
| 206 | Mills | 4,456 | 6.0 | |
| 207 | Kimble | 4,286 | 3.4 | |
| 208 | Mason | 3,953 | 4.3 | |
| 209 | Fisher | 3,672 | 4.1 | |
| 210 | Hardeman | 3,549 | 5.1 | |
| 211 | Baylor | 3,465 | 4.0 | |
| 212 | Reagan | 3,385 | 2.9 | |
| 213 | Hemphill | 3,382 | 3.7 | |
| 214 | Sutton | 3,372 | 2.3 | |
| 215 | Knox | 3,353 | 3.9 | |
| 216 | Upton | 3,308 | 2.7 | |
| 217 | Concho | 3,303 | 3.4 | |
| 218 | Coke | 3,285 | 3.6 | |
| 219 | Donley | 3,258 | 3.5 | |
| 220 | Hudspeth | 3,202 | 0.7 | El Paso |
| 221 | Kinney | 3,129 | 2.3 | |
| 222 | Shackelford | 3,105 | 3.4 | |
| 223 | Crockett | 3,098 | 1.1 | |
| 224 | Lipscomb | 3,059 | 3.3 | |
| 225 | Hall | 2,825 | 3.2 | |
| 226 | Sherman | 2,782 | 3.0 | |
| 227 | Real | 2,758 | 3.9 | |
| 228 | Collingsworth | 2,652 | 2.9 | |
| 229 | Cochran | 2,547 | 3.3 | |
| 230 | Schleicher | 2,451 | 1.9 | |
| 231 | Culberson | 2,188 | 0.6 | |
| 232 | Jeff Davis | 1,996 | 0.9 | |
| 233 | Menard | 1,962 | 2.2 | |
| 234 | Armstrong | 1,848 | 2.0 | Amarillo |
| 235 | Dickens | 1,770 | 2.0 | |
| 236 | Oldham | 1,758 | 1.2 | Amarillo |
| 237 | Irion | 1,513 | 1.4 | San Angelo |
| 238 | Throckmorton | 1,440 | 1.6 | |
| 239 | Briscoe | 1,435 | 1.6 | |
| 240 | Edwards | 1,422 | 0.7 | |
| 241 | Cottle | 1,380 | 1.5 | |
| 242 | Sterling | 1,372 | 1.5 | |
| 243 | Stonewall | 1,245 | 1.4 | |
| 244 | Glasscock | 1,116 | 1.2 | |
| 245 | Foard | 1,095 | 1.6 | |
| 246 | Motley | 1,063 | 1.1 | |
| 247 | Roberts | 827 | 0.9 | |
| 248 | Terrell | 760 | 0.3 | |
| 249 | Kent | 753 | 0.8 | |
| 250 | Borden | 631 | 0.7 | |
| 251 | McMullen | 600 | 0.5 | |
| 252 | Kenedy | 350 | 0.2 | |
| 253 | King | 265 | 0.3 | |
| 254 | Loving | 64 | 0.1 | |
| Total | 29,145,505 | |||