About Texas County
The state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, ranging in size from just a few hundred residents to over 4 million in the case of Harris County, which includes the city of Houston. Each county has its own government and elected officials, and many have their own unique histories and cultures. A county map of Texas is a useful tool for exploring the state’s diverse regions and planning travel routes, whether you’re heading to the Gulf Coast, the Hill Country, or the West Texas plains.
Fact About Texas County Map |
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Number of counties | 254 |
Largest county | Brewster County (6,193 square miles) |
Smallest county | Rockwall County (149 square miles) |
Most populous county | Harris County (over 4.7 million residents) |
Least populous county | Loving County (just over 100 residents) |
County seat of Texas | Austin |
Bordering states | New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana |
Major cities | Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso |
National parks | Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
State parks | Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area |
Popular attractions | The Alamo, NASA Space Center, River Walk, State Capitol |
Some major counties in Texas
Here are some major counties in Texas:
County | Population | Major Cities |
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Harris County | 5,012,100 | Houston, Pasadena, Sugar Land |
Dallas County | 2,700,500 | Dallas, Irving, Garland |
Tarrant County | 2,266,200 | Fort Worth, Arlington, Grapevine |
Bexar County | 2,126,500 | San Antonio, Converse, Universal City |
Travis County | 1,384,200 | Austin, Pflugerville, Lakeway |
El Paso County | 865,800 | El Paso, Socorro, Horizon City |
Collin County | 1,237,200 | Plano, Frisco, McKinney |
Hidalgo County | 929,100 | McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr |
Denton County | 1,028,200 | Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound |
Fort Bend County | 888,500 | Sugar Land, Missouri City, Rosenberg, Katy |
List of all 254 Texas Counties
County Name | Population |
Area (sq mi)
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Anderson County | 57,805 | 1077.9 |
Andrews County | 18,879 | 1500.8 |
Angelina County | 86,796 | 864.4 |
Aransas County | 23,814 | 260.3 |
Archer County | 8,730 | 925.4 |
Armstrong County | 1,869 | 913.8 |
Atascosa County | 51,724 | 1221.5 |
Austin County | 29,972 | 656.3 |
Bailey County | 6,697 | 827.7 |
Bandera County | 23,861 | 797.6 |
Bastrop County | 91,601 | 897.3 |
Baylor County | 3,518 | 901.1 |
Bee County | 32,513 | 880.3 |
Bell County | 369,927 | 1087.9 |
Bexar County | 2,026,823 | 1256.6 |
Blanco County | 12,269 | 713.4 |
Borden County | 706 | 906 |
Bosque County | 18,603 | 1002.6 |
Bowie County | 93,481 | 925.6 |
Brazoria County | 380,518 | 1439.5 |
Brazos County | 232,555 | 591.5 |
Brewster County | 9,237 | 6192.4 |
Briscoe County | 1,487 | 901.6 |
Brooks County | 6,964 | 943.6 |
Brown County | 37,633 | 957 |
Burleson County | 18,514 | 676.8 |
Burnet County | 49,653 | 1020.9 |
Caldwell County | 43,979 | 547.2 |
Calhoun County | 21,001 | 546.3 |
Callahan County | 14,110 | 901.3 |
Cameron County | 424,180 | 952 |
Camp County | 13,060 | 203.2 |
Carson County | 5,854 | 924.1 |
Cass County | 29,879 | 960.8 |
Castro County | 7,396 | 899.3 |
Chambers County | 45,590 | 625.9 |
Cherokee County | 52,875 | 1062 |
Childress County | 7,143 | 713.8 |
Clay County | 10,550 | 1117.2 |
Cochran County | 2,897 | 775.2 |
Coke County | 3,323 | 928 |
Coleman County | 8,100 | 1281.5 |
Collin County | 1,072,069 | 886.1 |
Collingsworth County | 2,877 | 919.3 |
Colorado County | 21,610 | 973.6 |
Comal County | 164,812 | 574.6 |
Comanche County | 13,750 | 947.7 |
Concho County | 2,827 | 993.7 |
Cooke County | 41,393 | 899.2 |
Coryell County | 76,737 | 1056.7 |
Cottle County | 1,363 | 901.6 |
Crane County | 4,765 | 785.6 |
Crockett County | 3,513 | 2807.5 |
Crosby County | 5,567 | 901.7 |
Culberson County | 2,149 | 3815.9 |
Dallam County | 7,273 | 1505.1 |
Dallas County | 2,635,888 | 908.6 |
Dawson County | 12,974 | 902.1 |
Deaf Smith County | 18,277 | 1498.2 |
Delta County | 5,349 | 280.8 |
Denton County | 919,324 | 957.6 |
DeWitt County | 20,174 | 910.5 |
Dickens County | 2,140 | 905.2 |
Dimmit County | 9,925 | 1334.5 |
Donley County | 3,308 | 933.1 |
Duval County | 11,058 | 1795.7 |
Eastland County | 18,388 | 931.9 |
Ector County | 167,701 | 901.8 |
Edwards County | 1,923 | 2120 |
El Paso County | 841,286 | 1017.1 |
Ellis County | 191,760 | 951.8 |
Erath County | 43,224 | 1089.8 |
Falls County | 17,275 | 773.8 |
Fannin County | 35,913 | 899.4 |
Fayette County | 25,547 | 958 |
Fisher County | 3,784 | 901.8 |
Floyd County | 5,672 | 992.5 |
Foard County | 1,135 | 707.7 |
Fort Bend County | 839,706 | 885.4 |
Franklin County | 10,821 | 294.4 |
Freestone County | 19,874 | 892.2 |
Frio County | 20,379 | 1134.3 |
Gaines County | 21,996 | 1502.7 |
Galveston County | 345,089 | 396.1 |
Garza County | 6,222 | 896.2 |
Gillespie County | 26,960 | 1061.7 |
Glasscock County | 1,439 | 901.1 |
Goliad County | 7,626 | 859.3 |
Gonzales County | 20,948 | 1069.9 |
Gray County | 21,658 | 929.3 |
Grayson County | 138,318 | 983.3 |
Gregg County | 124,229 | 275.3 |
Grimes County | 29,614 | 801.6 |
Guadalupe County | 170,608 | 714.2 |
Hale County | 32,754 | 1004.8 |
Hall County | 2,939 | 904.1 |
Hamilton County | 8,557 | 836.4 |
Hansford County | 5,279 | 920.3 |
Hardeman County | 4,011 | 696.9 |
Hardin County | 58,305 | 897.6 |
Harris County | 4,738,253 | 1754.4 |
Harrison County | 66,386 | 915.1 |
Hartley County | 5,443 | 1463.1 |
Haskell County | 5,754 | 910.3 |
Hays County | 241,365 | 679.9 |
Hemphill County | 3,777 | 912.1 |
Henderson County | 83,792 | 949.1 |
Hidalgo County | 875,200 | 1582.9 |
Hill County | 37,006 | 985.7 |
Hockley County | 22,921 | 908.6 |
Hood County | 63,527 | 436.8 |
Hopkins County | 37,170 | 793.1 |
Houston County | 22,835 | 1236.8 |
Howard County | 36,540 | 904.2 |
Hudspeth County | 4,906 | 4571.3 |
Hunt County | 99,807 | 882 |
Hutchinson County | 20,677 | 894.9 |
Irion County | 1,564 | 1051.6 |
Jack County | 9,056 | 920.1 |
Jackson County | 14,854 | 851.9 |
Jasper County | 35,375 | 969.6 |
Jeff Davis County | 2,220 | 2264.6 |
Jefferson County | 250,127 | 987.5 |
Jim Hogg County | 5,184 | 1136.2 |
Jim Wells County | 40,452 | 868.2 |
Johnson County | 179,575 | 734.5 |
Jones County | 19,875 | 937.1 |
Karnes County | 15,562 | 753.6 |
Kaufman County | 143,198 | 806.8 |
Kendall County | 48,523 | 663 |
Kenedy County | 379 | 1433.3 |
Kent County | 786 | 902.9 |
Kerr County | 52,869 | 1107.3 |
Kimble County | 4,396 | 1251 |
King County | 283 | 913.3 |
Kinney County | 3,670 | 1365 |
Kleberg County | 30,338 | 881.9 |
Knox County | 3,683 | 855.5 |
La Salle County | 7,500 | 1494.2 |
Lamar County | 49,905 | 932.9 |
Lamb County | 12,710 | 1017.7 |
Lampasas County | 21,789 | 714 |
Lavaca County | 20,216 | 970.5 |
Lee County | 17,397 | 634.3 |
Leon County | 17,493 | 1080.4 |
Liberty County | 91,547 | 1176.3 |
Limestone County | 23,340 | 933.2 |
Lipscomb County | 3,111 | 932.1 |
Live Oak County | 12,324 | 1078.9 |
Llano County | 21,958 | 966.2 |
Loving County | 181 | 676.9 |
Lubbock County | 314,772 | 900.7 |
Lynn County | 6,025 | 893.5 |
Madison County | 14,427 | 472.5 |
Marion County | 9,960 | 420.5 |
Martin County | 5,816 | 915.7 |
Mason County | 4,344 | 932.2 |
Matagorda County | 36,725 | 1143.5 |
Maverick County | 58,378 | 1291.6 |
McCulloch County | 7,823 | 1073.4 |
McLennan County | 259,730 | 1060.2 |
McMullen County | 721 | 1156.8 |
Medina County | 52,358 | 1334.7 |
Menard County | 2,124 | 902.5 |
Midland County | 177,863 | 902 |
Milam County | 24,708 | 1021.7 |
Mills County | 4,840 | 749.9 |
Mitchell County | 8,202 | 915.9 |
Montague County | 19,962 | 938.6 |
Montgomery County | 626,351 | 1077 |
Moore County | 20,654 | 909.6 |
Morris County | 12,393 | 258.6 |
Motley County | 1,185 | 989.8 |
Nacogdoches County | 64,753 | 981.4 |
Navarro County | 50,694 | 1086.1 |
Newton County | 13,414 | 939.5 |
Nolan County | 14,835 | 913.9 |
Nueces County | 363,148 | 838.6 |
Ochiltree County | 9,598 | 918 |
Oldham County | 2,135 | 1501.3 |
Orange County | 82,878 | 379.5 |
Palo Pinto County | 29,320 | 985.5 |
Panola County | 23,187 | 821.4 |
Parker County | 148,198 | 910.1 |
Parmer County | 9,522 | 884.9 |
Pecos County | 15,718 | 4764.8 |
Polk County | 52,995 | 1109.8 |
Potter County | 116,004 | 922 |
Presidio County | 6,508 | 3855.4 |
Rains County | 12,552 | 259.2 |
Randall County | 139,899 | 922.4 |
Reagan County | 3,833 | 1176 |
Real County | 3,411 | 700 |
Red River County | 11,995 | 1060.8 |
Reeves County | 15,949 | 2642 |
Refugio County | 6,877 | 779.4 |
Roberts County | 813 | 924.2 |
Robertson County | 17,155 | 865.6 |
Rockwall County | 109,888 | 148.7 |
Runnels County | 10,401 | 1057.1 |
Rusk County | 54,324 | 938.8 |
Sabine County | 10,507 | 576.7 |
San Augustine County | 8,248 | 592.2 |
San Jacinto County | 29,301 | 627.9 |
San Patricio County | 67,069 | 707.4 |
San Saba County | 6,039 | 1138.3 |
Schleicher County | 2,761 | 1310.7 |
Scurry County | 16,662 | 907.5 |
Shackelford County | 3,300 | 915.5 |
Shelby County | 24,915 | 834.6 |
Sherman County | 3,027 | 923.3 |
Smith County | 235,806 | 949.5 |
Somervell County | 9,139 | 192 |
Starr County | 64,266 | 1229.2 |
Stephens County | 9,334 | 921.5 |
Sterling County | 1,315 | 923.5 |
Stonewall County | 1,348 | 920.2 |
Sutton County | 3,738 | 1454.4 |
Swisher County | 7,340 | 900.7 |
Tarrant County | 2,123,347 | 897.5 |
Taylor County | 139,200 | 919.3 |
Terrell County | 702 | 2357.7 |
Terry County | 12,183 | 891 |
Throckmorton County | 1,487 | 915.5 |
Titus County | 32,926 | 425.2 |
Tom Green County | 120,010 | 1540.6 |
Travis County | 1,300,503 | 1022.6 |
Trinity County | 14,883 | 714 |
Tyler County | 21,591 | 935.7 |
Upshur County | 42,166 | 593.1 |
Upton County | 3,623 | 1241.5 |
Uvalde County | 26,742 | 1558.6 |
Val Verde County | 49,028 | 3232.6 |
Van Zandt County | 57,533 | 859.1 |
Victoria County | 91,936 | 888 |
Walker County | 72,164 | 801.4 |
Waller County | 57,452 | 518.1 |
Ward County | 12,097 | 835.7 |
Washington County | 35,771 | 621.2 |
Webb County | 277,681 | 3375.2 |
Wharton County | 41,685 | 1094.5 |
Wheeler County | 4,946 | 915.2 |
Wichita County | 133,205 | 633.2 |
Wilbarger County | 12,552 | 978.4 |
Willacy County | 21,161 | 607 |
Williamson County | 617,855 | 1134.4 |
Wilson County | 52,023 | 808.5 |
Winkler County | 7,887 | 841.3 |
Wise County | 71,084 | 922.8 |
Wood County | 46,291 | 695.9 |
Yoakum County | 8,702 | 799.2 |
Young County | 17,904 | 930.9 |
Zapata County | 14,172 | 1058.2 |
Zavala County | 11,840 | 1301.7 |