List of counties in Texas

Counties of Texas
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Location	State of Texas
Number	254
Populations	48 (Loving) – 5,009,302 (Harris)
Areas	149 square miles (390 km2) (Rockwall) – 6,192 square miles (16,040 km2) (Brewster)
Government	County government
Subdivisions	Precinct

Texas Counties and urban areas

The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.

Texas was originally divided into municipalities (municipios in Spanish), a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, the 23 municipalities became the original Texas counties. Many of these were later divided into new counties. The last county to be initially created was Kenedy County in 1921, but Loving County is the newest organized county; it was first organized in 1893 in an apparent scheme to defraud, abolished in 1897, then reorganized in 1931. Most of these recent counties, especially near the northwest, were created from Bexar County during the 1870s.

Each county is run by a commissioners' court, consisting of four elected commissioners (one from each of four precincts drawn based on population) and a county judge elected from all the voters of the county. In smaller counties, the county judge actually does perform judicial duties, but in larger counties, the county judge functions as the county's chief executive officer. Certain officials, such as the sheriff and tax collector, are elected separately by the voters, but the commissioners' court determines their office budgets, and sets overall county policy. All county elections are partisan; the one exception is the board of trustees of the Dallas County department of education (the Harris County trustees were elected on a nonpartisan basis until 1984).

While the counties have eminent domain power and control all unincorporated land within their boundaries, they have neither home-rule authority nor zoning power. The county is responsible for providing essential services (except for fire and ambulance, which are often supplied by volunteer fire departments). Unlike other US states, Texas does not allow for consolidated city-county governments. Cities and counties (as well as other political entities) are permitted to enter "interlocal agreements" to share services (as an example, a city and a school district may enter into agreements with the county whereby the county bills for and collects property taxes for the city and school district; thus, only one tax bill is sent instead of three). School districts are independent of county and city government (with the exception of the Stafford Municipal School District, which is city controlled).

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. Texas' code is 48, which when combined with any county code would be written in the form of 48XXX. The FIPS code for each county in the table links to census data for that county.

List

County	FIPS code	County seat	Est.	Origin	Etymology	Population	Area	Map
Anderson County	001	Palestine	1846	Houston County	Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805–1845), the last vice president of the Republic of Texas	59,512	1,071 sq mi (2,774 km2)
Andrews County	003	Andrews	1876	Bexar County	Richard Andrews (1800–1835), the first Texan soldier to die in the Texas Revolution	18,923	1,501 sq mi (3,888 km2)
Angelina County	005	Lufkin	1846	Nacogdoches County	A Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries, whom they called "Little Angel" (Spanish:Angelina)	88,094	802 sq mi (2,077 km2)
Aransas County	007	Rockport	1871	Refugio County	Aransas Bay, named in turn for an early Spanish fort; this support was supposedly named in turn for a Spanish palace Aránzazu, possibly related to the Sanctuario de Aránzazu. (Arantzazu is Basque for "place of thorns")	25,595	252 sq mi (653 km2)
Archer County	009	Archer City	1858	Fannin County	Branch Tanner Archer, a commissioner for the Republic of Texas	9,155	910 sq mi (2,357 km2)
Armstrong County	011	Claude	1876	Bexar County	One of several Texas pioneer families, although it is not certain which one	1,809	914 sq mi (2,367 km2)
Atascosa County	013	Jourdanton	1856	Bexar County	The Spanish word for "boggy"	52,783	1,232 sq mi (3,191 km2)
Austin County	015	Bellville	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), known as the Father of Texas	32,546	653 sq mi (1,691 km2)
Bailey County	017	Muleshoe	1876	Bexar County	Peter James Bailey III, a soldier and defender of the Alamo	7,031	827 sq mi (2,142 km2)
Bandera County	019	Bandera	1856	Bexar County	Bandera Pass, named in turn for the Spanish word for "flag"	22,830	792 sq mi (2,051 km2)
Bastrop County	021	Bastrop	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Baron Felipe Enrique Neri de Bastrop, the Dutch settler who provided essential help to Stephen F. Austin in obtaining his original land grants	114,931	888 sq mi (2,300 km2)
Baylor County	023	Seymour	1858	Fannin County	Henry Weidner Baylor, a surgeon in the Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War	3,533	871 sq mi (2,256 km2)
Bee County	025	Beeville	1857	San Patricio County, Goliad County, Refugio County, Live Oak County, and Karnes County	Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr. (1787–1853), a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas	31,226	880 sq mi (2,279 km2)
Bell County	027	Belton	1850	Milam County	Peter Hansborough Bell, the third governor of Texas (1849–1853)	399,578	1,059 sq mi (2,743 km2)
Bexar County	029	San Antonio	1836	One of the original 23 counties	San Antonio de Béxar, the major presidio in Mexican Texas, named in turn for the San Antonio River and the Spanish viceroy's family, who were Dukes of Béjar in Spain	2,127,737	1,247 sq mi (3,230 km2)
Blanco County	031	Johnson City	1858	Burnet County, Comal County, Gillespie County and Hays County	The Blanco River. (Blanco is Spanish for "white")	13,358	711 sq mi (1,841 km2)
Borden County	033	Gail	1876	Bexar County	Gail Borden, Jr. (1801–1874), businessman, publisher, surveyor, and inventor of condensed milk	557	899 sq mi (2,328 km2)
Bosque County	035	Meridian	1854	McLennan County	The Bosque River. (Bosque is Spanish for "wooded")	19,013	989 sq mi (2,561 km2)
Bowie County	037	New Boston	1840	Red River County	James Bowie (1796–1836), the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo	91,992	888 sq mi (2,300 km2)
Brazoria County	039	Angleton	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Brazoria, Texas, an early port on the Brazos River	413,224	1,387 sq mi (3,592 km2)
Brazos County	041	Bryan	1841	Washington County. Named Navasota County until 1842	The Brazos River (from Spanish Los Brazos de Dios, the arms of God)	249,624	586 sq mi (1,518 km2)
Brewster County	043	Alpine	1887	Presidio County	Henry Percy Brewster (1816–1884), a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas and soldier in the Civil War	9,508	6,193 sq mi (16,040 km2)
Briscoe County	045	Silverton	1876	Bexar County	Andrew Briscoe (1810–1849), a signatory of the Texan Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texan Revolution	1,494	900 sq mi (2,331 km2)
Brooks County	047	Falfurrias	1911	Starr County	James Abijah Brooks, a Texas Ranger and state legislator	6,740	943 sq mi (2,442 km2)
Brown County	049	Brownwood	1856	Comanche County and Travis County	Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the Battle of Velasco	38,631	944 sq mi (2,445 km2)
Burleson County	051	Caldwell	1846	Milam County	Edward Burleson (1798–1851), a general of the Texas Revolution and Vice President of the Republic of Texas	20,179	666 sq mi (1,725 km2)
Burnet County	053	Burnet	1852	Bell County, Travis County and Williamson County	David Gouverneur Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas (1836)	55,722	995 sq mi (2,577 km2)
Caldwell County	055	Lockhart	1848	Bastrop County and Gonzales County	Matthew Caldwell, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texas Revolution	52,430	546 sq mi (1,414 km2)
Calhoun County	057	Port Lavaca	1846	Jackson County, Matagorda County and Victoria County	John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States (1825–1832)	19,942	512 sq mi (1,326 km2)
Callahan County	059	Baird	1858	Bexar County, Bosque County, and Travis County	James Hughes Callahan, a soldier during the Texas Revolution	14,615	899 sq mi (2,328 km2)
Cameron County	061	Brownsville	1848	Nueces County and lands ceded by Mexico	Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution killed during the Black Bean Episode	431,874	906 sq mi (2,347 km2)
Camp County	063	Pittsburg	1874	Upshur County	John Lafayette Camp (1828–1891), a Texas state senator	13,164	198 sq mi (513 km2)
Carson County	065	Panhandle	1876	Bexar County	Samuel Price Carson, the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas (1836–1838)	5,822	923 sq mi (2,391 km2)
Cass County	067	Linden	1846	Bowie County Named Davis County from 1861 to 1871	Lewis Cass (1782–1866), a senator from Michigan, who had favored the annexation of Texas to the United States. Named Davis County 1861-1871	28,622	938 sq mi (2,429 km2)
Castro County	069	Dimmitt	1876	Bexar County	Henri Castro (1786–1865), a French consul general for the Republic of Texas and founder of a colony in Texas	7,380	898 sq mi (2,326 km2)
Chambers County	071	Anahuac	1858	Jefferson County and Liberty County	Thomas Jefferson Chambers, lawyer and surveyor who helped to resolve land disputes for Americans in Mexican Texas	56,179	599 sq mi (1,551 km2)
Cherokee County	073	Rusk	1846	Nacogdoches County	The Cherokee Native American tribe	53,223	1,052 sq mi (2,725 km2)
Childress County	075	Childress	1876	Bexar County	George Campbell Childress (1804–1841), one of the authors of the Texas Declaration of Independence	6,679	710 sq mi (1,839 km2)
Clay County	077	Henrietta	1857	Cooke County	Henry Clay, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and ninth secretary of state of the United States (1825–1829)	10,730	1,098 sq mi (2,844 km2)
Cochran County	079	Morton	1876	Bexar County	Robert E. Cochran (1810–1836), a defender of the Alamo	2,583	775 sq mi (2,007 km2)
Coke County	081	Robert Lee	1889	Tom Green County	Richard Coke, the 15th governor of Texas (1874–1876)	3,396	899 sq mi (2,328 km2)
Coleman County	083	Coleman	1858	Brown County and Travis County	Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto	7,990	1,273 sq mi (3,297 km2)
Collin County	085	McKinney	1846	Fannin County	Collin McKinney (1766–1861), an author of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest person to sign it	1,254,658	848 sq mi (2,196 km2)
Collingsworth County	087	Wellington	1876	Bexar County	James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas. (spelling differs due to an error in the bill creating the county)	2,611	919 sq mi (2,380 km2)
Colorado County	089	Columbus	1836	One of the original 23 counties	The Colorado River of Texas (Colorado is Spanish for "colored")	21,475	963 sq mi (2,494 km2)
Comal County	091	New Braunfels	1846	Bexar County	The Comal River. (Comal is Spanish for "basin")	201,628	562 sq mi (1,456 km2)
Comanche County	093	Comanche	1856	Bosque County and Coryell County	The Comanche Native American tribe	14,359	938 sq mi (2,429 km2)
Concho County	095	Paint Rock	1858	Bexar County	The Concho River. (Concho is Spanish for "shell")	3,326	992 sq mi (2,569 km2)
Cooke County	097	Gainesville	1848	Fannin County	William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution	44,258	874 sq mi (2,264 km2)
Coryell County	099	Gatesville	1854	Bell County	James Coryell, a frontiersman and Texas Ranger who was killed by Native Americans	86,370	1,052 sq mi (2,725 km2)
Cottle County	101	Paducah	1876	Fannin County	George Washington Cottle, who died defending the Alamo	1,263	901 sq mi (2,334 km2)
Crane County	103	Crane	1887	Tom Green County	William Carey Crane, a president of Baylor University	4,594	786 sq mi (2,036 km2)
Crockett County	105	Ozona	1875	Bexar County	David Crockett (1786–1836), the legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo	2,799	2,808 sq mi (7,273 km2)
Crosby County	107	Crosbyton	1876	Bexar County	Stephen Crosby, a Texas Land Commissioner	5,030	900 sq mi (2,331 km2)
Culberson County	109	Van Horn	1911	El Paso County	David Browning Culberson, a lawyer, U.S. Congressman, and soldier in the Civil War	2,254	3,813 sq mi (9,876 km2)
Dallam County	111	Dalhart	1876	Bexar County	James Wilmer Dallam, a lawyer and newspaper publisher who had a close association with the Supreme Court of Texas	7,526	1,505 sq mi (3,898 km2)
Dallas County	113	Dallas	1846	Nacogdoches County and Robertson County	George Mifflin Dallas, the eleventh vice president of the United States (1845–1849) (Disputed)	2,656,028	880 sq mi (2,279 km2)
Dawson County	115	Lamesa	1876	Bexar County	Nicholas Mosby Dawson, a soldier of the Texan Revolution and victim of the Dawson Massacre	11,758	902 sq mi (2,336 km2)
Deaf Smith County	117	Hereford	1876	Bexar County	Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787–1837), a scout during the Texan Revolution	18,495	1,497 sq mi (3,877 km2)
Delta County	119	Cooper	1870	Hopkins County and Lamar County	Its triangular shape, much like the Greek letter Delta	5,647	277 sq mi (717 km2)
Denton County	121	Denton	1846	Fannin County	John Bunyan Denton (1806–1841), a preacher, lawyer, and soldier killed during a raid on a Native American camp	1,045,120	888 sq mi (2,300 km2)
DeWitt County	123	Cuero	1846	Goliad County, Gonzales County and Victoria County	Green DeWitt, an empresario who founded an early colony in Texas	20,252	909 sq mi (2,354 km2)
Dickens County	125	Dickens	1876	Bexar County	J.A. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo	1,725	904 sq mi (2,341 km2)
Dimmit County	127	Carrizo Springs	1858	Bexar County, Maverick County, Uvalde County and Webb County	Philip Dimmitt, a major figure in the Texas Revolution	8,181	1,331 sq mi (3,447 km2)
Donley County	129	Clarendon	1876	Bexar County	Stockton P. Donley, a frontier lawyer and Texas Supreme Court justice	3,193	930 sq mi (2,409 km2)
Duval County	131	San Diego	1858	Live Oak County, Nueces County and Starr County	Burr Harrison DuVal (1809–1836), a soldier in the Texas Revolution who died in the Goliad Massacre	9,585	1,793 sq mi (4,644 km2)
Eastland County	133	Eastland	1858	Bosque County, Coryell County and Travis County	William Mosby Eastland, a soldier during the Texas Revolution	18,290	926 sq mi (2,398 km2)
Ector County	135	Odessa	1887	Tom Green County	Matthew Ector (1822–1879), a Confederate general during the Civil War	170,022	901 sq mi (2,334 km2)
Edwards County	137	Rocksprings	1858	Bexar County	Haden Edwards (1771–1849), empresario and filibuster who led the Fredonian Rebellion	1,383	2,120 sq mi (5,491 km2)
Ellis County	139	Waxahachie	1849	Navarro County	Richard Ellis (1781–1846), president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence	232,387	940 sq mi (2,435 km2)
El Paso County	141	El Paso	1848	Santa Fe County	Neighboring Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, formerly called El Paso del Norte as it served as the pass north from central Mexico to the settlements of New Mexico	875,784	1,013 sq mi (2,624 km2)
Erath County	143	Stephenville	1856	Bosque County and Coryell County	George Bernard Erath, an early surveyor and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto	44,496	1,086 sq mi (2,813 km2)
Falls County	145	Marlin	1850	Limestone County and Milam County	The Falls on the Brazos	17,752	769 sq mi (1,992 km2)
Fannin County	147	Bonham	1837	Red River County	James Walker Fannin, Jr. (1805–1836), the commander of the Texans killed in the Goliad Massacre	38,650	892 sq mi (2,310 km2)
Fayette County	149	La Grange	1837	Bastrop County	Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), the French-born general and hero of the American Revolutionary War	25,488	950 sq mi (2,460 km2)
Fisher County	151	Roby	1876	Bexar County	Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794–1839), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and secretary of the Navy under the Republic of Texas	3,665	901 sq mi (2,334 km2)
Floyd County	153	Floydada	1876	Bexar County	Dolphin Ward Floyd, who died defending the Alamo	5,042	992 sq mi (2,569 km2)
Foard County	155	Crowell	1891	Cottle County, Hardeman County, King County and Knox County	Robert Levi Foard, an attorney and Confederate major in the Civil War	1,053	707 sq mi (1,831 km2)
Fort Bend County	157	Richmond	1837	Austin County, Brazoria County and Harris County	A blockhouse positioned in a bend of the Brazos River	958,434	875 sq mi (2,266 km2)
Franklin County	159	Mount Vernon	1875	Titus County	Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (1805–1873), a judge and Texas State Senator	10,912	286 sq mi (741 km2)
Freestone County	161	Fairfield	1850	Limestone County	A type of peach grown in the area	20,645	885 sq mi (2,292 km2)
Frio County	163	Pearsall	1858	Atascosa County, Bexar County and Uvalde County	The Frio River (Frío is Spanish for "cold")	19,520	1,133 sq mi (2,934 km2)
Gaines County	165	Seminole	1876	Bexar County	James Gaines, merchant and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence	22,892	1,502 sq mi (3,890 km2)
Galveston County	167	Galveston	1838	Brazoria County, Harris County and Liberty County	Its county seat, named after Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory (1777–1785)	367,407	399 sq mi (1,033 km2)
Garza County	169	Post	1876	Bexar County	José Antonio de la Garza, pioneering settler and first Mayor of San Antonio	4,645	896 sq mi (2,321 km2)
Gillespie County	171	Fredericksburg	1848	Bexar County and Travis County	Robert Addison Gillespie, a merchant, Mexican–American War soldier, and Texas Ranger	28,159	1,061 sq mi (2,748 km2)
Glasscock County	173	Garden City	1887	Tom Green County	George Washington Glasscock (1810–1868), an early Texian settler, businessman, soldier, and state representative	1,153	901 sq mi (2,334 km2)
Goliad County	175	Goliad	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its county seat, named in turn as an anagram of Miguel Hidalgo, the inspirational figure behind the Mexican War of Independence	7,221	854 sq mi (2,212 km2)
Gonzales County	177	Gonzales	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its county seat, named in turn for Coahuila y Tejas governor Rafael Gonzales	20,040	1,068 sq mi (2,766 km2)
Gray County	179	Pampa	1876	Bexar County	Peter W. Gray (1819–1874), a lawyer, state senator, and soldier in the Civil War	20,888	928 sq mi (2,404 km2)
Grayson County	181	Sherman	1846	Fannin County	Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas	150,532	934 sq mi (2,419 km2)
Gregg County	183	Longview	1873	Upshur County	John Gregg (1828–1864), a Confederate general during the Civil War	126,679	274 sq mi (710 km2)
Grimes County	185	Anderson	1846	Montgomery County	Jesse Grimes (1788–1866), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early settler of the future county	33,448	794 sq mi (2,056 km2)
Guadalupe County	187	Seguin	1846	Bexar County and Gonzales County	The Guadalupe River, named in turn for the Mexican spiritual icon Our Lady of Guadalupe	195,166	711 sq mi (1,841 km2)
Hale County	189	Plainview	1876	Bexar County	John C. Hale, a lieutenant killed in action at the Battle of San Jacinto	31,953	1,005 sq mi (2,603 km2)
Hall County	191	Memphis	1876	Bexar County	Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas (1836)	2,828	903 sq mi (2,339 km2)
Hamilton County	193	Hamilton	1856	Bosque County, Comanche County and Lampasas County	James Hamilton Jr., governor of South Carolina (1830–1832) who gave financial aid to the Republic of Texas	8,644	836 sq mi (2,165 km2)
Hansford County	195	Spearman	1876	Bexar County	John M. Hansford, a Texas state representative and judge	5,006	920 sq mi (2,383 km2)
Hardeman County	197	Quanah	1858	Fannin County	Bailey Hardeman, the first secretary of the treasury for the Republic of Texas, and his brother Thomas Jones Hardeman, state representative and judge	3,417	695 sq mi (1,800 km2)
Hardin County	199	Kountze	1858	Jefferson County and Liberty County	The Hardin family, earliest settlers of Liberty County	58,670	894 sq mi (2,315 km2)
Harris County	201	Houston	1836	One of the original 23 counties Named Harrisburg County until 1839	John Richardson Harris, early settler and founder of Harrisburg, Texas, which eventually became known as Houston	5,009,302	1,729 sq mi (4,478 km2)
Harrison County	203	Marshall	1839	Shelby County	Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and soldier in the Texas Revolution	71,370	899 sq mi (2,328 km2)
Hartley County	205	Channing	1876	Bexar County	Oliver C. and Rufus K. Hartley, brothers and original reporters for the Texas Supreme Court	4,996	1,462 sq mi (3,787 km2)
Haskell County	207	Haskell	1858	Fannin County and Milam County	Charles Ready Haskell, Texas revolutionary soldier killed in the Goliad Massacre	5,435	903 sq mi (2,339 km2)
Hays County	209	San Marcos	1848	Travis County	John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), a leading Texas Ranger and Mexican–American War officer	292,029	678 sq mi (1,756 km2)
Hemphill County	211	Canadian	1876	Bexar County	John Hemphill (1803–1862), U.S. Senator and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	3,134	910 sq mi (2,357 km2)
Henderson County	213	Athens	1846	Houston County and Nacogdoches County	James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas (1846–1847)	87,467	874 sq mi (2,264 km2)
Hidalgo County	215	Edinburg	1852	Cameron County	Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain	914,820	1,569 sq mi (4,064 km2)
Hill County	217	Hillsboro	1853	Navarro County	George Washington Hill, a secretary of war and secretary of the navy under the Republic of Texas	38,771	962 sq mi (2,492 km2)
Hockley County	219	Levelland	1876	Bexar County	George Washington Hockley (1802–1854), Chief of Staff of the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution and secretary of war of the Republic of Texas	21,505	908 sq mi (2,352 km2)
Hood County	221	Granbury	1866	Johnson County	John Bell Hood (1831–1879), a Confederate lieutenant general and the commander of Hood's Texas Brigade	69,126	422 sq mi (1,093 km2)
Hopkins County	223	Sulphur Springs	1846	Lamar County and Nacogdoches County	David Hopkins, an early settler in the future county	38,784	785 sq mi (2,033 km2)
Houston County	225	Crockett	1837	Nacogdoches County	Sam Houston (1793–1863), general of the Texan Revolution, commander at the Battle of San Jacinto and later president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator and governor of the state of Texas	22,197	1,231 sq mi (3,188 km2)
Howard County	227	Big Spring	1876	Bexar County	Volney Eskine Howard, U.S. Representative from Texas (1849–1853)	30,833	903 sq mi (2,339 km2)
Hudspeth County	229	Sierra Blanca	1917	El Paso County	Claude Benton Hudspeth, a U.S. Congressman (1919–1931), rancher, and newspaper publisher	3,608	4,571 sq mi (11,839 km2)
Hunt County	231	Greenville	1846	Fannin County and Nacogdoches County	Memucan Hunt, Jr. (1807–1856), a secretary of the navy under the Republic of Texas	118,729	841 sq mi (2,178 km2)
Hutchinson County	233	Stinnett	1876	Bexar County	Andrew Hutchinson, an early settler and attorney	19,721	887 sq mi (2,297 km2)
Irion County	235	Mertzon	1889	Tom Green County	Robert Anderson Irion (1804–1861), a secretary of state in the Republic of Texas	1,526	1,052 sq mi (2,725 km2)
Jack County	237	Jacksboro	1856	Cooke County	Patrick and William Jack, brothers, participants in the Anahuac Disturbance, and veterans of the Texas Revolution	9,398	917 sq mi (2,375 km2)
Jackson County	239	Edna	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans and the seventh president of the United States (1829–1837)	15,284	830 sq mi (2,150 km2)
Jasper County	241	Jasper	1836	One of the original 23 counties	William Jasper (1750–1779), an American Revolutionary War hero	32,907	938 sq mi (2,429 km2)
Jeff Davis County	243	Fort Davis	1887	Presidio County	Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)	1,778	2,265 sq mi (5,866 km2)
Jefferson County	245	Beaumont	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1801–1809)	253,948	904 sq mi (2,341 km2)
Jim Hogg County	247	Hebbronville	1913	Brooks County and Duval County	James Stephen Hogg, the twentieth (and first native-born) governor of Texas (1891–1895)	4,583	1,136 sq mi (2,942 km2)
Jim Wells County	249	Alice	1911	Nueces County	James Babbage Wells Jr., judge and Democratic party boss in southern Texas	38,886	865 sq mi (2,240 km2)
Johnson County	251	Cleburne	1854	Ellis County, Hill County and Navarro County	Middleton Tate Johnson, a Texas Ranger, soldier in the Mexican–American War, and senator for the Republic of Texas	210,547	729 sq mi (1,888 km2)
Jones County	253	Anson	1854	Bexar County and Bosque County	Anson Jones, the fifth president of the Republic of Texas (1844–1846)	20,850	931 sq mi (2,411 km2)
Karnes County	255	Karnes City	1854	Bexar County, DeWitt County, Goliad County, Gonzales County and San Patricio County	Henry Karnes (1812–1840), a soldier in the Texas Revolution	15,137	750 sq mi (1,942 km2)
Kaufman County	257	Kaufman	1848	Henderson County	David Spangler Kaufman, a Jewish Texas state senator and the second Jewish member of the United States House of Representatives	197,829	786 sq mi (2,036 km2)
Kendall County	259	Boerne	1862	Blanco County and Kerr County	George Wilkins Kendall, an early journalist and sheep rancher who gained national fame as a war correspondent during the Mexican–American War	51,828	662 sq mi (1,715 km2)
Kenedy County	261	Sarita	1921	Hidalgo County and Willacy County (Due to a reorganization of Willacy County)	Mifflin Kenedy, an early rancher and land speculator	330	1,457 sq mi (3,774 km2)
Kent County	263	Jayton	1876	Bexar County	Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo	703	902 sq mi (2,336 km2)
Kerr County	265	Kerrville	1856	Bexar County	James Kerr (1790–1850), an early colonist in Texas and soldier in the Texas Revolution	53,900	1,106 sq mi (2,865 km2)
Kimble County	267	Junction	1858	Bexar County	George C. Kimbell, who died at the Battle of the Alamo (spelling differs due to an error in the bill creating the county)	4,401	1,251 sq mi (3,240 km2)
King County	269	Guthrie	1876	Bexar County	William Phillip King, who died at the Battle of the Alamo	215	912 sq mi (2,362 km2)
Kinney County	271	Brackettville	1850	Bexar County	Henry Lawrence Kinney, a Texas state senator and unsuccessful land speculator	3,191	1,364 sq mi (3,533 km2)
Kleberg County	273	Kingsville	1913	Nueces County	Robert Justus Kleberg (1803–1888), an early German settler and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto	30,442	871 sq mi (2,256 km2)
Knox County	275	Benjamin	1858	Bexar County	Henry Knox, the first secretary of war of the United States (1785–1794)	3,255	854 sq mi (2,212 km2)
Lamar County	277	Paris	1840	Red River County	Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the third president of the Republic of Texas (1838–1842)	51,249	917 sq mi (2,375 km2)
Lamb County	279	Littlefield	1876	Bexar County	George A. Lamb, who died at the Battle of San Jacinto	12,687	1,016 sq mi (2,631 km2)
Lampasas County	281	Lampasas	1856	Bell County, Coryell County and Travis County	The Lampasas River (Lampasas is Spanish for "lilies")	23,539	712 sq mi (1,844 km2)
La Salle County	283	Cotulla	1858	Bexar County	René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687), the French explorer who traveled through Texas	6,679	1,489 sq mi (3,856 km2)
Lavaca County	285	Hallettsville	1842	Colorado County, Fayette County, Gonzales County, Jackson County and Victoria County Named La Baca County until 1846	The Lavaca River (La vaca is Spanish for "the cow")	20,605	970 sq mi (2,512 km2)
Lee County	287	Giddings	1874	Bastrop County, Burleson County, Fayette County and Washington County	Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870), the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the Civil War	18,451	629 sq mi (1,629 km2)
Leon County	289	Centerville	1846	Robertson County	Disputed: Either Mexican empresario Martín De León, who founded Victoria, Texas; or the león, a local variety of yellow wolf	16,698	1,072 sq mi (2,776 km2)
Liberty County	291	Liberty	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its county seat, which was named either for the recent success of the Mexican War of Independence or for Liberty, Mississippi	115,042	1,160 sq mi (3,004 km2)
Limestone County	293	Groesbeck	1846	Robertson County	The limestone deposits in the region	22,569	909 sq mi (2,354 km2)
Lipscomb County	295	Lipscomb	1876	Bexar County	Abner Smith Lipscomb, justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1846–1856) and secretary of state of the Republic of Texas (1840)	2,880	932 sq mi (2,414 km2)
Live Oak County	297	George West	1856	Nueces County and San Patricio County	The Texas live oak tree under which the petition for a new county was signed	11,967	1,036 sq mi (2,683 km2)
Llano County	299	Llano	1856	Bexar County, Gillespie County	The Llano River (Llano is Spanish for "plains")	23,163	935 sq mi (2,422 km2)
Loving County	301	Mentone	1887	Tom Green County (1891) Reeves County (1931)	Oliver Loving (1812–1867), a cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive who, with Charles Goodnight, developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail	48	673 sq mi (1,743 km2)
Lubbock County	303	Lubbock	1876	Bexar County	Thomas Saltus Lubbock (1817–1862), a Texas Ranger and Confederate colonel during the Civil War	327,394	900 sq mi (2,331 km2)
Lynn County	305	Tahoka	1876	Bexar County	William Lynn, a soldier in the Texas Revolution from Massachusetts who is believed to have died defending the Alamo	5,952	892 sq mi (2,310 km2)
McCulloch County	307	Brady	1856	Bexar County	Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), veteran of San Jacinto, Texas Ranger, and Confederate general	7,448	1,069 sq mi (2,769 km2)
McLennan County	309	Waco	1850	Limestone County and Milam County	Neil McLennan, an early settler in the future county	270,358	1,042 sq mi (2,699 km2)
McMullen County	311	Tilden	1858	Atascosa County, Bexar County and Live Oak County	John McMullen (1832–1883), an Irish-born empresario in Texas	565	1,113 sq mi (2,883 km2)
Madison County	313	Madisonville	1853	Grimes County, Leon County and Walker County	James Madison, the fourth president of the United States (1809–1817)	13,877	470 sq mi (1,217 km2)
Marion County	315	Jefferson	1860	Cass County	Francis Marion (1732–1795), American Revolutionary War general	9,704	381 sq mi (987 km2)
Martin County	317	Stanton	1876	Bexar County	Wylie Martin, a Texas Revolutionary soldier and legislative representative for the Republic of Texas	5,179	915 sq mi (2,370 km2)
Mason County	319	Mason	1858	Gillespie County	Fort Mason, which was named for either Lt. George T. Mason, killed during the Mexican–American War in fighting near Brownsville, or for Gen. Richard Barnes Mason, military governor of California	3,987	932 sq mi (2,414 km2)
Matagorda County	321	Bay City	1836	One of the original 23 counties	The canebrakes which once grew along the coast (Mata gorda is Spanish for "fat bush")	36,391	1,114 sq mi (2,885 km2)
Maverick County	323	Eagle Pass	1856	Kinney County	Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803–1870), a rancher, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and representative in the Republic of Texas legislature	58,829	1,280 sq mi (3,315 km2)
Medina County	325	Hondo	1848	Bexar County	The Medina River, named for Spanish engineer Pedro de Medina	55,619	1,328 sq mi (3,440 km2)
Menard County	327	Menard	1858	Bexar County	Michel Branamour Menard, the founder of Galveston, Texas	1,911	902 sq mi (2,336 km2)
Midland County	329	Midland	1885	Tom Green County	Its county seat, which was named for its location halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railway (and "Midway, Texas", being already in use)	183,587	900 sq mi (2,331 km2)
Milam County	331	Cameron	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Benjamin Rush Milam (1788–1835), an early Texas colonizer and soldier in the Texas Revolution	26,159	1,017 sq mi (2,634 km2)
Mills County	333	Goldthwaite	1887	Brown County, Comanche County, Hamilton County and Lampasas County	John T. Mills (1817–1871), a Texas Supreme Court judge	4,563	748 sq mi (1,937 km2)
Mitchell County	335	Colorado City	1876	Bexar County	Asa and Eli Mitchell, two early settlers and soldiers in the Texas Revolution	8,968	910 sq mi (2,357 km2)
Montague County	337	Montague	1857	Cooke County	Daniel Montague, a state senator and early surveyor in the future county	21,890	931 sq mi (2,411 km2)
Montgomery County	339	Conroe	1837	Washington County	Montgomery, Texas, which was named for Andrew J. Montgomery, veteran in San Jacinto Battle in 1836.	749,613	1,044 sq mi (2,704 km2)
Moore County	341	Dumas	1876	Bexar County	Edwin Ward Moore (1810–1865), commodore of the Texan Navy	21,872	900 sq mi (2,331 km2)
Morris County	343	Daingerfield	1875	Titus County	William Wright Morris, a planter and state legislator	12,184	254 sq mi (658 km2)
Motley County	345	Matador	1876	Bexar County	Junius William Mottley, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence	1,015	989 sq mi (2,561 km2)
Nacogdoches County	347	Nacogdoches	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its county seat, which was named for the Nacogdoche Native American tribe	65,728	947 sq mi (2,453 km2)
Navarro County	349	Corsicana	1846	Robertson County	José Antonio Navarro (1795–1871), a leading Tejano participant in the Texan Revolution and signer of the Texan Declaration of Independence	56,533	1,071 sq mi (2,774 km2)
Newton County	351	Newton	1846	Jasper County	John Newton (1755–1780), a veteran of the Revolutionary War	11,908	933 sq mi (2,416 km2)
Nolan County	353	Sweetwater	1876	Bexar County	Philip Nolan (1771–1801), a mustanger who was killed by Spanish troops while on a mission into Texas	14,182	912 sq mi (2,362 km2)
Nueces County	355	Corpus Christi	1846	San Patricio County	The Nueces River (Nueces is Spanish for "nuts")	353,125	836 sq mi (2,165 km2)
Ochiltree County	357	Perryton	1876	Bexar County	William Beck Ochiltree (1811–1867), secretary of the treasury for the Republic of Texas and legislator for the state of Texas	9,717	918 sq mi (2,378 km2)
Oldham County	359	Vega	1876	Bexar County	Williamson Simpson Oldham, a Confederate Senator for Texas	1,823	1,501 sq mi (3,888 km2)
Orange County	361	Orange	1852	Jefferson County	An orange grove planted by early settlers at the mouth of the Sabine River	86,115	356 sq mi (922 km2)
Palo Pinto County	363	Palo Pinto	1856	Bosque County and Navarro County	The Palo Pinto Creek (Palo Pinto is Spanish for "painted stick")	30,231	953 sq mi (2,468 km2)
Panola County	365	Carthage	1846	Harrison County and Shelby County	A Native American word for cotton.	23,022	801 sq mi (2,075 km2)
Parker County	367	Weatherford	1855	Bosque County and Navarro County	Isaac Parker, legislator for both the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas	179,707	904 sq mi (2,341 km2)
Parmer County	369	Farwell	1876	Bexar County	Martin Parmer (1778–1850), a Republic of Texas legislator, judge, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence	9,669	882 sq mi (2,284 km2)
Pecos County	371	Fort Stockton	1871	Presidio County	The Pecos River, which was named for the Pecos Pueblo, which is of unknown etymology	14,712	4,764 sq mi (12,339 km2)
Polk County	373	Livingston	1846	Liberty County	James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States (1845–1849)	54,258	1,057 sq mi (2,738 km2)
Potter County	375	Amarillo	1876	Bexar County	Robert Potter (1800–1842), secretary of the navy for the Republic of Texas, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence	114,649	909 sq mi (2,354 km2)
Presidio County	377	Marfa	1850	Santa Fe County	Presidio del Norte, an eighteenth-century fort and settlement on the south side of the Rio Grande	5,686	3,856 sq mi (9,987 km2)
Rains County	379	Emory	1870	Hopkins County, Hunt County and Wood County	Emory Rains (1800–1878), a state senator and surveyor of the future county	13,306	259 sq mi (671 km2)
Randall County	381	Canyon	1876	Bexar County	Horace Randal, a Confederate brigadier general in the Civil War	150,547	914 sq mi (2,367 km2)
Reagan County	383	Big Lake	1903	Tom Green County	John H. Reagan (1818–1905), Confederate postmaster general, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Texas	3,139	1,175 sq mi (3,043 km2)
Real County	385	Leakey	1913	Bandera County, Edwards County and Kerr County	Julius Real, a rancher and state senator	2,772	700 sq mi (1,813 km2)
Red River County	387	Clarksville	1836	One of the original 23 counties	The Red River of Texas	11,696	1,050 sq mi (2,719 km2)
Reeves County	389	Pecos	1883	Pecos County	George Robertson Reeves, a Texas state representative and colonel in the Confederate army	11,956	2,636 sq mi (6,827 km2)
Refugio County	391	Refugio	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its county seat, which was named for the Spanish mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio, "Our Lady of Refuge"	6,739	770 sq mi (1,994 km2)
Roberts County	393	Miami	1876	Bexar County	John S. Roberts, a signer of the Texan Declaration of Independence, and his brother Oran Milo Roberts, attorney general for the Republic of Texas and the seventeenth governor of Texas	837	924 sq mi (2,393 km2)
Robertson County	395	Franklin	1837	Bexar County, Milam County and Nacogdoches County	Sterling Clack Robertson, an empresario in Mexican Texas	17,659	855 sq mi (2,214 km2)
Rockwall County	397	Rockwall	1873	Kaufman County	Its county seat, which was named for a submerged stone wall found by its initial settlers	137,044	149 sq mi (386 km2)
Runnels County	399	Ballinger	1858	Bexar County and Travis County	Hiram Runnels, the ninth governor of Mississippi (1833–1835) and planter in Texas	9,751	1,054 sq mi (2,730 km2)
Rusk County	401	Henderson	1843	Nacogdoches County	Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), a general in the Texas Revolution	53,391	924 sq mi (2,393 km2)
Sabine County	403	Hemphill	1836	One of the original 23 counties	The Sabine River, which forms its eastern border (Sabina is Spanish for "cypress")	10,058	490 sq mi (1,269 km2)
San Augustine County	405	San Augustine	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Presumably Augustine of Hippo (354–430)	7,767	528 sq mi (1,368 km2)
San Jacinto County	407	Coldspring	1870	Liberty County, Montgomery County, Polk County and Walker County	The Battle of San Jacinto, which won Texas its independence from Mexico. San Jacinto is Spanish for Saint Hyacinth	29,326	571 sq mi (1,479 km2)
San Patricio County	409	Sinton	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its former county seat San Patricio de Hibernia, an Irish colony named for Saint Patrick	71,467	692 sq mi (1,792 km2)
San Saba County	411	San Saba	1856	Bexar County	The San Saba River, discovered on the Catholic feast of Saint Sabbas	5,508	1,134 sq mi (2,937 km2)
Schleicher County	413	Eldorado	1887	Crockett County	Gustav Schleicher, engineer and U.S. Congressman from Texas	2,302	1,311 sq mi (3,395 km2)
Scurry County	415	Snyder	1876	Bexar County	William Read Scurry (1821–1864), a Texas state legislator and Confederate general	16,211	903 sq mi (2,339 km2)
Shackelford County	417	Albany	1858	Bosque County	Jack Shackelford, a soldier of the Texas Revolution	3,169	914 sq mi (2,367 km2)
Shelby County	419	Center	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War soldier from Tennessee and governor of Kentucky (1792–1796) (1812–1816)	24,192	794 sq mi (2,056 km2)
Sherman County	421	Stratford	1876	Bexar County	Sidney Sherman (1805–1873), a soldier in the Texas Revolution	2,771	923 sq mi (2,391 km2)
Smith County	423	Tyler	1846	Nacogdoches County	James Smith, a general during the Texas Revolution	249,091	928 sq mi (2,404 km2)
Somervell County	425	Glen Rose	1875	Hood County	Alexander Somervell, a soldier in the Texas Revolution and leader of the Somervell Expedition	10,098	187 sq mi (484 km2)
Starr County	427	Rio Grande City	1848	Nueces County	James Harper Starr (1809–1890), a treasurer for the Republic of Texas and Confederate official	66,587	1,223 sq mi (3,168 km2)
Stephens County	429	Breckenridge	1858	Bosque County Named Buchanan County until 1861	Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the only vice-president of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)	9,475	895 sq mi (2,318 km2)
Sterling County	431	Sterling City	1891	Tom Green County	W. S. Sterling, an early rancher, buffalo hunter, and Native American fighter	1,387	923 sq mi (2,391 km2)
Stonewall County	433	Aspermont	1876	Bexar County	Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863), the famous Confederate General	1,235	919 sq mi (2,380 km2)
Sutton County	435	Sonora	1887	Crockett County	John Schuyler Sutton, a Texas Ranger and soldier in the Texas Revolution and Mexican–American War	3,269	1,454 sq mi (3,766 km2)
Swisher County	437	Tulia	1876	Bexar County	James Gibson Swisher, a soldier of the Texas Revolution	6,877	900 sq mi (2,331 km2)
Tarrant County	439	Fort Worth	1849	Navarro County	Edward H. Tarrant, a U.S. Army general who drove the Native Americans out of the future county	2,230,708	864 sq mi (2,238 km2)
Taylor County	441	Abilene	1858	Bexar County and Travis County	Edward Taylor (1812–1836), George Taylor (1816–1836), and James Taylor (1814–1836), three brothers who died at the Alamo	148,813	916 sq mi (2,372 km2)
Terrell County	443	Sanderson	1905	Pecos County	Alexander Watkins Terrell, attorney, judge, state legislator, diplomat, and Confederate cavalry officer	718	2,358 sq mi (6,107 km2)
Terry County	445	Brownfield	1876	Bexar County	Frank Terry, a Confederate colonel and commander of Terry's Texas Rangers	11,602	890 sq mi (2,305 km2)
Throckmorton County	447	Throckmorton	1858	Fannin County	William Edward Throckmorton, an early Collin County settler	1,532	912 sq mi (2,362 km2)
Titus County	449	Mount Pleasant	1846	Bowie County	Andrew Jackson Titus, planter and Texas state representative	31,547	411 sq mi (1,064 km2)
Tom Green County	451	San Angelo	1874	Bexar County	Thomas Green (1814–1864), a Confederate brigadier general	120,103	1,522 sq mi (3,942 km2)
Travis County	453	Austin	1840	Bastrop County	William Barret Travis (1809–1836), the commander of the Texan forces at the Alamo	1,363,767	989 sq mi (2,561 km2)
Trinity County	455	Groveton	1850	Houston County	The Trinity River, named for the spiritual concept of the Trinity	14,489	693 sq mi (1,795 km2)
Tyler County	457	Woodville	1846	Liberty County	John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States (1841–1845)	20,560	923 sq mi (2,391 km2)
Upshur County	459	Gilmer	1846	Harrison County	Abel Parker Upshur, the fifteenth secretary of state of the United States (1843–1844)	44,050	588 sq mi (1,523 km2)
Upton County	461	Rankin	1887	Tom Green County	John C. & William F. Upton, brothers and lieutenant colonels in the Confederate army during the Civil War	3,128	1,242 sq mi (3,217 km2)
Uvalde County	463	Uvalde	1850	Bexar County	The Cañón de Ugalde, a nearby battlefield where Spanish General Juan de Ugalde was victorious in a skirmish with over 300 Apaches	25,138	1,557 sq mi (4,033 km2)
Val Verde County	465	Del Rio	1885	Crockett County, Kinney County and Pecos County	Civil War Battle of Val Verde (Val Verde is Spanish for "green valley")	47,999	3,171 sq mi (8,213 km2)
Van Zandt County	467	Canton	1848	Henderson County	Isaac Van Zandt (1813–1847), attorney, Texas state representative, and diplomat	65,304	849 sq mi (2,199 km2)
Victoria County	469	Victoria	1836	One of the original 23 counties	Its county seat, which was named for Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican revolutionary and its first president (1824–1829)	91,949	883 sq mi (2,287 km2)
Walker County	471	Huntsville	1846	Montgomery County	Robert J. Walker (1801–1869); officially renamed after Samuel Hamilton Walker (no relation) (1815–1847), a Texas Ranger and soldier in the Mexican–American War	83,722	788 sq mi (2,041 km2)
Waller County	473	Hempstead	1873	Austin County and Grimes County	Edwin Waller (1800–1881), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first mayor of Austin, Texas	65,109	514 sq mi (1,331 km2)
Ward County	475	Monahans	1887	Tom Green County	Thomas William Ward, a commissioner for the General Land Office of Texas and mayor of Austin, Texas	11,038	836 sq mi (2,165 km2)
Washington County	477	Brenham	1836	One of the original 23 counties	George Washington, the first president of the United States (1789–1797)	37,810	609 sq mi (1,577 km2)
Webb County	479	Laredo	1848	Nueces County	James Webb, who served as secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas	272,823	3,357 sq mi (8,695 km2)
Wharton County	481	Wharton	1846	Colorado County, Jackson County and Matagorda County	William Harris Wharton (1802–1839) and John Austin Wharton (1806–1838), brothers and officers in the Texas Revolution	42,035	1,090 sq mi (2,823 km2)
Wheeler County	483	Wheeler	1876	Bexar County	Royal Tyler Wheeler, the second Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	4,824	914 sq mi (2,367 km2)
Wichita County	485	Wichita Falls	1858	Cooke County	The Wichita Native American tribe	129,984	628 sq mi (1,627 km2)
Wilbarger County	487	Vernon	1858	Bexar County	Josiah P. (1801–1845) and Mathias Wilbarger, brothers and early settlers; Josiah became a mythical figure for living 11 years after being scalped	12,455	971 sq mi (2,515 km2)
Willacy County	489	Raymondville	1911	Cameron County and Hidalgo County	John G. Willacy, Texas state senator who was the author of the bill that established the county	20,027	597 sq mi (1,546 km2)
Williamson County	491	Georgetown	1848	Milam County	Robert McAlpin Williamson, a leader and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto	727,480	1,124 sq mi (2,911 km2)
Wilson County	493	Floresville	1860	Bexar County, Guadalupe County and Karnes County Named Cibolo County for a brief period	James Charles Wilson, a Texas state senator (1851–1853)	55,415	807 sq mi (2,090 km2)
Winkler County	495	Kermit	1887	Tom Green County	Clinton Winkler, an appeals court judge, Texas state representative, and Confederate colonel	7,381	841 sq mi (2,178 km2)
Wise County	497	Decatur	1856	Cooke County	Henry Alexander Wise, the U.S. Congressman and future thirty-eighth governor of Virginia (1856–1860) who supported the annexation of Texas	81,275	905 sq mi (2,344 km2)
Wood County	499	Quitman	1850	Van Zandt County	George Tyler Wood, the second governor of Texas (1847–1849)	48,742	650 sq mi (1,683 km2)
Yoakum County	501	Plains	1876	Bexar County	Henderson King Yoakum (1810–1856), soldier, attorney, and Texas historian	7,581	800 sq mi (2,072 km2)
Young County	503	Graham	1856	Bosque County and Fannin County	William Cocke Young, early Texas settler, attorney, sheriff, and United States Marshal	18,236	922 sq mi (2,388 km2)
Zapata County	505	Zapata	1858	Starr County and Webb County	José Antonio Zapata, a local rancher and colonel of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande	13,819	997 sq mi (2,582 km2)
Zavala County	507	Crystal City	1884	Maverick County	Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836), signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first Vice-President of the Republic of Texas	9,209	1,299 sq mi (3,364 km2)

Racial / Ethnic Profile of counties in Texas (2020 Census)

Majority minority counties in Texas derived from the 2020 U.S. Census

Racial / Ethnic Profile of counties in Texas (2020 Census)

Following is a table of counties in Texas. Data for the United States (with and without Puerto Rico) and the state of Texas has been included for comparison purposes. The majority racial/ethnic group is coded per the key below. Majority minority with no dominant group Majority White Majority Black Majority Hispanic Majority Asian Racial and ethnic composition of counties in Texas (2020 Census) (NH = Non-Hispanic) Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. County Location of County Total Population White alone (NH) % Black or African American alone (NH) % Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) % Asian alone (NH) % Pacific Islander alone (NH) % Other race alone (NH) % Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) % Hispanic or Latino (any race) % Anderson 57,922 33,098 57.14% 11,430 19.73% 193 0.33% 381 0.66% 13 0.02% 113 0.20% 1,583 2.73% 11,111 19.18% Andrews 18,610 7,405 39.79% 192 1.03% 95 0.52% 102 0.55% 0 0.00% 49 0.26% 366 1.97% 10,400 55.88% Angelina 86,395 49,970 57.84% 12,872 14.90% 200 0.23% 891 1.03% 30 0.03% 196 0.23% 2,504 2.90% 19,732 22.84% Aransas 23,830 15,816 66.37% 241 1.01% 142 0.60% 480 2.01% 15 0.06% 78 0.33% 900 3.78% 6,158 25.84% Archer 8,560 7,356 85.93% 30 0.35% 71 0.83% 18 0.21% 0 0.00% 21 0.25% 322 3.76% 742 8.67% Armstrong 1,848 1,593 86.20% 6 0.32% 17 0.92% 10 0.54% 0 0.00% 2 0.11% 76 4.11% 144 7.79% Atascosa 48,981 16,066 32.80% 340 0.69% 116 0.24% 170 0.35% 15 0.03% 177 0.36% 919 1.88% 31,178 63.65% Austin 30,167 18,480 61.26% 2,352 7.80% 78 0.26% 201 0.67% 8 0.03% 107 0.35% 889 2.95% 8,052 26.69% Bailey 6,904 2,190 31.72% 49 0.71% 24 0.35% 8 0.12% 0 0.00% 27 0.39% 66 0.96% 4,540 65.76% Bandera 20,851 15,595 74.79% 102 0.49% 101 0.48% 95 0.46% 11 0.05% 71 0.34% 866 4.15% 4,010 19.23% Bastrop 97,216 45,751 47.06% 5,460 5.62% 312 0.32% 718 0.74% 63 0.06% 417 0.43% 3,011 3.10% 41,484 42.67% Baylor 3,465 2,797 80.72% 52 1.50% 11 0.32% 9 0.26% 0 0.00% 8 0.23% 149 4.30% 439 12.67% Bee 31,047 8,600 27.70% 2,316 7.46% 54 0.17% 211 0.68% 2 0.01% 65 0.21% 407 1.31% 19,392 62.46% Bell 370,647 156,780 42.30% 80,759 21.79% 1,448 0.39% 10,884 2.94% 3,454 0.93% 2,063 0.56% 21,792 5.88% 93,467 25.22% Bexar 2,009,324 535,732 26.66% 147,875 7.36% 4,554 0.23% 65,127 3.25% 2,726 0.14% 8,218 0.41% 54,044 2.69% 1,190,958 59.27% Blanco 11,374 8,707 76.55% 68 0.60% 36 0.32% 38 0.33% 0 0.00% 70 0.62% 363 3.19% 2,092 18.39% Borden 631 528 83.68% 1 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.16% 15 2.38% 86 13.63% Bosque 18,235 13,621 74.70% 244 1.34% 83 0.46% 80 0.44% 3 0.02% 29 0.16% 854 4.68% 3,321 18.21% Bowie 92,893 55,855 60.13% 23,084 24.85% 554 0.60% 1,082 1.16% 69 0.07% 332 0.36% 4,315 4.65% 7,602 8.18% Brazoria 372,031 161,833 43.50% 53,668 14.43% 1,022 0.27% 26,231 7.05% 129 0.03% 1,374 0.37% 12,572 3.38% 115,202 30.97% Brazos 233,849 123,035 52.61% 23,569 10.08% 502 0.21% 14,621 6.25% 210 0.09% 1,009 0.43% 7,836 3.35% 63,067 26.97% Brewster 9,546 4,948 51.83% 162 1.70% 30 0.31% 94 0.98% 11 12% 56 0.59% 282 2.95% 3,963 41.51% Briscoe 1,435 1,008 70.24% 17 1.18% 4 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.21% 35 2.44% 368 25.64% Brooks 7,076 724 10.23% 8 0.11% 9 0.13% 29 0.41% 0 0.00% 12 0.17% 52 0.73% 6,242 88.21% Brown 38,095 26,672 70.01% 1,353 3.55% 134 0.35% 269 0.71% 27 0.07% 96 0.25% 1,333 3.50% 8,211 21.55% Burleson 17,642 11,258 63.81% 1,852 10.50% 65 0.37% 70 0.40% 0 0.00% 34 0.19% 651 3.69% 3,712 21.04% Burnet 49,130 34,810 70.85% 579 1.18% 183 0.37% 424 0.86% 14 0.03% 147 0.30% 1,774 3.61% 11,199 22.79% Caldwell 45,883 16,560 36.09% 2,225 4.85% 129 0.28% 227 0.49% 4 0.01% 178 0.39% 1,092 2.38% 25,468 55.51% Calhoun 20,106 8,374 41.65% 361 1.80% 34 0.17% 1,112 5.53% 0 0.00% 56 0.28% 311 1.55% 9,858 49.03% Callahan 13,708 11,555 84.29% 118 0.86% 66 0.48% 52 0.38% 7 0.05% 50 0.36% 554 4.04% 1,306 9.53% Cameron 421,017 37,107 8.81% 1,405 0.33% 365 0.09% 2,596 0.62% 80 0.02% 846 0.20% 1,938 0.46% 376,680 89.47% Camp 12,464 6,734 54.03% 1,877 15.06% 28 0.22% 105 0.84% 8 0.06% 34 0.27% 456 3.66% 3,222 25.85% Carson 5,807 4,873 83.92% 19 0.33% 46 0.79% 19 0.33% 1 0.02% 7 0.12% 284 4.89% 558 9.61% Cass 28,454 21,028 73.90% 4,518 15.88% 155 0.54% 119 0.42% 10 0.04% 86 0.30% 1,202 4.22% 1,336 4.70% Castro 7,371 2,328 31.58% 95 1.29% 39 0.53% 22 0.30% 4 0.05% 9 0.12% 90 1.22% 4,784 64.90% Chambers 46,571 29,858 64.11% 3,148 6.76% 161 0.35% 622 1.34% 0 0.00% 215 0.46% 1,615 3.47% 10,952 23.52% Cherokee 50,412 30,095 59.70% 6,359 12.61% 128 0.25% 263 0.52% 18 0.04% 123 0.24% 1,629 3.23% 11,797 23.40% Childress 6,664 3,852 57.80% 572 8.58% 20 0.30% 51 0.77% 2 0.03% 16 0.24% 209 3.14% 1,942 29.14% Clay 10,218 8,941 87.50% 35 0.34% 78 0.76% 50 0.49% 0 0.00% 31 0.30% 442 4.33% 641 6.27% Cochran 2,547 912 35.81% 62 2.43% 6 0.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 40 1.57% 1,527 59.95% Coke 3,285 2,473 75.28% 7 0.21% 15 0.46% 1 0.03% 6 0.18% 6 0.18% 116 3.53% 661 20.12% Coleman 7,684 6,013 78.25% 142 1.85% 36 0.47% 32 0.42% 0 0.00% 29 0.38% 240 3.12% 1,192 15.51% Collin 1,064,465 542,472 50.96% 108,100 10.16% 3,874 0.36% 188,365 17.70% 613 0.06% 4,910 0.46% 46,973 4.41% 169,158 15.89% Collingsworth 2,652 1,617 60.97% 108 4.07% 23 0.87% 7 0.26% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 64 2.41% 832 31.37% Colorado 20,557 11,761 57.21% 2,222 10.81% 13 0.06% 80 0.39% 0 0.00% 41 0.20% 450 2.19% 5,990 29.14% Comal 161,501 105,250 65.17% 3,584 2.22% 514 0.32% 1,844 1.14% 127 0.08% 700 0.43% 5,892 3.65% 43,590 26.99% Comanche 13,594 9,197 67.65% 39 0.29% 49 0.36% 38 0.28% 3 0.02% 24 0.18% 377 2.77% 3,867 28.45% Concho 3,303 2,097 63.49% 69 2.09% 9 0.27% 19 0.58% 1 0.03% 16 0.48% 59 1.79% 1,033 31.27% Cooke 41,668 29,404 70.57% 1,181 2.83% 360 0.86% 307 0.74% 13 0.03% 125 0.30% 1,759 4.22% 8,519 20.44% Coryell 83,093 46,213 55.62% 11,760 14.15% 414 0.50% 1,816 2.19% 1,041 1.25% 389 0.47% 4,978 5.99% 16,482 19.84% Cottle 1,380 902 65.36% 96 6.96% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 52 3.77% 327 23.70% Crane 4,675 1,342 28.71% 70 1.50% 14 0.30% 22 0.47% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 68 1.45% 3,158 67.55% Crockett 3,098 1,080 34.86% 18 0.58% 9 0.29% 10 0.32% 0 0.00% 9 0.29% 52 1.68% 1,920 61.98% Crosby 5,133 2,076 40.44% 117 2.28% 8 0.16% 12 0.23% 0 0.00% 6 0.12% 85 1.66% 2,829 55.11% Culberson 2,188 445 20.34% 20 0.91% 11 0.50% 28 1.28% 0 0.00% 3 0.14% 36 1.65% 1,645 75.18% Dallam 7,115 3,119 43.84% 74 1.04% 51 0.72% 10 0.14% 3 0.04% 10 0.14% 141 1.98% 3,707 52.10% Dallas 2,613,539 724,987 27.74% 564,741 21.61% 6,743 0.26% 181,314 6.94% 1,175 0.04% 9,990 0.38% 66,754 2.55% 1,057,835 40.48% Dawson 12,456 4,590 36.85% 847 6.80% 23 0.18% 56 0.45% 4 0.03% 17 0.14% 152 1.22% 6,767 54.33% Deaf Smith 18,583 4,233 22.78% 107 0.58% 47 0.25% 44 0.24% 0 0.00% 40 0.22% 187 1.01% 13,925 74.93% Delta 5,230 4,189 80.10% 312 5.97% 42 0.80% 37 0.71% 5 0.10% 30 0.57% 221 4.23% 394 7.53% Denton 906,422 485,646 53.58% 95,386 10.52% 3,582 0.40% 92,751 10.23% 650 0.07% 3,909 0.43% 41,720 4.60% 182,778 20.16% DeWitt 19,824 10,854 54.75% 1,557 7.85% 32 0.16% 70 0.35% 2 0.01% 35 0.18% 384 1.94% 6,890 34.76% Dickens 1,770 1,178 66.55% 18 1.02% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 2 0.11% 7 0.40% 52 2.94% 512 28.93% Dimmit 8,615 898 10.42% 72 0.84% 8 0.09% 68 0.79% 10 0.12% 12 0.14% 60 0.70% 7,487 86.91% Donley 3,258 2,537 77.87% 167 5.13% 27 0.83% 10 0.31% 1 0.03% 6 0.18% 154 4.73% 356 10.93% Duval 9,831 937 9.53% 145 1.47% 13 0.13% 45 0.46% 0 0.00% 8 0.08% 721 7.33% 7,962 80.99% Eastland 17,725 13,653 77.03% 335 1.89% 96 0.54% 95 0.54% 16 0.09% 26 0.15% 570 3.22% 2,934 16.55% Ector 165,171 51,023 30.89% 7,430 4.50% 568 0.34% 2,257 1.37% 327 0.20% 492 0.30% 3,023 1.83% 100,051 60.57% Edwards 1,422 651 45.78% 2 0.14% 5 0.35% 11 0.77% 1 0.07% 2 0.14% 32 2.25% 718 50.49% Ellis 192,455 106,495 55.34% 23,738 12.33% 710 0.37% 1,525 0.79% 202 0.10% 790 0.41% 6,963 3.62% 52,032 27.04% El Paso 865,657 98,219 11.35% 24,415 2.82% 2,635 0.27% 10,692 1.24% 1,527 0.18% 2,422 0.28% 10,666 1.23% 715,351 82.64% Erath 42,545 30,006 70.53% 1,194 2.81% 215 0.51% 348 0.82% 13 0.03% 104 0.24% 1,411 3.32% 9,254 21.75% Falls 16,968 8,707 51.31% 3,708 21.85% 55 0.32% 51 0.30% 8 0.05% 42 0.25% 432 2.55% 3,965 23.37% Fannin 35,662 27,042 75.83% 2,199 6.17% 309 0.87% 145 0.41% 20 0.06% 112 0.31% 1,617 4.53% 4,218 11.83% Fayette 24,435 17,041 69.74% 1,383 5.66% 50 0.20% 67 0.27% 6 0.02% 72 0.29% 600 2.46% 5,216 21.35% Fisher 3,672 2,496 67.97% 92 2.51% 15 0.41% 13 0.35% 2 0.05% 11 0.30% 70 1.91% 973 26.50% Floyd 5,402 2,079 38.49% 125 2.31% 7 0.13% 12 0.22% 1 0.02% 13 0.24% 98 1.81% 3,067 56.78% Foard 1,095 845 77.17% 19 1.74% 0 0.00% 3 0.27% 1 0.09% 2 0.18% 28 2.56% 197 17.99% Fort Bend 822,779 243,726 29.62% 167,964 20.41% 1,269 0.15% 181,522 22.06% 276 0.03% 4,055 0.49% 25,387 3.09% 198,580 24.14% Franklin 10,359 7,786 76.03% 394 3.80% 39 0.38% 68 0.66% 6 0.06% 61 0.59% 460 4.44% 1,455 14.05% Freestone 19,435 12,817 65.95% 2,740 14.10% 64 0.33% 66 0.34% 11 0.06% 46 0.24% 536 2.76% 3,155 16.23% Frio 18,385 3,053 16.61% 705 3.83% 49 0.27% 199 1.08% 9 0.05% 81 0.44% 118 0.64% 14,171 77.08% Gaines 21,598 12,554 58.13% 241 1.12% 42 0.19% 72 0.33% 3 0.01% 46 0.21% 239 1.11% 8,401 38.90% Galveston 350,682 191,358 54.57% 43,120 12.30% 1,036 0.30% 12,202 3.48% 223 0.06% 1,455 0.41% 12,652 3.61% 88,636 25.28% Garza 5,816 2,162 37.17% 230 3.95% 28 0.48% 25 0.43% 0 0.00% 10 0.17% 89 1.53% 3,272 56.26% Gillespie 26,725 19,884 74.40% 84 0.31% 69 0.26% 127 0.48% 1 0.00% 100 0.37% 694 2.60% 5,766 21.58% Glasscock 1,116 710 63.62% 8 0.72% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.27% 0 0.00% 8 0.72% 387 34.68% Goliad 7,012 4,246 60.55% 235 3.35% 18 0.26% 24 0.34% 0 0.00% 16 0.23% 185 2.64% 2,288 32.63% Gonzales 19,653 8,159 41.52% 1,075 5.47% 41 0.21% 63 0.32% 6 0.03% 45 0.23% 367 1.87% 9,897 50.36% Gray 21,227 13,025 61.36% 835 3.93% 141 0.66% 127 0.60% 0 0.00% 37 0.17% 715 3.37% 6,347 29.90% Grayson 135,543 95,211 70.24% 7,448 5.49% 1,876 1.38% 1,958 1.44% 58 0.04% 348 0.26% 7,776 5.74% 20,868 15.40% Gregg 124,239 68,050 54.77% 24,974 20.10% 424 0.34% 1,614 1.30% 47 0.04% 298 0.24% 4,792 3.86% 24,040 19.35% Grimes 29,268 16,910 57.78% 3,824 13.07% 85 0.29% 102 0.35% 8 0.03% 84 0.29% 894 3.05% 7,361 25.15% Guadalupe 172,706 84,063 48.67% 11,947 6.92% 476 0.28% 3,066 1.78% 353 0.20% 774 0.45% 6,794 3.93% 65,233 37.77% Hale 32,522 10,693 32.88% 1,381 4.25% 99 0.30% 149 0.46% 30 0.09% 69 0.21% 612 1.88% 19,489 59.93% Hall 2,825 1,589 56.25% 190 6.73% 7 0.25% 9 0.32% 0 0.00% 3 0.11% 77 2.73% 950 33.63% Hamilton 8,222 6,805 82.77% 32 0.39% 37 0.45% 36 0.44% 2 0.02% 17 0.21% 248 3.02% 1,045 12.71% Hansford 5,285 2,552 48.29% 12 0.23% 16 0.30% 9 0.17% 3 0.06% 18 0.34% 60 1.14% 2,615 49.48% Hardeman 3,549 2,441 68.78% 130 3.66% 14 0.39% 18 0.51% 1 0.03% 7 0.20% 120 3.38% 818 23.05% Hardin 56,231 46,934 83.47% 3,037 5.40% 190 0.34% 399 0.71% 34 0.06% 149 0.26% 2,071 3.68% 3,417 6.08% Harris 4,731,145 1,309,593 27.68% 885,517 18.72% 8,432 0.18% 344,762 7.29% 3,199 0.07% 23,262 0.49% 121,671 2.57% 2,034,709 43.01% Harrison 68,839 42,039 61.07% 13,448 19.54% 294 0.43% 483 0.70% 28 0.04% 267 0.39% 2,441 3.55% 9,839 14.29% Hartley 5,382 3,403 63.23% 191 3.55% 15 0.28% 24 0.45% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 112 2.08% 1,631 30.30% Haskell 5,416 3,628 66.99% 181 3.34% 28 0.52% 22 0.41% 5 0.09% 24 0.44% 151 2.79% 1,377 25.42% Hays 241,067 121,568 50.43% 9,004 3.74% 599 0.25% 4,822 2.00% 144 0.06% 1,009 0.42% 11,050 4.58% 92,871 38.52% Hemphill 3,382 2,090 61.80% 4 0.12% 18 0.53% 10 0.30% 0 0.00% 4 0.12% 119 3.52% 1,137 33.62% Henderson 82,150 61,854 75.29% 4,705 5.73% 414 0.50% 510 0.62% 31 0.04% 211 0.26% 3,183 3.87% 11,242 13.68% Hidalgo 870,781 53,338 6.13% 3,364 0.39% 635 0.07% 8,604 0.99% 78 0.01% 1,915 0.22% 2,846 0.33% 800,001 91.87% Hill 35,874 24,123 67.24% 2,055 5.73% 137 0.38% 188 0.52% 15 0.04% 87 0.24% 1,385 3.86% 7,884 21.98% Hockley 21,537 9,752 45.28% 565 2.62% 82 0.38% 49 0.23% 4 0.02% 59 0.27% 402 1.87% 10,624 49.33% Hood 61,598 49,815 80.87% 495 0.80% 340 0.55% 468 0.76% 53 0.09% 180 0.29% 2,289 3.72% 7,958 12.92% Hopkins 36,787 25,976 70.61% 2,373 6.45% 198 0.54% 277 0.75% 4 0.01% 85 0.23% 1,390 3.78% 6,484 17.63% Houston 22,066 12,957 58.72% 5,163 23.40% 94 0.43% 138 0.63% 8 0.04% 58 0.26% 577 2.61% 3,071 13.92% Howard 34,860 15,672 44.96% 1,520 4.36% 211 0.61% 386 1.11% 12 0.03% 68 0.20% 817 2.34% 16,174 46.40% Hudspeth 3,202 1,094 34.17% 6 0.19% 6 0.19% 10 0.31% 0 0.00% 7 0.22% 43 1.34% 2,036 63.59% Hunt 99,956 65,598 65.63% 7,812 7.82% 722 0.72% 979 0.98% 151 0.15% 301 0.30% 4,720 4.72% 19,673 19.68% Hutchinson 20,617 13,783 66.85% 416 2.02% 273 1.32% 105 0.51% 2 0.01% 52 0.25% 1,025 4.97% 4,961 24.06% Irion 1,513 1,112 73.50% 6 0.40% 9 0.59% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 35 2.31% 349 23.07% Jack 8,472 6,358 75.05% 294 3.47% 35 0.41% 41 0.48% 5 0.06% 9 0.11% 209 2.47% 1,521 17.95% Jackson 14,988 8,510 56.78% 937 6.25% 36 0.24% 158 1.05% 5 0.03% 102 0.68% 411 2.74% 4,829 32.22% Jasper 32,980 23,795 72.15% 5,572 16.90% 127 0.39% 114 0.35% 16 0.05% 72 0.22% 1,086 3.29% 2,198 6.66% Jeff Davis 1,996 1,282 64.23% 0 0.00% 6 0.30% 14 0.70% 0 0.00% 15 0.75% 66 3.31% 613 30.71% Jefferson 256,526 96,047 37.44% 83,856 32.69% 622 0.24% 9,943 3.88% 66 0.03% 867 0.34% 6,210 2.42% 58,915 22.97% Jim Hogg 4,838 414 8.56% 5 0.10% 15 0.31% 26 0.54% 5 0.10% 8 0.17% 84 1.74% 4,281 88.49% Jim Wells 38,891 6,963 17.90% 180 0.46% 58 0.15% 140 0.36% 15 0.04% 95 0.24% 605 1.56% 30,835 79.29% Johnson 179,927 119,226 66.26% 6,446 3.58% 840 0.47% 1,726 0.96% 929 0.52% 612 0.34% 7,535 4.19% 42,613 23.68% Jones 19,663 11,485 58.41% 1,978 10.06% 66 0.34% 111 0.56% 4 0.02% 41 0.21% 474 2.41% 5,504 27.99% Karnes 14,710 5,388 36.63% 1,116 7.59% 26 0.18% 145 0.99% 1 0.01% 61 0.41% 239 1.62% 7,734 52.58% Kaufman 145,310 78,626 54.11% 21,541 14.82% 623 0.43% 2,107 1.45% 70 0.05% 435 0.30% 5,743 3.95% 36,168 24.89% Kendall 44,279 31,767 71.74% 315 0.71% 138 0.31% 355 0.80% 36 0.08% 202 0.46% 1,437 3.25% 10,029 22.65% Kenedy 350 73 20.86% 0 0.00% 7 2.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.29% 2 0.57% 6 1.71% 261 74.57% Kent 753 657 87.25% 2 0.27% 3 0.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.40% 7 0.93% 81 10.76% Kerr 52,598 35,791 68.05% 690 1.31% 156 0.30% 576 1.10% 39 0.07% 187 0.36% 1,561 2.97% 13,598 25.85% Kimble 4,286 3,136 73.17% 8 0.19% 14 0.33% 33 0.77% 3 0.07% 8 0.19% 98 2.29% 986 23.01% King 265 230 86.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 1.51% 0 0.00% 6 2.26% 25 9.43% Kinney 3,129 1,489 47.59% 36 1.15% 21 0.67% 10 0.32% 2 0.06% 15 0.48% 86 2.75% 1,470 46.98% Kleberg 31,040 6,728 21.68% 995 3.21% 83 0.27% 784 2.53% 1 0.00% 97 0.31% 432 1.39% 21,920 70.62% Knox 3,353 1,935 57.71% 146 4.35% 8 0.24% 24 0.72% 3 0.09% 5 0.15% 102 3.04% 1,130 33.70% La Salle 6,664 1,467 22.01% 221 3.32% 3 0.05% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 5 0.08% 56 0.84% 4,908 73.65% Lamar 50,088 35,354 70.58% 6,378 12.73% 751 1.50% 474 0.95% 25 0.05% 119 0.24% 2,575 5.14% 4,412 8.81% Lamb 13,045 4,981 38.18% 392 3.00% 15 0.11% 4 0.03% 5 0.04% 24 0.18% 175 1.34% 7,449 57.10% Lampasas 21,627 15,132 69.97% 700 3.24% 115 0.53% 242 1.12% 86 0.40% 100 0.46% 1,073 4.96% 4,179 19.32% Lavaca 20,337 14,564 71.61% 1,173 5.77% 30 0.15% 74 0.36% 5 0.02% 31 0.15% 524 2.58% 3,936 19.35% Lee 17,478 10,612 60.72% 1,631 9.33% 47 0.27% 57 0.33% 1 0.01% 37 0.21% 614 3.51% 4,479 25.63% Leon 15,719 11,659 74.17% 921 5.86% 54 0.34% 111 0.71% 6 0.04% 47 0.30% 475 3.02% 2,446 15.56% Liberty 91,628 50,044 54.62% 7,024 7.67% 291 0.32% 466 0.51% 12 0.01% 329 0.36% 2,665 2.91% 30,797 33.61% Limestone 22,146 12,530 56.58% 3,636 16.42% 72 0.33% 160 0.72% 18 0.08% 60 0.27% 657 2.97% 5,013 22.64% Lipscomb 3,059 1,786 58.39% 4 0.13% 29 0.95% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 4 0.13% 111 3.63% 1,123 36.71% Live Oak 11,335 5,968 52.65% 205 1.81% 49 0.43% 35 0.31% 3 0.03% 45 0.40% 240 2.12% 4,790 42.26% Llano 21,243 17,530 82.52% 97 0.46% 115 0.54% 121 0.57% 4 0.02% 61 0.29% 807 3.80% 2,508 11.81% Loving 64 56 87.50% 0 0.00% 1 1.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 1.56% 5 7.81% 1 1.56% Lubbock 310,639 154,994 49.90% 25,663 8.26% 1,436 0.46% 9,490 3.05% 180 0.06% 968 0.31% 8,738 2.81% 109,170 35.14% Lynn 5,596 2,960 52.89% 105 1.88% 15 0.27% 10 0.18% 4 0.07% 12 0.21% 138 2.47% 2,352 42.03% Madison 13,455 6,984 51.91% 2,587 19.23% 48 0.36% 101 0.75% 0 0.00% 11 0.08% 309 2.30% 3,415 25.38% Marion 9,725 6,869 70.63% 1,846 18.98% 69 0.71% 48 0.49% 0 0.00% 45 0.46% 459 4.72% 389 4.00% Martin 5,237 2,780 53.08% 81 1.55% 22 0.42% 9 0.17% 1 0.02% 19 0.36% 70 1.34% 2,255 43.06% Mason 3,953 2,948 74.58% 4 0.10% 0 0.00% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 16 0.40% 100 2.53% 883 22.34% Matagorda 36,255 15,355 42.35% 3,734 10.30% 99 0.27% 700 1.93% 7 0.02% 103 0.28% 802 2.21% 15,455 42.63% Maverick 57,887 1,574 2.72% 129 0.22% 835 1.44% 182 0.31% 4 0.01% 110 0.19% 117 0.20% 54,936 94.90% McCulloch 7,630 4,904 64.27% 92 1.21% 7 0.09% 39 0.51% 0 0.00% 12 0.16% 207 2.71% 2,369 31.05% McLennan 260,579 139,693 53.61% 36,130 13.87% 901 0.35% 4,873 1.87% 146 0.06% 1,065 0.41% 9,184 3.52% 68,587 26.32% Medina 50,748 22,324 43.99% 1,252 2.47% 158 0.31% 215 0.42% 38 0.07% 188 0.37% 1,118 2.20% 25,455 50.16% Menard 1,962 1,231 62.74% 12 0.61% 7 0.36% 5 0.25% 3 0.15% 8 0.41% 34 1.73% 662 33.74% Midland 169,983 76,487 45.00% 10,465 6.16% 686 0.40% 3,891 2.29% 152 0.09% 621 0.37% 4,350 2.56% 73,331 43.14% Milam 24,754 15,367 62.08% 2,097 8.47% 67 0.27% 111 0.45% 11 0.04% 84 0.34% 753 3.04% 6,264 25.31% Mills 4,456 3,498 78.50% 25 0.56% 10 0.22% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 6 0.13% 185 4.15% 728 16.34% Mitchell 8,990 4,328 48.14% 925 10.29% 34 0.38% 54 0.60% 1 0.01% 11 0.12% 183 2.04% 3,454 38.42% Montague 19,965 16,342 81.85% 73 0.37% 155 0.78% 84 0.42% 4 0.02% 34 0.17% 912 4.57% 2,361 11.83% Montgomery 620,443 371,403 59.86% 34,177 5.51% 1,884 0.30% 21,436 3.45% 634 0.10% 2,522 0.41% 24,928 3.92% 164,089 26.45% Moore 21,358 6,499 30.43% 654 3.06% 97 0.45% 982 4.60% 1 0.00% 83 0.39% 395 1.85% 12,647 59.21% Morris 11,973 7,716 64.45% 2,448 20.45% 70 0.58% 35 0.29% 9 0.08% 30 0.25% 483 4.03% 1,182 9.87% Motley 1,063 858 80.71% 7 0.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 0.19% 43 4.05% 153 14.39% Nacogdoches 64,653 37,158 57.47% 10,567 16.34% 191 0.30% 760 1.18% 10 0.02% 190 0.29% 2,180 3.37% 13,597 21.03% Navarro 52,624 26,996 51.30% 6,286 11.95% 163 0.31% 393 0.75% 734 1.39% 137 0.26% 1,866 3.55% 16,049 30.50% Newton 12,217 9,249 75.71% 2,075 16.98% 59 0.48% 24 0.20% 0 0.00% 27 0.22% 439 3.59% 344 2.82% Nolan 14,738 8,138 55.22% 625 4.24% 53 0.36% 103 0.70% 2 0.01% 31 0.21% 432 2.93% 5,354 36.33% Nueces 353,178 106,165 30.06% 12,651 3.58% 907 0.26% 7,712 2.18% 281 0.08% 1,264 0.36% 7,146 2.02% 217,052 64.46% Ochiltree 10,015 4,245 42.39% 14 0.14% 31 0.31% 28 0.28% 2 0.02% 21 0.21% 204 2.04% 5,470 54.62% Oldham 1,758 1,325 75.37% 33 1.88% 6 0.34% 10 0.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 71 4.04% 313 17.80% Orange 84,808 64,935 76.57% 7,981 9.41% 343 0.40% 1,108 1.31% 13 0.02% 196 0.23% 2,967 3.50% 7,265 8.57% Palo Pinto 28,409 20,778 73.14% 552 1.94% 149 0.52% 211 0.74% 12 0.04% 69 0.24% 1,024 3.60% 5,614 19.76% Panola 22,491 16,098 71.58% 3,244 14.42% 96 0.43% 99 0.44% 7 0.03% 26 0.12% 731 3.25% 2,190 9.74% Parker 148,222 117,747 79.44% 1,636 1.10% 878 0.59% 990 0.67% 97 0.07% 470 0.32% 6,585 4.44% 19,819 13.37% Parmer 9,869 3,187 32.29% 53 0.54% 11 0.11% 14 0.14% 0 0.00% 39 0.40% 61 0.62% 6,504 65.90% Pecos 15,193 3,473 22.86% 505 3.32% 33 0.22% 143 0.94% 0 0.00% 35 0.23% 159 1.05% 10,845 71.38% Polk 50,123 34,808 69.45% 4,869 9.71% 914 1.82% 340 0.68% 0 0.00% 135 0.27% 1,712 3.42% 7,345 14.65% Potter 118,525 50,153 42.31% 11,999 10.12% 636 0.54% 6,036 5.09% 20 0.02% 613 0.52% 3,875 3.27% 45,193 38.13% Presidio 6,131 961 15.67% 25 0.41% 16 0.26% 85 1.39% 0 0.00% 9 0.15% 44 0.72% 4,991 81.41% Rains 50,123 34,808 69.45% 4,869 9.71% 914 1.82% 340 0.68% 0 0.00% 135 0.27% 1,712 3.42% 7,345 14.65% Randall 140,753 95,457 67.82% 4,567 3.24% 794 0.56% 2,604 1.85% 54 0.04% 412 0.29% 5,282 3.75% 31,583 22.44% Reagan 3,385 968 28.60% 33 0.97% 12 0.35% 19 0.56% 1 0.03% 6 0.18% 63 1.86% 2,283 67.44% Real 2,758 1,940 70.34% 22 0.80% 8 0.29% 12 0.44% 3 0.11% 2 0.07% 79 2.86% 692 25.09% Red River 11,587 8,499 73.35% 1,738 15.00% 102 0.88% 51 0.44% 0 0.00% 13 0.11% 418 3.61% 766 6.61% Reeves 14,748 1,697 11.51% 224 1.52% 27 0.18% 165 1.12% 3 0.02% 39 0.26% 83 0.56% 12,510 84.83% Refugio 6,741 2,864 42.49% 400 5.93% 18 0.27% 27 0.40% 0 0.00% 12 0.18% 114 1.69% 3,306 49.04% Roberts 827 717 86.70% 2 0.24% 2 0.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.12% 55 6.65% 50 6.05% Robertson 16,757 9,505 56.72% 3,095 18.47% 29 0.17% 104 0.62% 21 0.13% 37 0.22% 55 0.33% 3,528 21.05% Rockwall 107,819 70,198 65.11% 8,179 7.59% 479 0.44% 3,306 3.07% 75 0.07% 344 0.32% 4,678 4.34% 20,560 19.07% Runnels 9,900 6,062 61.23% 132 1.33% 39 0.39% 24 0.24% 6 0.06% 15 0.15% 268 2.71% 3,354 33.88% Rusk 52,214 32,022 61.33% 8,240 15.78% 195 0.37% 231 0.44% 18 0.03% 162 0.31% 1,767 3.38% 9,579 18.35% Sabine 9,894 8,307 83.96% 734 7.42% 51 0.52% 52 0.53% 0 0.00% 35 0.35% 322 3.25% 393 3.97% San Augustine 7,918 5,270 66.56% 1,768 22.33% 19 0.24% 36 0.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 186 2.35% 639 8.07% San Jacinto 27,402 19,170 69.96% 2,083 7.60% 123 0.45% 86 0.31% 15 0.05% 74 0.27% 1,029 3.76% 4,822 17.60% San Patricio 68,755 26,613 38.71% 994 1.45% 198 0.29% 845 1.23% 66 0.10% 227 0.33% 1,592 2.32% 38,220 55.59% San Saba 5,730 3,690 64.40% 106 1.85% 29 0.51% 16 0.28% 1 0.02% 10 0.17% 129 2.25% 1,749 30.52% Schleicher 2,451 1,102 44.96% 15 0.61% 4 0.16% 7 0.29% 2 0.08% 10 0.41% 36 1.47% 1,275 52.02% Scurry 16,932 8,637 51.01% 599 3.54% 60 0.35% 82 0.48% 5 0.03% 27 0.16% 383 2.26% 7,139 42.16% Shackelford 3,105 2,612 84.12% 20 0.64% 6 0.19% 14 0.45% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% 88 2.83% 363 11.69% Shelby 24,022 14,416 60.01% 3,805 15.84% 50 0.21% 364 1.52% 14 0.06% 49 0.20% 639 2.66% 4,685 19.50% Sherman 2,782 1,362 48.96% 10 0.36% 5 0.18% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 6 0.22% 82 2.95% 1,315 47.27% Smith 233,479 134,452 57.59% 38,003 16.28% 746 0.32% 4,129 1.77% 77 0.03% 695 0.30% 8,096 3.47% 47,281 20.25% Somervell 9,205 7,011 76.17% 39 0.42% 49 0.53% 55 0.60% 0 0.00% 33 0.36% 331 3.60% 1,687 18.33% Starr 65,920 1,171 1.78% 31 0.05% 8 0.01% 100 0.15% 0 0.00% 98 0.15% 119 0.18% 64,393 97.68% Stephens 9,101 6,256 68.74% 237 2.60% 36 0.40% 60 0.66% 1 0.01% 27 0.30% 280 3.08% 2,204 24.22% Sterling 1,372 867 63.19% 3 0.22% 4 0.29% 1 0.07% 2 0.15% 2 0.15% 44 3.21% 449 32.73% Stonewall 1,245 958 76.95% 18 1.45% 3 0.24% 5 0.40% 0 0.00% 2 0.16% 33 2.65% 226 18.15% Sutton 3,372 1,200 35.59% 6 0.18% 5 0.15% 6 0.18% 0 0.00% 14 0.42% 48 1.42% 2,093 62.07% Swisher 6,971 3,219 46.18% 407 5.84% 18 0.26% 10 0.14% 0 0.00% 8 0.11% 162 2.32% 3,147 45.14% Tarrant 2,110,640 904,884 42.87% 358,645 16.99% 127,783 6.05% 7,033 0.33% 4,147 0.20% 8,321 0.39% 78,920 3.74% 620,907 29.42% Taylor 143,208 87,316 60.97% 10,980 7.67% 589 0.41% 2,815 1.97% 161 0.11% 468 0.33% 6,123 4.28% 34,756 24.27% Terrell 760 352 46.32% 8 1.05% 0 0.00% 5 0.66% 0 0.00% 2 0.26% 23 3.03% 370 48.68% Terry 11,831 4,599 38.87% 389 3.29% 29 0.25% 37 0.31% 0 0.00% 24 0.20% 184 1.56% 6,569 55.52% Throckmorton 1,440 1,248 86.67% 1 0.07% 3 0.21% 3 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 40 2.78% 145 10.07% Titus 31,247 13,410 42.92% 2,884 9.23% 101 0.32% 262 0.84% 3 0.01% 73 0.23% 834 2.67% 13,680 43.78% Tom Green 120,003 62,390 51.99% 4,010 3.34% 366 0.30% 1,704 1.42% 143 0.12% 369 0.31% 3,955 3.30% 47,066 39.22% Travis 1,290,188 612,824 47.50% 96,270 7.46% 2,762 0.21% 99,660 7.72% 774 0.06% 6,513 0.50% 50,275 3.90% 421,110 32.64% Trinity 13,602 10,533 77.44% 1,086 7.98% 29 0.21% 30 0.22% 4 0.03% 33 0.24% 573 4.21% 1,314 9.66% Tyler 19,798 15,302 77.29% 2,040 10.30% 111 0.56% 97 0.49% 3 0.02% 47 0.24% 678 3.42% 1,520 7.68% Upshur 40,892 31,287 76.51% 2,908 7.11% 261 0.64% 177 0.43% 9 0.02% 150 0.37% 2,114 5.17% 3,986 9.75% Upton 3,308 1,318 39.84% 59 1.78% 11 0.33% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% 3 0.09% 116 3.51% 1,797 54.32% Uvalde 24,564 6,613 26.92% 107 0.44% 25 0.10% 158 0.64% 6 0.02% 66 0.27% 272 1.11% 17,317 70.50% Val Verde 47,586 7,836 16.47% 538 1.13% 57 0.12% 351 0.74% 35 0.07% 85 0.18% 477 1.00% 38,207 80.29% Van Zandt 59,541 47,986 80.59% 1,517 2.55% 328 0.55% 272 0.46% 30 0.05% 133 0.22% 2,204 3.70% 7,071 11.88% Victoria 91,319 39,330 43.07% 5,230 5.73% 214 0.23% 1,391 1.52% 35 0.04% 232 0.25% 1,956 2.14% 42,931 47.01% Walker 76,400 39,823 52.12% 16,382 21.44% 251 0.33% 1,126 1.47% 39 0.05% 318 0.42% 1,883 2.46% 16,578 21.70% Waller 56,794 23,494 41.37% 12,104 21.31% 210 0.37% 785 1.38% 10 0.02% 314 0.55% 1,391 2.45% 18,486 32.55% Ward 11,644 4,506 38.70% 415 3.56% 41 0.35% 69 0.59% 2 0.02% 22 0.19% 264 2.27% 6,325 54.32% Washington 35,805 22,023 61.51% 5,555 15.51% 75 0.21% 547 1.53% 14 0.04% 140 0.39% 1,026 2.87% 6,425 17.94% Webb 267,114 9,495 3.55% 788 0.30% 135 0.05% 1,300 0.49% 25 0.01% 458 0.17% 559 0.21% 254,354 95.22% Wharton 41,570 18,130 43.61% 5,469 13.16% 69 0.17% 164 0.39% 0 0.00% 104 0.25% 667 1.60% 16,967 40.82% Wheeler 4,990 3,469 69.52% 81 1.62% 33 0.66% 24 0.48% 2 0.04% 12 0.24% 142 2.85% 1,227 24.59% Wichita 129,350 79,694 61.61% 13,379 10.34% 992 0.77% 2,647 2.05% 140 0.11% 476 0.37% 6,219 4.81% 25,803 19.95% Wilbarger 12,887 7,012 54.41% 1,013 7.86% 96 0.74% 566 4.39% 0 0.00% 32 0.25% 434 3.37% 3,734 28.97% Willacy 20,164 1,805 8.95% 445 2.21% 47 0.23% 160 0.79% 2 0.01% 34 0.17% 60 0.30% 17,611 87.34% Williamson 609,017 336,410 55.24% 38,557 6.33% 1,659 0.27% 53,982 8.86% 592 0.10% 3,124 0.51% 27,605 4.53% 147,088 24.15% Wilson 49,753 27,877 56.03% 693 1.39% 148 0.30% 229 0.46% 24 0.05% 187 0.38% 1,363 2.74% 19,232 38.65% Winkler 7,791 2,702 34.68% 139 1.78% 38 0.49% 77 0.99% 0 0.00% 9 0.12% 94 1.21% 4,732 60.74% Wise 68,632 50,495 73.57% 657 0.96% 474 0.69% 372 0.54% 12 0.02% 172 0.25% 2,756 4.02% 13,694 19.95% Wood 44,843 35,906 80.07% 1,658 3.70% 227 0.51% 230 0.51% 1 0.00% 138 0.31% 1,789 3.99% 4,894 10.91% Yoakum 7,694 2,488 32.34% 55 0.71% 22 0.29% 46 0.60% 0 0.00% 15 0.19% 100 1.30% 4,968 64.57% Young 17,867 13,409 75.05% 174 0.97% 79 0.44% 86 0.48% 0 0.00% 38 0.21% 573 3.21% 3,508 19.63% Zapata 13,889 796 5.73% 9 0.06% 7 0.05% 16 0.12% 0 0.00% 16 0.12% 46 0.33% 12,999 93.59% Zavala 9,670 572 5.92% 67 0.69% 21 0.22% 19 0.20% 1 0.01% 3 0.03% 43 0.44% 8,944 92.49% United States (50 states and DC) 331,449,281 191,697,647 57.84% 39,940,338 12.05% 2,251,699 0.68% 19,618,719 5.92% 622,018 0.19% 1,689,833 0.51% 13,548,983 4.09% 62,080,044 18.73% United States (50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico) 334,735,155 191,722,195 57.28% 39,944,624 11.93% 2,252,011 0.67% 19,621,465 5.86% 622,109 0.19% 1,692,341 0.51% 13,551,323 4.05% 65,329,087 19.52% Texas 29,145,505 11,584,597 39.75% 3,444,712 11.82% 85,425 0.29% 1,561,518 5.36% 27,857 0.10% 113,584 0.39% 886,095 3.04% 11,441,717 39.26%

Defunct counties

There have been at least thirty-two counties established by Texas law that no longer exist. These fall into five categories: judicial counties; counties established by the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69; counties never organized which were abolished by legislative act; counties whose territory is no longer considered part of the state; and counties whose names have been changed.

• Buchel County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County.
• Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now Kinney County and Uvalde County and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day Dawson County).
• Encinal County, formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to Webb County.
• Foley County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County.
• Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma.
• Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871. Records of annexation to Dawson County are also inconclusive.
• Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the Panhandle. The county was abolished when Texas ceded its western lands under the Compromise of 1850.
• Wegefarth County, formed in 1873 in the Texas Panhandle and abolished in 1876.
• Worth County, formed in 1850 from part of Santa Fe County. Abolished under the Compromise of 1850 and is now part of east-central New Mexico.

See also

• Texas census statistical areas
• List of Texas county seat name etymologies
• List of counties in Georgia

Further reading

• writer, Statf (2022). "TEXAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW" (PDF). ce.naco.org. National Association of Counties (NACo). Retrieved January 3, 2025.

Sources

• "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved April 22, 2007. - Counties, county seats, county formation, and areas
• "CountyState.info Texas". Official County Websites. Retrieved September 13, 2007. - official sites
• "Texas County Progress". Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association. Retrieved July 13, 2017. - official sites
• "Updated List of Texas Cities and Counties By Population in 2019". - Google Doc

External links

• Maps and lists of Texas regions and counties