Ranking of Texas Counties By Population in 2015
Updated on January 28, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the Population for Texas was 27.47M. Among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest population (4.56M), followed by Dallas County (2.56M), and Tarrant County (1.99M).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
You can see similar ranking information for related topics, and for other states. You can also see the ranking of all counties in the United States.
Related Topics: Texas Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2015 Census.
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Population in 2015
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 1 | Harris County | 4556559 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 2557615 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 1985664 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 1894811 |
| 5 | Travis County | 1180003 |
| 6 | Collin County | 915014 |
| 7 | Hidalgo County | 838741 |
| 8 | El Paso County | 831382 |
| 9 | Denton County | 778799 |
| 10 | Fort Bend County | 715260 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 535913 |
| 12 | Williamson County | 507728 |
| 13 | Cameron County | 419062 |
| 14 | Nueces County | 360587 |
| 15 | Brazoria County | 345295 |
| 16 | Bell County | 336434 |
| 17 | Galveston County | 321074 |
| 18 | Lubbock County | 298509 |
| 19 | Webb County | 269598 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 255115 |
| 21 | McLennan County | 245471 |
| 22 | Smith County | 222450 |
| 23 | Brazos County | 216339 |
| 24 | Hays County | 194588 |
| 25 | Ellis County | 163331 |
| 26 | Midland County | 162381 |
| 27 | Ector County | 159859 |
| 28 | Johnson County | 159346 |
| 29 | Guadalupe County | 150608 |
| 30 | Taylor County | 136210 |
| 31 | Wichita County | 131050 |
| 32 | Randall County | 130463 |
| 33 | Comal County | 128870 |
| 34 | Parker County | 125691 |
| 35 | Grayson County | 125672 |
| 36 | Gregg County | 123887 |
| 37 | Potter County | 121214 |
| 38 | Tom Green County | 117574 |
| 39 | Kaufman County | 114083 |
| 40 | Bowie County | 93146 |
| 41 | Victoria County | 92130 |
| 42 | Rockwall County | 90258 |
| 43 | Hunt County | 89708 |
| 44 | Angelina County | 87837 |
| 45 | Orange County | 84026 |
| 46 | Bastrop County | 80109 |
| 47 | Liberty County | 79537 |
| 48 | Henderson County | 79509 |
| 49 | Coryell County | 76242 |
| 50 | Walker County | 70825 |
| 51 | San Patricio County | 67121 |
| 52 | Harrison County | 66710 |
| 53 | Nacogdoches County | 65456 |
| 54 | Starr County | 63406 |
| 55 | Wise County | 62813 |
| 56 | Anderson County | 57665 |
| 57 | Maverick County | 57643 |
| 58 | Hardin County | 55767 |
| 59 | Hood County | 55246 |
| 60 | Van Zandt County | 53431 |
| 61 | Rusk County | 52897 |
| 62 | Cherokee County | 51567 |
| 63 | Kerr County | 50869 |
| 64 | Lamar County | 49399 |
| 65 | Val Verde County | 48860 |
| 66 | Waller County | 48663 |
| 67 | Medina County | 48419 |
| 68 | Atascosa County | 48382 |
| 69 | Navarro County | 48167 |
| 70 | Wilson County | 47181 |
| 71 | Polk County | 46617 |
| 72 | Burnet County | 44738 |
| 73 | Wood County | 43142 |
| 74 | Jim Wells County | 41540 |
| 75 | Wharton County | 41369 |
| 76 | Erath County | 41200 |
| 77 | Caldwell County | 40386 |
| 78 | Upshur County | 40343 |
| 79 | Kendall County | 39959 |
| 80 | Cooke County | 39179 |
| 81 | Chambers County | 39025 |
| 82 | Brown County | 37729 |
| 83 | Howard County | 37114 |
| 84 | Matagorda County | 36747 |
| 85 | Hopkins County | 35970 |
| 86 | Jasper County | 35268 |
| 87 | Hill County | 34841 |
| 88 | Washington County | 34820 |
| 89 | Hale County | 34010 |
| 90 | Fannin County | 33501 |
| 91 | Bee County | 32620 |
| 92 | Titus County | 32605 |
| 93 | Kleberg County | 31406 |
| 94 | Cass County | 30137 |
| 95 | Austin County | 29477 |
| 96 | Palo Pinto County | 27963 |
| 97 | San Jacinto County | 27376 |
| 98 | Grimes County | 27302 |
| 99 | Uvalde County | 26948 |
| 100 | Gillespie County | 25913 |
| 101 | Shelby County | 25366 |
| 102 | Fayette County | 24923 |
| 103 | Aransas County | 24812 |
| 104 | Milam County | 24364 |
| 105 | Panola County | 23661 |
| 106 | Limestone County | 23433 |
| 107 | Hockley County | 23291 |
| 108 | Gray County | 23262 |
| 109 | Houston County | 22743 |
| 110 | Calhoun County | 21873 |
| 111 | Willacy County | 21852 |
| 112 | Hutchinson County | 21798 |
| 113 | Moore County | 21709 |
| 114 | Tyler County | 21372 |
| 115 | Bandera County | 21127 |
| 116 | Colorado County | 20946 |
| 117 | DeWitt County | 20632 |
| 118 | Gonzales County | 20492 |
| 119 | Lampasas County | 20362 |
| 120 | Gaines County | 20204 |
| 121 | Llano County | 20080 |
| 122 | Jones County | 19965 |
| 123 | Lavaca County | 19920 |
| 124 | Freestone County | 19745 |
| 125 | Frio County | 19348 |
| 126 | Montague County | 19254 |
| 127 | Deaf Smith County | 18819 |
| 128 | Young County | 18154 |
| 129 | Eastland County | 18151 |
| 130 | Andrews County | 18058 |
| 131 | Bosque County | 17860 |
| 132 | Burleson County | 17612 |
| 133 | Scurry County | 17565 |
| 134 | Falls County | 17215 |
| 135 | Leon County | 17030 |
| 136 | Lee County | 16859 |
| 137 | Robertson County | 16688 |
| 138 | Pecos County | 16022 |
| 139 | Reeves County | 15556 |
| 140 | Karnes County | 15407 |
| 141 | Nolan County | 15128 |
| 142 | Jackson County | 14807 |
| 143 | Trinity County | 14541 |
| 144 | Zapata County | 14474 |
| 145 | Newton County | 14161 |
| 146 | Madison County | 13954 |
| 147 | Callahan County | 13595 |
| 148 | Comanche County | 13392 |
| 149 | Lamb County | 13267 |
| 150 | Wilbarger County | 13059 |
| 151 | Dawson County | 13000 |
| 152 | Terry County | 12761 |
| 153 | Camp County | 12691 |
| 154 | Morris County | 12360 |
| 155 | Red River County | 12344 |
| 156 | Zavala County | 12322 |
| 157 | Live Oak County | 12177 |
| 158 | Ward County | 11630 |
| 159 | Duval County | 11313 |
| 160 | Rains County | 11121 |
| 161 | Blanco County | 11030 |
| 162 | Dimmit County | 10914 |
| 163 | Ochiltree County | 10690 |
| 164 | Franklin County | 10600 |
| 165 | Sabine County | 10451 |
| 166 | Runnels County | 10387 |
| 167 | Clay County | 10363 |
| 168 | Marion County | 10152 |
| 169 | Parmer County | 9791 |
| 170 | Stephens County | 9378 |
| 171 | Brewster County | 9140 |
| 172 | Jack County | 8886 |
| 173 | Mitchell County | 8863 |
| 174 | Archer County | 8762 |
| 175 | Yoakum County | 8635 |
| 176 | Somervell County | 8619 |
| 177 | San Augustine County | 8346 |
| 178 | Coleman County | 8317 |
| 179 | McCulloch County | 8253 |
| 180 | Hamilton County | 8084 |
| 181 | Winkler County | 8028 |
| 182 | Castro County | 7774 |
| 183 | La Salle County | 7635 |
| 184 | Goliad County | 7517 |
| 185 | Swisher County | 7477 |
| 186 | Refugio County | 7331 |
| 187 | Dallam County | 7301 |
| 188 | Bailey County | 7219 |
| 189 | Brooks County | 7203 |
| 190 | Childress County | 7177 |
| 191 | Presidio County | 7048 |
| 192 | Garza County | 6384 |
| 193 | Carson County | 6014 |
| 194 | San Saba County | 5925 |
| 195 | Crosby County | 5918 |
| 196 | Floyd County | 5845 |
| 197 | Haskell County | 5819 |
| 198 | Lynn County | 5746 |
| 199 | Hartley County | 5705 |
| 200 | Wheeler County | 5665 |
| 201 | Hansford County | 5652 |
| 202 | Martin County | 5639 |
| 203 | Jim Hogg County | 5295 |
| 204 | Delta County | 5154 |
| 205 | Crane County | 4991 |
| 206 | Mills County | 4887 |
| 207 | Kimble County | 4387 |
| 208 | Hemphill County | 4283 |
| 209 | Concho County | 4065 |
| 210 | Mason County | 4063 |
| 211 | Hardeman County | 3922 |
| 212 | Sutton County | 3918 |
| 213 | Fisher County | 3876 |
| 214 | Reagan County | 3804 |
| 215 | Knox County | 3790 |
| 216 | Crockett County | 3736 |
| 217 | Upton County | 3658 |
| 218 | Baylor County | 3610 |
| 219 | Kinney County | 3599 |
| 220 | Lipscomb County | 3557 |
| 221 | Hudspeth County | 3534 |
| 222 | Donley County | 3390 |
| 223 | Shackelford County | 3331 |
| 224 | Real County | 3297 |
| 225 | Coke County | 3220 |
| 226 | Schleicher County | 3191 |
| 227 | Hall County | 3093 |
| 228 | Sherman County | 3053 |
| 229 | Collingsworth County | 3007 |
| 230 | Cochran County | 2979 |
| 231 | Culberson County | 2252 |
| 232 | Dickens County | 2203 |
| 233 | Jeff Davis County | 2197 |
| 234 | Menard County | 2135 |
| 235 | Oldham County | 2064 |
| 236 | Edwards County | 1911 |
| 237 | Armstrong County | 1901 |
| 238 | Throckmorton County | 1558 |
| 239 | Irion County | 1555 |
| 240 | Briscoe County | 1515 |
| 241 | Cottle County | 1437 |
| 242 | Stonewall County | 1400 |
| 243 | Glasscock County | 1379 |
| 244 | Sterling County | 1330 |
| 245 | Foard County | 1223 |
| 246 | Motley County | 1146 |
| 247 | Roberts County | 906 |
| 248 | Terrell County | 863 |
| 249 | McMullen County | 831 |
| 250 | Kent County | 746 |
| 251 | Borden County | 655 |
| 252 | Kenedy County | 441 |
| 253 | King County | 280 |
| 254 | Loving County | 119 |