Ranking of Texas Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
Updated on October 17, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Texas counties, Dallas County had the highest population density per square mile (2.99K people per sqr mile), followed by Harris County (2.77K people per sqr mile), and Tarrant County (2.44K people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Loving County had the lowest population density (0.10 people per sqr mile), followed by Kenedy County (0.24 people per sqr mile), and King County (0.29 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Texas Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas County | 2993.56 |
| 2 | Harris County | 2771.67 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 2439.24 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 1620.01 |
| 5 | Travis County | 1297.91 |
| 6 | Collin County | 1265.33 |
| 7 | Denton County | 1031.78 |
| 8 | Fort Bend County | 954.81 |
| 9 | Galveston County | 924.58 |
| 10 | El Paso County | 854.35 |
| 11 | Rockwall County | 847.60 |
| 12 | Montgomery County | 595.33 |
| 13 | Hidalgo County | 554.30 |
| 14 | Williamson County | 545.80 |
| 15 | Cameron County | 472.15 |
| 16 | Gregg County | 454.46 |
| 17 | Nueces County | 420.92 |
| 18 | Brazos County | 398.97 |
| 19 | Hays County | 356.16 |
| 20 | Bell County | 351.71 |
| 21 | Lubbock County | 346.85 |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 292.58 |
| 23 | Comal County | 288.64 |
| 24 | Brazoria County | 272.89 |
| 25 | Orange County | 254.08 |
| 26 | Smith County | 253.38 |
| 27 | McLennan County | 251.37 |
| 28 | Johnson County | 248.25 |
| 29 | Guadalupe County | 242.82 |
| 30 | Wichita County | 206.11 |
| 31 | Ellis County | 205.67 |
| 32 | Midland County | 188.80 |
| 33 | Kaufman County | 186.11 |
| 34 | Ector County | 183.96 |
| 35 | Parker County | 164.01 |
| 36 | Taylor County | 156.42 |
| 37 | Randall County | 154.21 |
| 38 | Hood County | 146.42 |
| 39 | Grayson County | 145.30 |
| 40 | Potter County | 130.48 |
| 41 | Hunt County | 118.94 |
| 42 | Waller County | 110.65 |
| 43 | Bastrop County | 109.45 |
| 44 | Angelina County | 108.28 |
| 45 | Bowie County | 104.97 |
| 46 | Victoria County | 103.52 |
| 47 | San Patricio County | 99.15 |
| 48 | Walker County | 97.42 |
| 49 | Aransas County | 94.54 |
| 50 | Henderson County | 94.02 |
| 51 | Caldwell County | 84.26 |
| 52 | Webb County | 79.46 |
| 53 | Liberty County | 79.10 |
| 54 | Coryell County | 78.97 |
| 55 | Tom Green County | 78.85 |
| 56 | Chambers County | 78.00 |
| 57 | Titus County | 76.95 |
| 58 | Harrison County | 76.48 |
| 59 | Wise County | 75.89 |
| 60 | Van Zandt County | 70.67 |
| 61 | Upshur County | 70.14 |
| 62 | Wood County | 69.50 |
| 63 | Nacogdoches County | 68.32 |
| 64 | Kendall County | 66.84 |
| 65 | Camp County | 63.64 |
| 66 | Hardin County | 63.14 |
| 67 | Wilson County | 61.90 |
| 68 | Washington County | 59.26 |
| 69 | Rusk County | 56.50 |
| 70 | Lamar County | 55.20 |
| 71 | Anderson County | 54.51 |
| 72 | Starr County | 53.89 |
| 73 | Rains County | 53.01 |
| 74 | Navarro County | 52.12 |
| 75 | Burnet County | 49.39 |
| 75 | Somervell County | 49.39 |
| 76 | San Jacinto County | 48.14 |
| 77 | Hopkins County | 47.94 |
| 78 | Cherokee County | 47.88 |
| 79 | Kerr County | 47.67 |
| 80 | Cooke County | 47.63 |
| 81 | Morris County | 47.51 |
| 82 | Polk County | 47.42 |
| 83 | Austin County | 46.66 |
| 84 | Maverick County | 45.24 |
| 85 | Jim Wells County | 44.95 |
| 86 | Brown County | 40.34 |
| 87 | Atascosa County | 40.16 |
| 88 | Fannin County | 40.03 |
| 89 | Calhoun County | 39.66 |
| 90 | Erath County | 39.28 |
| 91 | Howard County | 38.70 |
| 92 | Medina County | 38.29 |
| 93 | Wharton County | 38.27 |
| 94 | Hill County | 37.41 |
| 95 | Grimes County | 37.17 |
| 96 | Franklin County | 36.42 |
| 97 | Bee County | 35.27 |
| 98 | Kleberg County | 35.22 |
| 99 | Jasper County | 35.14 |
| 100 | Willacy County | 34.14 |
| 101 | Matagorda County | 33.17 |
| 102 | Hale County | 32.37 |
| 103 | Cass County | 30.37 |
| 104 | Lampasas County | 30.35 |
| 105 | Shelby County | 30.19 |
| 106 | Palo Pinto County | 29.82 |
| 107 | Madison County | 28.87 |
| 108 | Lee County | 27.79 |
| 109 | Panola County | 27.72 |
| 110 | Burleson County | 26.77 |
| 111 | Bandera County | 26.36 |
| 112 | Fayette County | 25.72 |
| 113 | Marion County | 25.53 |
| 114 | Gillespie County | 25.26 |
| 115 | Limestone County | 24.46 |
| 116 | Milam County | 24.36 |
| 117 | Moore County | 23.74 |
| 118 | Hockley County | 23.71 |
| 119 | Hutchinson County | 23.23 |
| 120 | Gray County | 22.92 |
| 121 | Llano County | 22.74 |
| 122 | Falls County | 22.17 |
| 123 | Freestone County | 22.14 |
| 124 | DeWitt County | 21.81 |
| 125 | Montague County | 21.45 |
| 126 | Tyler County | 21.42 |
| 127 | Colorado County | 21.41 |
| 128 | Jones County | 21.18 |
| 129 | Lavaca County | 20.97 |
| 130 | Delta County | 20.36 |
| 131 | Sabine County | 20.12 |
| 132 | Karnes County | 19.67 |
| 133 | Trinity County | 19.61 |
| 134 | Robertson County | 19.60 |
| 135 | Young County | 19.54 |
| 136 | Eastland County | 19.13 |
| 137 | Scurry County | 18.70 |
| 138 | Bosque County | 18.55 |
| 139 | Gonzales County | 18.42 |
| 140 | Jackson County | 18.07 |
| 141 | Houston County | 17.93 |
| 142 | Frio County | 16.22 |
| 143 | Nolan County | 16.16 |
| 144 | Blanco County | 16.04 |
| 145 | Uvalde County | 15.83 |
| 146 | Callahan County | 15.24 |
| 147 | Val Verde County | 15.13 |
| 148 | San Augustine County | 14.92 |
| 149 | Leon County | 14.65 |
| 150 | Comanche County | 14.50 |
| 151 | Gaines County | 14.38 |
| 152 | Ward County | 13.94 |
| 153 | Zapata County | 13.91 |
| 154 | Dawson County | 13.84 |
| 155 | Terry County | 13.31 |
| 156 | Wilbarger County | 13.27 |
| 157 | Newton County | 13.09 |
| 158 | Lamb County | 12.84 |
| 159 | Deaf Smith County | 12.42 |
| 160 | Andrews County | 12.40 |
| 161 | Parmer County | 11.20 |
| 162 | Red River County | 11.10 |
| 163 | Ochiltree County | 10.91 |
| 164 | Live Oak County | 10.90 |
| 165 | Stephens County | 10.15 |
| 166 | Mitchell County | 9.87 |
| 167 | Hamilton County | 9.84 |
| 168 | Yoakum County | 9.62 |
| 169 | Childress County | 9.57 |
| 170 | Archer County | 9.48 |
| 171 | Runnels County | 9.42 |
| 172 | Clay County | 9.39 |
| 173 | Jack County | 9.30 |
| 174 | Winkler County | 9.26 |
| 175 | Refugio County | 8.75 |
| 176 | Bailey County | 8.35 |
| 177 | Castro County | 8.24 |
| 178 | Goliad County | 8.23 |
| 179 | Swisher County | 7.83 |
| 180 | Brooks County | 7.50 |
| 181 | Zavala County | 7.45 |
| 182 | McCulloch County | 7.16 |
| 183 | Garza County | 6.51 |
| 184 | Dimmit County | 6.48 |
| 185 | Carson County | 6.31 |
| 186 | Lynn County | 6.27 |
| 187 | Coleman County | 6.08 |
| 188 | Haskell County | 6.00 |
| 189 | Crane County | 5.96 |
| 189 | Mills County | 5.96 |
| 190 | Hansford County | 5.75 |
| 191 | Martin County | 5.72 |
| 192 | Crosby County | 5.70 |
| 193 | Reeves County | 5.60 |
| 194 | Duval County | 5.48 |
| 195 | Wheeler County | 5.46 |
| 196 | Floyd County | 5.45 |
| 197 | Hardeman County | 5.11 |
| 198 | San Saba County | 5.05 |
| 199 | Dallam County | 4.73 |
| 200 | La Salle County | 4.48 |
| 201 | Jim Hogg County | 4.26 |
| 201 | Mason County | 4.26 |
| 202 | Fisher County | 4.09 |
| 203 | Baylor County | 3.99 |
| 204 | Real County | 3.95 |
| 205 | Knox County | 3.94 |
| 206 | Hemphill County | 3.73 |
| 207 | Hartley County | 3.68 |
| 208 | Coke County | 3.60 |
| 209 | Donley County | 3.52 |
| 210 | Kimble County | 3.43 |
| 211 | Shackelford County | 3.40 |
| 212 | Concho County | 3.36 |
| 213 | Cochran County | 3.29 |
| 214 | Lipscomb County | 3.28 |
| 215 | Hall County | 3.20 |
| 216 | Pecos County | 3.19 |
| 217 | Sherman County | 3.02 |
| 218 | Collingsworth County | 2.89 |
| 219 | Reagan County | 2.88 |
| 220 | Upton County | 2.67 |
| 221 | Sutton County | 2.32 |
| 222 | Kinney County | 2.30 |
| 223 | Menard County | 2.17 |
| 224 | Armstrong County | 2.03 |
| 225 | Dickens County | 1.96 |
| 226 | Schleicher County | 1.87 |
| 227 | Briscoe County | 1.59 |
| 227 | Presidio County | 1.59 |
| 228 | Throckmorton County | 1.58 |
| 229 | Foard County | 1.56 |
| 230 | Brewster County | 1.54 |
| 231 | Cottle County | 1.53 |
| 232 | Sterling County | 1.49 |
| 233 | Irion County | 1.44 |
| 234 | Stonewall County | 1.36 |
| 235 | Glasscock County | 1.24 |
| 236 | Oldham County | 1.17 |
| 237 | Crockett County | 1.10 |
| 238 | Motley County | 1.07 |
| 239 | Roberts County | 0.90 |
| 240 | Jeff Davis County | 0.88 |
| 241 | Kent County | 0.83 |
| 242 | Borden County | 0.70 |
| 242 | Hudspeth County | 0.70 |
| 243 | Edwards County | 0.67 |
| 244 | Culberson County | 0.57 |
| 245 | McMullen County | 0.53 |
| 246 | Terrell County | 0.32 |
| 247 | King County | 0.29 |
| 248 | Kenedy County | 0.24 |
| 249 | Loving County | 0.10 |