Veterans are men and women who have formerly served, and are not currently serving, on active duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, or the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II. It includes National Guard members and reservists who were called to active duty. The U.S. Census only counts veterans who are at least 18 years old.
The data is based on "a deterministic projection model," not an actual count.
| 4 | 100,000 or more | 28 | 2,500 to 4,999 | ||
| 3 | 50,000 to 99,999 | 53 | 1,000 to 2,499 | ||
| 6 | 25,000 to 49,999 | 37 | 500 to 999 | ||
| 19 | 10,000 to 24,999 | 85 | 499 or fewer | ||
| 19 | 5,000 to 9,999 | ||||
| Rank | Name | Veteran Population 2020 | Population 2020 | Veterans Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | 182,062 | 4,731,145 | 38.48 |
| 2 | Bexar | 158,336 | 2,009,324 | 78.80 |
| 3 | Tarrant | 120,213 | 2,110,640 | 56.96 |
| 4 | Dallas | 103,327 | 2,613,539 | 39.54 |
| 5 | El Paso | 58,969 | 865,657 | 68.12 |
| 6 | Bell | 58,136 | 370,647 | 156.85 |
| 7 | Travis | 56,473 | 1,290,188 | 43.77 |
| 8 | Collin | 43,779 | 1,064,465 | 41.13 |
| 9 | Denton | 41,590 | 906,422 | 45.88 |
| 10 | Williamson | 36,403 | 609,017 | 59.77 |
| 11 | Montgomery | 32,055 | 620,443 | 51.66 |
| 12 | Fort Bend | 26,143 | 822,779 | 31.77 |
| 13 | Nueces | 25,543 | 353,178 | 72.32 |
| 14 | Hidalgo | 22,058 | 870,781 | 25.33 |
| 15 | Galveston | 21,565 | 350,682 | 61.49 |
| 16 | Brazoria | 18,971 | 372,031 | 50.99 |
| 17 | Guadalupe | 17,241 | 172,706 | 99.83 |
| 18 | Lubbock | 15,759 | 310,639 | 50.73 |
| 19 | McLennan | 15,367 | 260,579 | 58.97 |
| 20 | Cameron | 15,328 | 421,017 | 36.41 |
| 21 | Comal | 15,263 | 161,501 | 94.51 |
| 22 | Jefferson | 14,419 | 256,526 | 56.21 |
| 23 | Smith | 14,103 | 233,479 | 60.40 |
| 24 | Coryell | 12,706 | 83,093 | 152.91 |
| 25 | Hays | 12,209 | 241,067 | 50.65 |
| 26 | Taylor | 11,798 | 143,208 | 82.38 |
| 27 | Wichita | 11,503 | 129,350 | 88.93 |
| 28 | Ellis | 10,658 | 192,455 | 55.38 |
| 29 | Grayson | 10,290 | 135,543 | 75.92 |
| 30 | Tom Green | 10,103 | 120,003 | 84.19 |
| 31 | Johnson | 10,046 | 179,927 | 55.83 |
| 32 | Parker | 10,028 | 148,222 | 67.66 |
| 33 | Randall | 9,184 | 140,753 | 65.25 |
| 34 | Brazos | 9,181 | 233,849 | 39.26 |
| 35 | Midland | 8,364 | 169,983 | 49.20 |
| 36 | Gregg | 8,175 | 124,239 | 65.80 |
| 37 | Bowie | 7,719 | 92,893 | 83.10 |
| 38 | Kaufman | 7,140 | 145,310 | 49.14 |
| 39 | Hunt | 6,941 | 99,956 | 69.44 |
| 40 | Webb | 6,659 | 267,114 | 24.93 |
| 41 | Potter | 6,535 | 118,525 | 55.14 |
| 42 | Ector | 6,376 | 165,171 | 38.60 |
| 43 | Rockwall | 6,074 | 107,819 | 56.34 |
| 44 | Henderson | 6,027 | 82,150 | 73.37 |
| 45 | Bastrop | 6,016 | 97,216 | 61.88 |
| 46 | Orange | 5,560 | 84,808 | 65.56 |
| 47 | Angelina | 5,485 | 86,395 | 63.49 |
| 48 | Victoria | 5,365 | 91,319 | 58.75 |
| 49 | Kerr | 5,214 | 52,598 | 99.13 |
| 50 | Liberty | 5,049 | 91,628 | 55.10 |
| 51 | Hood | 5,010 | 61,598 | 81.33 |
| 52 | San Patricio | 4,908 | 68,755 | 71.38 |
| 53 | Polk | 4,459 | 50,123 | 88.96 |
| 54 | Wise | 4,301 | 68,632 | 62.67 |
| 55 | Wilson | 4,245 | 49,753 | 85.32 |
| 56 | Medina | 4,168 | 50,748 | 82.13 |
| 57 | Harrison | 4,058 | 68,839 | 58.95 |
| 58 | Walker | 4,057 | 76,400 | 53.10 |
| 59 | Wood | 3,997 | 44,843 | 89.13 |
| 60 | Nacogdoches | 3,923 | 64,653 | 60.68 |
| 61 | Hardin | 3,862 | 56,231 | 68.68 |
| 62 | Burnet | 3,784 | 49,130 | 77.02 |
| 63 | Van Zandt | 3,779 | 59,541 | 63.47 |
| 64 | Kendall | 3,497 | 44,279 | 78.98 |
| 65 | Lamar | 3,360 | 50,088 | 67.08 |
| 66 | Atascosa | 3,334 | 48,981 | 68.07 |
| 67 | Anderson | 3,293 | 57,922 | 56.85 |
| 68 | Val Verde | 3,280 | 47,586 | 68.93 |
| 69 | Rusk | 3,058 | 52,214 | 58.57 |
| 70 | Cherokee | 3,030 | 50,412 | 60.10 |
| 71 | Brown | 3,017 | 38,095 | 79.20 |
| 72 | Navarro | 2,981 | 52,624 | 56.65 |
| 73 | Fannin | 2,905 | 35,662 | 81.46 |
| 74 | Lampasas | 2,896 | 21,627 | 133.91 |
| 75 | Upshur | 2,869 | 40,892 | 70.16 |
| 76 | Bandera | 2,726 | 20,851 | 130.74 |
| 77 | Hill | 2,636 | 35,874 | 73.48 |
| 78 | Cooke | 2,605 | 41,668 | 62.52 |
| 79 | Cass | 2,560 | 28,454 | 89.97 |
| 80 | Aransas | 2,493 | 23,830 | 104.62 |
| 81 | Llano | 2,386 | 21,243 | 112.32 |
| 82 | Jasper | 2,365 | 32,980 | 71.71 |
| 83 | Hopkins | 2,350 | 36,787 | 63.88 |
| 84 | Caldwell | 2,300 | 45,883 | 50.13 |
| 85 | Chambers | 2,267 | 46,571 | 48.68 |
| 86 | Matagorda | 2,241 | 36,255 | 61.81 |
| 87 | Howard | 2,205 | 34,860 | 63.25 |
| 88 | Erath | 2,197 | 42,545 | 51.64 |
| 89 | Palo Pinto | 2,156 | 28,409 | 75.89 |
| 90 | Waller | 2,120 | 56,794 | 37.33 |
| 91 | Wharton | 2,086 | 41,570 | 50.18 |
| 92 | Kleberg | 2,081 | 31,040 | 67.04 |
| 93 | San Jacinto | 2,059 | 27,402 | 75.14 |
| 94 | Gillespie | 2,008 | 26,725 | 75.14 |
| 95 | Jim Wells | 1,994 | 38,891 | 51.27 |
| 96 | Washington | 1,935 | 35,805 | 54.04 |
| 97 | Bee | 1,787 | 31,047 | 57.56 |
| 98 | Grimes | 1,739 | 29,268 | 59.42 |
| 99 | Houston | 1,627 | 22,066 | 73.73 |
| 100 | Austin | 1,599 | 30,167 | 53.00 |
| 101 | Titus | 1,577 | 31,247 | 50.47 |
| 102 | Tyler | 1,560 | 19,798 | 78.80 |
| 103 | Fayette | 1,537 | 24,435 | 62.90 |
| 104 | Milam | 1,536 | 24,754 | 62.05 |
| 105 | Limestone | 1,528 | 22,146 | 69.00 |
| 106 | Montague | 1,506 | 19,965 | 75.43 |
| 107 | Panola | 1,449 | 22,491 | 64.43 |
| 108 | Uvalde | 1,443 | 24,564 | 58.74 |
| 109 | Trinity | 1,419 | 13,602 | 104.32 |
| 110 | Shelby | 1,416 | 24,022 | 58.95 |
| 111 | Calhoun | 1,410 | 20,106 | 70.13 |
| 112 | Leon | 1,391 | 15,719 | 88.49 |
| 113 | Bosque | 1,354 | 18,235 | 74.25 |
| 114 | Eastland | 1,295 | 17,725 | 73.06 |
| 115 | Hale | 1,280 | 32,522 | 39.36 |
| 116 | Freestone | 1,267 | 19,435 | 65.19 |
| 117 | Burleson | 1,267 | 17,642 | 71.82 |
| 118 | Hutchinson | 1,252 | 20,617 | 60.73 |
| 119 | Young | 1,234 | 17,867 | 69.07 |
| 120 | Lavaca | 1,215 | 20,337 | 59.74 |
| 121 | Sabine | 1,202 | 9,894 | 121.49 |
| 122 | Colorado | 1,186 | 20,557 | 57.69 |
| 123 | Maverick | 1,171 | 57,887 | 20.23 |
| 124 | Falls | 1,170 | 16,968 | 68.95 |
| 125 | DeWitt | 1,150 | 19,824 | 58.01 |
| 126 | Gray | 1,142 | 21,227 | 53.80 |
| 127 | Rains | 1,126 | 12,164 | 92.57 |
| 128 | Callahan | 1,116 | 13,708 | 81.41 |
| 129 | Gonzales | 1,097 | 19,653 | 55.82 |
| 130 | Jones | 1,087 | 19,663 | 55.28 |
| 131 | Lee | 1,087 | 17,478 | 62.19 |
| 132 | Hockley | 1,050 | 21,537 | 48.75 |
| 133 | Nolan | 978 | 14,738 | 66.36 |
| 134 | Morris | 955 | 11,973 | 79.76 |
| 135 | Blanco | 955 | 11,374 | 83.96 |
| 136 | Robertson | 948 | 16,757 | 56.57 |
| 137 | Comanche | 915 | 13,594 | 67.31 |
| 138 | Camp | 909 | 12,464 | 72.93 |
| 139 | Marion | 876 | 9,725 | 90.08 |
| 140 | Newton | 871 | 12,217 | 71.29 |
| 141 | Brewster | 854 | 9,546 | 89.46 |
| 142 | Clay | 822 | 10,218 | 80.45 |
| 143 | Red River | 817 | 11,587 | 70.51 |
| 144 | Starr | 795 | 65,920 | 12.06 |
| 145 | Karnes | 792 | 14,710 | 53.84 |
| 146 | Jackson | 765 | 14,988 | 51.04 |
| 147 | Scurry | 760 | 16,932 | 44.89 |
| 148 | Coleman | 752 | 7,684 | 97.87 |
| 149 | Andrews | 730 | 18,610 | 39.23 |
| 150 | Pecos | 728 | 15,193 | 47.92 |
| 151 | Live Oak | 705 | 11,335 | 62.20 |
| 152 | Moore | 700 | 21,358 | 32.77 |
| 153 | San Augustine | 694 | 7,918 | 87.65 |
| 154 | Madison | 690 | 13,455 | 51.28 |
| 155 | Runnels | 671 | 9,900 | 67.78 |
| 156 | Franklin | 668 | 10,359 | 64.48 |
| 157 | Frio | 661 | 18,385 | 35.95 |
| 158 | Wilbarger | 653 | 12,887 | 50.67 |
| 159 | Somervell | 650 | 9,205 | 70.61 |
| 160 | Willacy | 646 | 20,164 | 32.04 |
| 161 | Hamilton | 626 | 8,222 | 76.14 |
| 162 | Ward | 592 | 11,644 | 50.84 |
| 163 | Stephens | 586 | 9,101 | 64.39 |
| 164 | Refugio | 550 | 6,741 | 81.59 |
| 165 | McCulloch | 543 | 7,630 | 71.17 |
| 166 | Lamb | 530 | 13,045 | 40.63 |
| 167 | Reeves | 520 | 14,748 | 35.26 |
| 168 | Archer | 514 | 8,560 | 60.05 |
| 169 | Duval | 506 | 9,831 | 51.47 |
| 170 | Deaf Smith | 491 | 18,583 | 26.42 |
| 171 | Gaines | 487 | 21,598 | 22.55 |
| 172 | Goliad | 477 | 7,012 | 68.03 |
| 173 | Terry | 426 | 11,831 | 36.01 |
| 174 | Dimmit | 421 | 8,615 | 48.87 |
| 175 | Delta | 420 | 5,230 | 80.31 |
| 176 | Dawson | 418 | 12,456 | 33.56 |
| 177 | Mitchell | 414 | 8,990 | 46.05 |
| 178 | Jack | 413 | 8,472 | 48.75 |
| 179 | Carson | 411 | 5,807 | 70.78 |
| 180 | Mills | 395 | 4,456 | 88.64 |
| 181 | Kimble | 395 | 4,286 | 92.16 |
| 182 | Ochiltree | 377 | 10,015 | 37.64 |
| 183 | Dallam | 368 | 7,115 | 51.72 |
| 184 | San Saba | 366 | 5,730 | 63.87 |
| 185 | Zavala | 363 | 9,670 | 37.54 |
| 186 | Swisher | 363 | 6,971 | 52.07 |
| 187 | Zapata | 339 | 13,889 | 24.41 |
| 188 | Winkler | 336 | 7,791 | 43.13 |
| 189 | Kinney | 323 | 3,129 | 103.23 |
| 190 | Hudspeth | 318 | 3,202 | 99.31 |
| 191 | Real | 314 | 2,758 | 113.85 |
| 192 | Brooks | 311 | 7,076 | 43.95 |
| 193 | La Salle | 306 | 6,664 | 45.92 |
| 194 | Floyd | 286 | 5,402 | 52.94 |
| 195 | Mason | 283 | 3,953 | 71.59 |
| 196 | Wheeler | 282 | 4,990 | 56.51 |
| 197 | Haskell | 281 | 5,416 | 51.88 |
| 198 | Childress | 279 | 6,664 | 41.87 |
| 199 | Bailey | 271 | 6,904 | 39.25 |
| 200 | Sutton | 263 | 3,372 | 78.00 |
| 201 | Coke | 257 | 3,285 | 78.23 |
| 202 | Fisher | 256 | 3,672 | 69.72 |
| 203 | Crosby | 255 | 5,133 | 49.68 |
| 204 | Lynn | 253 | 5,596 | 45.21 |
| 205 | Parmer | 241 | 9,869 | 24.42 |
| 206 | Donley | 235 | 3,258 | 72.13 |
| 207 | Hardeman | 234 | 3,549 | 65.93 |
| 208 | Baylor | 226 | 3,465 | 65.22 |
| 209 | Yoakum | 220 | 7,694 | 28.59 |
| 210 | Hansford | 210 | 5,285 | 39.74 |
| 211 | Shackelford | 199 | 3,105 | 64.09 |
| 212 | Martin | 196 | 5,237 | 37.43 |
| 213 | Upton | 196 | 3,308 | 59.25 |
| 214 | Concho | 194 | 3,303 | 58.73 |
| 215 | Castro | 190 | 7,371 | 25.78 |
| 216 | Hall | 188 | 2,825 | 66.55 |
| 217 | Hartley | 186 | 5,382 | 34.56 |
| 218 | Jim Hogg | 186 | 4,838 | 38.45 |
| 219 | Garza | 184 | 5,816 | 31.64 |
| 220 | Jeff Davis | 184 | 1,996 | 92.18 |
| 221 | Menard | 178 | 1,962 | 90.72 |
| 222 | Hemphill | 173 | 3,382 | 51.15 |
| 223 | Collingsworth | 171 | 2,652 | 64.48 |
| 224 | Knox | 166 | 3,353 | 49.51 |
| 225 | Crane | 163 | 4,675 | 34.87 |
| 226 | Presidio | 156 | 6,131 | 25.44 |
| 227 | Dickens | 148 | 1,770 | 83.62 |
| 228 | Crockett | 144 | 3,098 | 46.48 |
| 229 | Lipscomb | 143 | 3,059 | 46.75 |
| 230 | Edwards | 128 | 1,422 | 90.01 |
| 231 | Reagan | 122 | 3,385 | 36.04 |
| 232 | Oldham | 119 | 1,758 | 67.69 |
| 233 | Armstrong | 109 | 1,848 | 58.98 |
| 234 | Throckmorton | 107 | 1,440 | 74.31 |
| 235 | Schleicher | 101 | 2,451 | 41.21 |
| 236 | Culberson | 95 | 2,188 | 43.42 |
| 237 | Stonewall | 86 | 1,245 | 69.08 |
| 238 | Cochran | 84 | 2,547 | 32.98 |
| 239 | Sherman | 83 | 2,782 | 29.83 |
| 240 | Irion | 81 | 1,513 | 53.54 |
| 241 | Briscoe | 81 | 1,435 | 56.45 |
| 242 | Motley | 79 | 1,063 | 74.32 |
| 243 | Terrell | 78 | 760 | 102.63 |
| 244 | Foard | 74 | 1,095 | 67.58 |
| 245 | Cottle | 63 | 1,380 | 45.65 |
| 246 | Kent | 51 | 753 | 67.73 |
| 247 | McMullen | 44 | 600 | 73.33 |
| 248 | Glasscock | 40 | 1,116 | 35.84 |
| 249 | Roberts | 38 | 827 | 45.95 |
| 250 | Borden | 36 | 631 | 57.05 |
| 251 | Sterling | 34 | 1,372 | 24.78 |
| 252 | Loving | 11 | 64 | 171.88 |
| 253 | King | 7 | 265 | 26.42 |
| 254 | Kenedy | 6 | 350 | 17.14 |
| Total | 1,567,234 | 29,145,505 | 53.77 | |