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List of Counties (254)

List of 254 counties
#	County	County seat	Year founded	Land area (sq mi)	Water area (sq mi)	Population (2024)
1	Anderson	Palestine	1846	1,062.60	15.40	59,512
2	Andrews	Andrews	1876	1,500.70	0.400	18,923
3	Angelina	Lufkin	1846	797.90	66.90	88,094
4	Aransas	Rockport	1871	252.30	275.70	25,595
5	Archer	Archer City	1858	903.30	22.30	9,155
6	Armstrong	Claude	1876	909.10	4.70	1809
7	Atascosa	Jourdanton	1856	1,219.50	1.90	52,783
8	Austin	Bellville	1836	646.50	9.90	32,546
9	Bailey	Muleshoe	1876	827	0.700	7,031
10	Bandera	Bandera	1856	791	6.70	22,830
11	Bastrop	Bastrop	1836	888.20	7.30	114,931
12	Baylor	Seymour	1858	867.50	33.60	3,533
13	Bee	Beeville	1857	880.20	0.100	31,226
14	Bell	Belton	1850	1,053.80	36.40	399,578
15	Bexar	San Antonio	1836	1,240.50	15.60	2,127,737
16	Blanco	Johnson City	1858	709.30	4.20	13,358
17	Borden	Gail	1876	897.40	8.60	557
18	Bosque	Meridian	1854	983	19.60	19,013
19	Bowie	Boston	1840	884.90	38	91,992
20	Brazoria	Angleton	1836	1,363.30	245.30	413,224
21	Brazos	Bryan	1841	586.10	5.10	249,624
22	Brewster	Alpine	1887	6,183.80	8.50	9,508
23	Briscoe	Silverton	1876	900	1.60	1494
24	Brooks	Falfurrias	1911	943.40	0.300	6,740
25	Brown	Brownwood	1856	944.50	12.50	38,631
26	Burleson	Caldwell	1846	659.10	17.80	20,179
27	Burnet	Burnet	1852	994.80	26.90	55,722
28	Caldwell	Lockhart	1848	544.50	1.90	52,430
29	Calhoun	Port Lavaca	1846	506.90	525.70	19,942
30	Callahan	Baird	1858	899.40	1.90	14,615
31	Cameron	Brownsville	1848	891.70	388	431,874
32	Camp	Pittsburg	1874	195.80	7.40	13,164
33	Carson	Panhandle	1876	920.20	3.90	5,822
34	Cass	Linden	1846	936.90	23.40	28,622
35	Castro	Dimmitt	1876	894.40	4.80	7,380
36	Chambers	Anahuac	1858	597.20	273.90	56,179
37	Cherokee	Rusk	1846	1053	9.20	53,223
38	Childress	Childress	1876	696.50	17.20	6,679
39	Clay	Henrietta	1857	1,088.80	28	10,730
40	Cochran	Morton	1876	775.10	0.100	2,583
41	Coke	Robert Lee	1889	911.60	16.30	3,396
42	Coleman	Coleman	1858	1263	18.50	7,990
43	Collin	McKinney	1846	841.60	44.30	1,254,658
44	Collingsworth	Wellington	1876	918.40	0.900	2,611
45	Colorado	Columbus	1836	960.30	13.40	21,475
46	Comal	New Braunfels	1846	559.50	15.30	201,628
47	Comanche	Comanche	1856	937.80	9.90	14,359
48	Concho	Paint Rock	1858	983.80	9.90	3,326
49	Cooke	Gainesville	1848	874.80	23.70	44,258
50	Coryell	Gatesville	1854	1,052.20	4.60	86,370
51	Cottle	Paducah	1876	900.60	1.10	1263
52	Crane	Crane	1887	785.10	0.700	4,594
53	Crockett	Ozona	1875	2,807.30	0	2,799
54	Crosby	Crosbyton	1876	900.20	1.50	5,030
55	Culberson	Van Horn	1911	3,812.20	0.200	2,254
56	Dallam	Dalhart	1876	1,503.40	1.80	7,526
57	Dallas	Dallas	1846	873.10	35.50	2,656,028
58	Dawson	Lamesa	1876	900.30	1.80	11,758
59	Deaf Smith	Hereford	1876	1,496.80	1.50	18,495
60	Delta	Cooper	1870	256.80	21.10	5,647
61	Denton	Denton	1846	878.10	73.60	1,045,120
62	DeWitt	Cuero	1846	909	1.50	20,252
63	Dickens	Dickens	1876	901.70	3.50	1725
64	Dimmit	Carrizo Springs	1858	1,328.90	5.60	8,181
65	Donley	Clarendon	1876	927	6	3,193
66	Duval	San Diego	1858	1,793.50	2.10	9,585
67	Eastland	Eastland	1858	926.50	5.40	18,290
68	Ector	Odessa	1887	897.90	3.90	170,022
69	Edwards	Rocksprings	1858	2,117.90	2	1383
70	El Paso	El Paso	1848	1,013.50	1.80	875,784
71	Ellis	Waxahachie	1849	935.80	16.20	232,387
72	Erath	Stephenville	1856	1,083.20	6.60	44,496
73	Falls	Marlin	1850	765.50	8.40	17,752
74	Fannin	Bonham	1837	877.90	20.90	38,650
75	Fayette	La Grange	1837	949.90	9.90	25,488
76	Fisher	Roby	1876	899	2.80	3,665
77	Floyd	Floydada	1876	992.10	0.400	5,042
78	Foard	Crowell	1891	704.40	3.30	1053
79	Fort Bend	Richmond	1837	862.10	23.40	958,434
80	Franklin	Mount Vernon	1875	284.40	10.40	10,912
81	Freestone	Fairfield	1850	877.70	14.30	20,645
82	Frio	Pearsall	1858	1,133.50	0.800	19,520
83	Gaines	Seminole	1876	1,502.40	0.500	22,892
84	Galveston	Galveston	1838	379.40	494.50	367,407
85	Garza	Post	1876	893.40	2.80	4,645
86	Gillespie	Fredericksburg	1848	1,058.20	3.50	28,159
87	Glasscock	Garden City	1887	900.20	0.900	1153
88	Goliad	Goliad	1836	852	7.40	7,221
89	Gonzales	Gonzales	1836	1,066.70	3.20	20,040
90	Gray	Pampa	1876	926	3.40	20,888
91	Grayson	Sherman	1846	932.80	46.40	150,532
92	Gregg	Longview	1873	273.40	2.40	126,679
93	Grimes	Anderson	1846	787.50	14.10	33,448
94	Guadalupe	Seguin	1846	711.20	3.50	195,166
95	Hale	Plainview	1876	1,004.70	0.100	31,953
96	Hall	Memphis	1876	883.50	20.60	2,828
97	Hamilton	Hamilton	1856	835.90	0.500	8,644
98	Hansford	Spearman	1876	919.80	0.600	5,006
99	Hardeman	Quanah	1858	695.10	1.80	3,417
100	Hardin	Kountze	1858	890.60	6.90	58,670
101	Harris	Houston	1836	1,707.30	69.70	5,009,302
102	Harrison	Marshall	1839	900.10	15.70	71,370
103	Hartley	Channing	1876	1462	1.20	4,996
104	Haskell	Haskell	1858	903.10	7.10	5,435
105	Hays	San Marcos	1848	676.90	1.90	292,029
106	Hemphill	Canadian	1876	906.30	5.90	3,134
107	Henderson	Athens	1846	873.80	74.60	87,467
108	Hidalgo	Edinburg	1852	1,571.20	11.60	914,820
109	Hill	Hillsboro	1853	958.90	26.90	38,771
110	Hockley	Levelland	1876	908.40	0.200	21,505
111	Hood	Granbury	1866	420.70	16.10	69,126
112	Hopkins	Sulphur Springs	1846	767.40	25.30	38,784
113	Houston	Crockett	1837	1231	5.60	22,197
114	Howard	Big Spring	1876	900.80	3.40	30,833
115	Hudspeth	Sierra Blanca	1917	4,570.50	0.800	3,608
116	Hunt	Greenville	1846	840.40	41.60	118,729
117	Hutchinson	Stinnett	1876	887.40	7.50	19,721
118	Irion	Mertzon	1889	1,051.50	0.100	1526
119	Jack	Jacksboro	1856	911	9.20	9,398
120	Jackson	Edna	1836	829.40	27.40	15,284
121	Jasper	Jasper	1836	938.70	31	32,907
122	Jeff Davis	Fort Davis	1887	2,264.60	0.100	1778
123	Jefferson	Beaumont	1836	876.70	236	253,948
124	Jim Hogg	Hebbronville	1913	1,136.20	0	4,583
125	Jim Wells	Alice	—	865.20	3.40	38,886
126	Johnson	Cleburne	—	725.10	9.20	210,547
127	Jones	Anson	—	928.60	8.50	20,850
128	Karnes	Karnes City	—	747.80	5.80	15,137
129	Kaufman	Kaufman	—	780.70	26.80	197,829
130	Kendall	Boerne	—	662.50	0.600	51,828
131	Kenedy	Sarita	—	1,458.60	487.20	330
132	Kent	Jayton	—	902.50	0.400	703
133	Kerr	Kerrville	—	1,103.30	4	53,900
134	Kimble	Junction	—	1251	0.200	4,401
135	King	Guthrie	—	910.90	2.50	215
136	Kinney	Brackettville	—	1,360.50	4.60	3,191
137	Kleberg	Kingsville	—	881.30	208.90	30,442
138	Knox	Benjamin	—	850.60	4.90	3,255
139	La Salle	Cotulla	—	1,486.70	7.50	6,679
140	Lamar	Paris	—	907.30	25.80	51,249
141	Lamb	Littlefield	—	1,016.20	1.50	12,687
142	Lampasas	Lampasas	—	712.50	1.10	23,539
143	Lavaca	Hallettsville	—	969.70	0.700	20,605
144	Lee	Giddings	—	629.10	5	18,451
145	Leon	Centerville	—	1,073.20	7.50	16,698
146	Liberty	Liberty	—	1,158.50	17.90	115,042
147	Limestone	Groesbeck	—	905.40	27.70	22,569
148	Lipscomb	Booker	—	932.20	0.100	2,880
149	Live Oak	George West	—	1,039.70	39.20	11,967
150	Llano	Llano	—	934.10	31.80	23,163
151	Loving	Mentone	—	668.80	7.70	48
152	Lubbock	Lubbock	—	895.60	5.10	327,394
153	Lynn	Tahoka	—	891.90	1.60	5,952
154	Madison	Madisonville	—	466.10	6.30	13,877
155	Marion	Jefferson	—	380.90	39.40	9,704
156	Martin	Stanton	—	915	0.700	5,179
157	Mason	Mason	—	928.80	3.40	3,987
158	Matagorda	Bay City	—	1,093.10	519.40	36,391
159	Maverick	Eagle Pass	—	1,279.50	12.30	58,829
160	McCulloch	Brady	—	1,065.60	7.80	7,448
161	McLennan	Waco	—	1,036.70	23.50	270,358
162	McMullen	Tilden	—	1,139.80	17	565
163	Medina	Hondo	—	1,325.40	9.20	55,619
164	Menard	Menard	—	902	0.200	1911
165	Midland	Midland	—	900.40	1.60	183,587
166	Milam	Cameron	—	1,016.40	4.60	26,159
167	Mills	Goldthwaite	—	748.20	1.60	4,563
168	Mitchell	Colorado City	—	911.10	4.80	8,968
169	Montague	Montague	—	930.90	7.40	21,890
170	Montgomery	Conroe	—	1,042.20	34.70	749,613
171	Moore	Dumas	—	899.70	9.90	21,872
172	Morris	Daingerfield	—	252	6.70	12,184
173	Motley	Matador	—	989.60	0.200	1015
174	Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	—	946.30	34.60	65,728
175	Navarro	Corsicana	—	1,009.70	76.30	56,533
176	Newton	Newton	—	933.70	6.10	11,908
177	Nolan	Sweetwater	—	912	2	14,182
178	Nueces	Corpus Christi	—	839.40	326.20	353,125
179	Ochiltree	Perryton	—	917.70	0.500	9,717
180	Oldham	Vega	—	1,500.50	0.900	1823
181	Orange	Orange	—	333.80	45.70	86,115
182	Palo Pinto	Palo Pinto	—	952.50	33	30,231
183	Panola	Carthage	—	811.40	10	23,022
184	Parker	Weatherford	—	903.70	6.40	179,707
185	Parmer	Farwell	—	880.80	4.40	9,669
186	Pecos	Fort Stockton	—	4,763.80	1	14,712
187	Polk	Livingston	—	1,057.10	52.60	54,258
188	Potter	Amarillo	—	908.40	13.60	114,649
189	Presidio	Marfa	—	3,855.30	0.700	5,686
190	Rains	Emory	—	229.50	29.30	13,306
191	Randall	Canyon	—	912.70	9.70	150,547
192	Reagan	Big Lake	—	1,175.30	0.700	3,139
193	Real	Leakey	—	699.20	0.900	2,772
194	Red River	Clarksville	—	1,043.90	12.80	11,696
195	Reeves	Pecos	—	2,635.40	6.70	11,956
196	Refugio	Refugio	—	770.50	47.80	6,739
197	Roberts	Miami	—	924.10	0.100	837
198	Robertson	Franklin	—	855.20	10.60	17,659
199	Rockwall	Rockwall	—	127.20	21.70	137,044
200	Runnels	Ballinger	—	1,051.10	6	9,751
201	Rusk	Henderson	—	924.20	14.40	53,391
202	Sabine	Hemphill	—	491.70	84.90	10,058
203	San Augustine	San Augustine	—	530.70	61.60	7,767
204	San Jacinto	Coldspring	—	569.20	58.70	29,326
205	San Patricio	Sinton	—	693.30	14.50	71,467
206	San Saba	San Saba	—	1,135.30	3.20	5,508
207	Schleicher	Eldorado	—	1,310.60	0	2,302
208	Scurry	Snyder	—	905.40	2.10	16,211
209	Shackelford	Albany	—	914.30	1.30	3,169
210	Shelby	Center	—	795.60	39	24,192
211	Sherman	Stratford	—	922.90	0.200	2,771
212	Smith	Tyler	—	921.50	28.20	249,091
213	Somervell	Glen Rose	—	186.20	5.50	10,098
214	Starr	Rio Grande City	—	1,223.20	5.90	66,587
215	Stephens	Breckenridge	—	896.70	24.80	9,475
216	Sterling	Sterling City	—	923.40	0.100	1387
217	Stonewall	Aspermont	—	916.30	3.90	1235
218	Sutton	Sonora	—	1,453.90	0.500	3,269
219	Swisher	Tulia	—	890.20	10.50	6,877
220	Tarrant	Fort Worth	—	865.40	38.40	2,230,708
221	Taylor	Abilene	—	915.50	3.80	148,813
222	Terrell	Sanderson	—	2,358	0.100	718
223	Terry	Brownfield	—	888.90	2.10	11,602
224	Throckmorton	Throckmorton	—	912.60	2.90	1532
225	Titus	Mount Pleasant	—	406.30	19.30	31,547
226	Tom Green	San Angelo	—	1,522.30	18.20	120,103
227	Travis	Austin	—	994.40	30.70	1,363,767
228	Trinity	Groveton	—	693.90	20.10	14,489
229	Tyler	Woodville	—	924.30	11.40	20,560
230	Upshur	Gilmer	—	583	9.60	44,050
231	Upton	Rankin	—	1,241.30	0.200	3,128
232	Uvalde	Uvalde	—	1,551.90	6.70	25,138
233	Val Verde	Del Rio	—	3,144.80	87.90	47,999
234	Van Zandt	Canton	—	842.60	17	65,304
235	Victoria	Victoria	—	882.10	6.70	91,949
236	Walker	Huntsville	—	784.20	17.30	83,722
237	Waller	Hempstead	—	513.40	4.60	65,109
238	Ward	Monahans	—	835.60	0.200	11,038
239	Washington	Brenham	—	604.20	17.60	37,810
240	Webb	Laredo	—	3,361.50	14.10	272,823
241	Wharton	Wharton	—	1,086.10	8.20	42,035
242	Wheeler	Wheeler	—	914.50	0.900	4,824
243	Wichita	Wichita Falls	—	627.60	5.30	129,984
244	Wilbarger	Vernon	—	970.90	7	12,455
245	Willacy	Raymondville	—	590.60	194.20	20,027
246	Williamson	Georgetown	—	1,115.90	16	727,480
247	Wilson	Floresville	—	803.70	4.70	55,415
248	Winkler	Kermit	—	841.30	0	7,381
249	Wise	Decatur	—	904.40	18.10	81,275
250	Wood	Quitman	—	645.30	50.50	48,742
251	Yoakum	Plains	—	799.70	0	7,581
252	Young	Graham	—	914.50	16.40	18,236
253	Zapata	Zapata	—	998.40	59.60	13,819
254	Zavala	Crystal City	—	1,297.40	4.30	9,209

Texas Counties: Key Facts

County boundaries in Texas date back to the 19th century, formed as the state expanded west and populations grew. Today, Texas counties vary in both size and population, from rural areas to densely populated urban centers.

Number of counties: 254 (most of any state)
Largest county by area: Brewster County - 6,192 square miles (16,041 km²)
Most populous county: Harris County (Houston) - about 4.7 million residents
Least populous county: Loving County (Mentone) - 64 people (2020 Census)
Smallest county by area: Rockwall County - 149 square miles (386 km²)
Counties with major urban centers: Dallas (Dallas), Harris (Houston), Tarrant (Fort Worth), Bexar (San Antonio), Travis (Austin), El Paso (El Paso)
Time zones: Central Time for most counties; Mountain Time in El Paso and Hudspeth
Neighboring states: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
International border: 1,254 mi (2,018 km) with Mexico along the Rio Grande

The first Texas counties were formed in 1836 after independence from Mexico. County boundaries largely unchanged since 1931 (re-creation of Loving County).