Texas Counties: Number of Prisoners Housed, 2017

Texas Counties: Number of Prisoners Housed in the County, 2017

The state of Texas houses prisoners in 111 penal institutions located in 58 different counties. These institutions include 97 that are operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and 14 that are contracted to private companies. They include 59 prisons, 18 state jails, 13 transfer facilities, and 21 of other types, such as medical, psychiatric, and work program facilities.

This page shows the number of prisoners housed in all types of the above facilities in each county as of February 2017. Note that this shows where the prisoners are being held, not where they are from or where their crimes were committed.

Map of Texas Counties By Number of Prisoners Housed, 2017

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2	10,000 to 24,999	1	250 to 499

5	5,000 to 9,999	0	100 to 249

8	2,500 to 4,999	1	1 to 99

27	1,000 to 2,499	196	none

14	500 to 999

TexasCounties.net

Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Number of Prisoners Housed, 2017

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Rank	Name	Number of Prisoners in 2017	Population 2010
1	Anderson	13,820	58,458
2	Walker	13,381	67,861
3	Brazoria	8,405	313,166
4	Coryell	7,856	75,388
5	Bee	6,943	31,861
6	Jefferson	5,911	252,273
7	Potter	5,341	121,073
8	Jones	4,946	20,202
9	Liberty	4,055	75,643
10	Wichita	3,606	131,500
11	Polk	2,927	45,413
12	Rusk	2,916	53,330
13	Grimes	2,716	26,604
14	Bowie	2,645	92,565
15	Karnes	2,508	14,824
16	Houston	2,431	23,732
17	Madison	2,357	13,664
18	Tyler	2,182	21,766
19	Hidalgo	2,137	774,769
20	Dallas	2,087	2,368,139
21	Harris	2,066	4,092,459
22	Bexar	2,042	1,714,773
23	Pecos	1,920	15,507
24	Medina	1,909	46,006
25	Falls	1,880	17,866
26	Fort Bend	1,873	585,375
27	Fannin	1,838	33,915
28	Mitchell	1,503	9,403
29	Hale	1,484	36,273
30	Childress	1,425	7,041
31	Cherokee	1,410	50,845
32	Gray	1,383	22,535
33	DeWitt	1,380	20,097
34	Scurry	1,357	16,921
35	Frio	1,355	17,217
36	Freestone	1,333	19,816
37	Dawson	1,250	13,833
38	Brazos	1,087	194,851
39	Willacy	1,057	22,134
40	Johnson	1,024	150,934
41	Hartley	1,020	6,062
42	Angelina	1,015	86,771
43	Caldwell	975	38,066
44	Jack	956	9,044
45	El Paso	927	800,647
46	Lubbock	856	278,831
47	Williamson	850	422,679
48	Travis	724	1,024,266
49	Wise	705	59,127
50	Galveston	645	291,309
51	La Salle	591	6,886
52	Terry	583	12,651
53	Brown	568	38,106
54	Swisher	567	7,854
55	Jasper	556	35,710
56	San Saba	512	6,131
57	Hays	411	157,107
58	Burnet	96	42,750
59	Tarrant	0	1,809,034
60	Collin	0	782,341
61	Denton	0	662,614
62	Montgomery	0	455,746
63	Cameron	0	406,220
64	Nueces	0	340,223
65	Bell	0	310,235
66	Webb	0	250,304
67	McLennan	0	234,906
68	Smith	0	209,714
69	Ellis	0	149,610
70	Ector	0	137,130
71	Midland	0	136,872
72	Guadalupe	0	131,533
73	Taylor	0	131,506
74	Gregg	0	121,730
75	Grayson	0	120,877
76	Randall	0	120,725
77	Parker	0	116,927
78	Tom Green	0	110,224
79	Comal	0	108,472
80	Kaufman	0	103,350
81	Victoria	0	86,793
82	Hunt	0	86,129
83	Orange	0	81,837
84	Henderson	0	78,532
85	Rockwall	0	78,337
86	Bastrop	0	74,171
87	Harrison	0	65,631
88	San Patricio	0	64,804
89	Nacogdoches	0	64,524
90	Starr	0	60,968
91	Hardin	0	54,635
92	Maverick	0	54,258
93	Van Zandt	0	52,579
94	Hood	0	51,182
95	Lamar	0	49,793
96	Kerr	0	49,625
97	Val Verde	0	48,879
98	Navarro	0	47,735
99	Atascosa	0	44,911
100	Waller	0	43,205
101	Wilson	0	42,918
102	Wood	0	41,964
103	Wharton	0	41,280
104	Jim Wells	0	40,838
105	Upshur	0	39,309
106	Cooke	0	38,437
107	Erath	0	37,890
108	Matagorda	0	36,702
109	Hopkins	0	35,161
110	Chambers	0	35,096
111	Hill	0	35,089
112	Howard	0	35,012
113	Washington	0	33,718
114	Kendall	0	33,410
115	Titus	0	32,334
116	Kleberg	0	32,061
117	Cass	0	30,464
118	Austin	0	28,417
119	Palo Pinto	0	28,111
120	Uvalde	0	26,405
121	San Jacinto	0	26,384
122	Shelby	0	25,448
123	Gillespie	0	24,837
124	Milam	0	24,757
125	Fayette	0	24,554
126	Panola	0	23,796
127	Limestone	0	23,384
128	Aransas	0	23,158
129	Hockley	0	22,935
130	Hutchinson	0	22,150
131	Moore	0	21,904
132	Calhoun	0	21,381
133	Colorado	0	20,874
134	Bandera	0	20,485
135	Gonzales	0	19,807
136	Montague	0	19,719
137	Lampasas	0	19,677
138	Deaf Smith	0	19,372
139	Llano	0	19,301
140	Lavaca	0	19,263
141	Eastland	0	18,583
142	Young	0	18,550
143	Bosque	0	18,212
144	Gaines	0	17,526
145	Burleson	0	17,187
146	Leon	0	16,801
147	Robertson	0	16,622
148	Lee	0	16,612
149	Nolan	0	15,216
150	Andrews	0	14,786
151	Trinity	0	14,585
152	Newton	0	14,445
153	Jackson	0	14,075
154	Zapata	0	14,018
155	Lamb	0	13,977
156	Comanche	0	13,974
157	Reeves	0	13,783
158	Callahan	0	13,544
159	Wilbarger	0	13,535
160	Morris	0	12,934
161	Red River	0	12,860
162	Camp	0	12,401
163	Duval	0	11,782
164	Zavala	0	11,677
165	Live Oak	0	11,531
166	Rains	0	10,914
167	Sabine	0	10,834
168	Clay	0	10,752
169	Ward	0	10,658
170	Franklin	0	10,605
171	Marion	0	10,546
172	Runnels	0	10,501
173	Blanco	0	10,497
174	Parmer	0	10,269
175	Ochiltree	0	10,223
176	Dimmit	0	9,996
177	Stephens	0	9,630
178	Brewster	0	9,232
179	Archer	0	9,054
180	Coleman	0	8,895
181	San Augustine	0	8,865
182	Hamilton	0	8,517
183	Somervell	0	8,490
184	McCulloch	0	8,283
185	Castro	0	8,062
186	Yoakum	0	7,879
187	Presidio	0	7,818
188	Refugio	0	7,383
189	Brooks	0	7,223
190	Goliad	0	7,210
191	Bailey	0	7,165
192	Winkler	0	7,110
193	Dallam	0	6,703
194	Garza	0	6,461
195	Floyd	0	6,446
196	Carson	0	6,182
197	Crosby	0	6,059
198	Lynn	0	5,915
199	Haskell	0	5,899
200	Hansford	0	5,613
201	Wheeler	0	5,410
202	Jim Hogg	0	5,300
203	Delta	0	5,231
204	Mills	0	4,936
205	Martin	0	4,799
206	Kimble	0	4,607
207	Crane	0	4,375
208	Hardeman	0	4,139
209	Sutton	0	4,128
210	Concho	0	4,087
211	Mason	0	4,012
212	Fisher	0	3,974
213	Hemphill	0	3,807
214	Baylor	0	3,726
215	Crockett	0	3,719
216	Knox	0	3,719
217	Donley	0	3,677
218	Kinney	0	3,598
219	Hudspeth	0	3,476
220	Schleicher	0	3,461
221	Shackelford	0	3,378
222	Reagan	0	3,367
223	Upton	0	3,355
224	Hall	0	3,353
225	Coke	0	3,320
226	Real	0	3,309
227	Lipscomb	0	3,302
228	Cochran	0	3,127
229	Collingsworth	0	3,057
230	Sherman	0	3,034
231	Dickens	0	2,444
232	Culberson	0	2,398
233	Jeff Davis	0	2,342
234	Menard	0	2,242
235	Oldham	0	2,052
236	Edwards	0	2,002
237	Armstrong	0	1,901
238	Throckmorton	0	1,641
239	Briscoe	0	1,637
240	Irion	0	1,599
241	Cottle	0	1,505
242	Stonewall	0	1,490
243	Foard	0	1,336
244	Glasscock	0	1,226
245	Motley	0	1,210
246	Sterling	0	1,143
247	Terrell	0	984
248	Roberts	0	929
249	Kent	0	808
250	McMullen	0	707
251	Borden	0	641
252	Kenedy	0	416
253	King	0	286
254	Loving	0	82
Total		142,303	25,145,561

Sources:

The Texas Tribune