Ranking of Texas Counties By Population in 2018
Updated on January 28, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Population for Texas was 28.63M. Among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest population (4.68M), followed by Dallas County (2.63M), and Tarrant County (2.08M).
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), 2018 Census.
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Population in 2018
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 1 | Harris County | 4676913 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 2629764 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 2080998 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 1981061 |
| 5 | Travis County | 1246693 |
| 6 | Collin County | 1006012 |
| 7 | Hidalgo County | 860765 |
| 8 | Denton County | 858148 |
| 9 | El Paso County | 835590 |
| 10 | Fort Bend County | 789269 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 590127 |
| 12 | Williamson County | 567465 |
| 13 | Cameron County | 421446 |
| 14 | Brazoria County | 369470 |
| 15 | Nueces County | 362177 |
| 16 | Bell County | 355722 |
| 17 | Galveston County | 337639 |
| 18 | Lubbock County | 308084 |
| 19 | Webb County | 274734 |
| 20 | McLennan County | 254204 |
| 21 | Jefferson County | 252655 |
| 22 | Smith County | 229860 |
| 23 | Brazos County | 226011 |
| 24 | Hays County | 222928 |
| 25 | Ellis County | 179094 |
| 26 | Midland County | 172537 |
| 27 | Johnson County | 171294 |
| 28 | Guadalupe County | 163397 |
| 29 | Ector County | 161859 |
| 30 | Comal County | 148230 |
| 31 | Parker County | 138254 |
| 32 | Taylor County | 137319 |
| 33 | Randall County | 135745 |
| 34 | Grayson County | 133780 |
| 35 | Wichita County | 132046 |
| 36 | Kaufman County | 128512 |
| 37 | Gregg County | 123362 |
| 38 | Potter County | 118344 |
| 39 | Tom Green County | 118299 |
| 40 | Rockwall County | 100592 |
| 41 | Hunt County | 96667 |
| 42 | Bowie County | 93922 |
| 43 | Victoria County | 91829 |
| 44 | Angelina County | 86854 |
| 45 | Bastrop County | 86590 |
| 46 | Liberty County | 85834 |
| 47 | Orange County | 83207 |
| 48 | Henderson County | 82155 |
| 49 | Coryell County | 74791 |
| 50 | Walker County | 73037 |
| 51 | Wise County | 68251 |
| 52 | Harrison County | 66693 |
| 53 | San Patricio County | 66576 |
| 54 | Nacogdoches County | 65039 |
| 55 | Starr County | 64017 |
| 56 | Hood County | 60249 |
| 57 | Anderson County | 58138 |
| 58 | Maverick County | 57970 |
| 59 | Hardin County | 57175 |
| 60 | Van Zandt County | 56025 |
| 61 | Rusk County | 54246 |
| 62 | Waller County | 53568 |
| 63 | Kerr County | 52359 |
| 64 | Cherokee County | 52299 |
| 65 | Medina County | 50933 |
| 66 | Atascosa County | 50325 |
| 67 | Wilson County | 50150 |
| 68 | Polk County | 49933 |
| 69 | Lamar County | 49672 |
| 70 | Navarro County | 49556 |
| 71 | Val Verde County | 49048 |
| 72 | Burnet County | 47377 |
| 73 | Kendall County | 45614 |
| 74 | Wood County | 45242 |
| 75 | Caldwell County | 43129 |
| 76 | Erath County | 42251 |
| 77 | Chambers County | 42128 |
| 78 | Wharton County | 41515 |
| 79 | Upshur County | 41150 |
| 80 | Jim Wells County | 40799 |
| 81 | Cooke County | 40434 |
| 82 | Brown County | 37750 |
| 83 | Hopkins County | 36690 |
| 84 | Matagorda County | 36583 |
| 85 | Hill County | 36178 |
| 86 | Howard County | 35813 |
| 87 | Jasper County | 35802 |
| 88 | Washington County | 35485 |
| 89 | Fannin County | 35258 |
| 90 | Hale County | 33501 |
| 91 | Titus County | 32767 |
| 92 | Bee County | 32494 |
| 93 | Kleberg County | 30718 |
| 94 | Cass County | 30125 |
| 95 | Austin County | 30000 |
| 96 | Palo Pinto County | 28843 |
| 97 | San Jacinto County | 28724 |
| 98 | Grimes County | 28280 |
| 99 | Uvalde County | 26805 |
| 100 | Gillespie County | 26706 |
| 101 | Shelby County | 25300 |
| 102 | Fayette County | 25272 |
| 103 | Milam County | 24970 |
| 104 | Aransas County | 23283 |
| 105 | Limestone County | 23251 |
| 106 | Panola County | 23069 |
| 107 | Houston County | 23033 |
| 108 | Hockley County | 22929 |
| 109 | Bandera County | 22816 |
| 110 | Gray County | 22006 |
| 111 | Llano County | 21670 |
| 112 | Tyler County | 21593 |
| 113 | Calhoun County | 21455 |
| 114 | Willacy County | 21414 |
| 115 | Colorado County | 21317 |
| 116 | Lampasas County | 21144 |
| 117 | Hutchinson County | 21068 |
| 118 | Moore County | 21053 |
| 119 | Gaines County | 20799 |
| 120 | Gonzales County | 20768 |
| 121 | Frio County | 20121 |
| 122 | Lavaca County | 20086 |
| 123 | DeWitt County | 20042 |
| 124 | Jones County | 19833 |
| 125 | Freestone County | 19786 |
| 126 | Montague County | 19596 |
| 127 | Deaf Smith County | 18686 |
| 128 | Bosque County | 18598 |
| 129 | Burleson County | 18329 |
| 130 | Eastland County | 18278 |
| 131 | Andrews County | 18063 |
| 132 | Young County | 17953 |
| 133 | Leon County | 17289 |
| 134 | Robertson County | 17237 |
| 135 | Falls County | 17225 |
| 136 | Lee County | 17113 |
| 137 | Scurry County | 16838 |
| 138 | Karnes County | 15715 |
| 139 | Pecos County | 15673 |
| 140 | Reeves County | 15486 |
| 141 | Nolan County | 14845 |
| 142 | Jackson County | 14826 |
| 143 | Trinity County | 14672 |
| 144 | Madison County | 14417 |
| 145 | Zapata County | 14151 |
| 146 | Callahan County | 13986 |
| 147 | Newton County | 13784 |
| 148 | Comanche County | 13519 |
| 149 | Lamb County | 13087 |
| 150 | Camp County | 12974 |
| 151 | Wilbarger County | 12753 |
| 152 | Dawson County | 12551 |
| 153 | Terry County | 12311 |
| 154 | Morris County | 12269 |
| 155 | Red River County | 12141 |
| 156 | Live Oak County | 12120 |
| 157 | Rains County | 12056 |
| 158 | Zavala County | 11934 |
| 159 | Ward County | 11691 |
| 160 | Blanco County | 11661 |
| 161 | Duval County | 11124 |
| 162 | Franklin County | 10776 |
| 163 | Sabine County | 10541 |
| 164 | Clay County | 10439 |
| 165 | Dimmit County | 10176 |
| 166 | Runnels County | 10167 |
| 167 | Marion County | 9915 |
| 168 | Ochiltree County | 9861 |
| 169 | Parmer County | 9666 |
| 170 | Stephens County | 9419 |
| 171 | Brewster County | 9236 |
| 172 | Somervell County | 9017 |
| 173 | Jack County | 8826 |
| 174 | Archer County | 8778 |
| 175 | Yoakum County | 8520 |
| 176 | Hamilton County | 8492 |
| 177 | Coleman County | 8364 |
| 178 | San Augustine County | 8251 |
| 179 | Mitchell County | 8201 |
| 180 | McCulloch County | 7960 |
| 181 | Winkler County | 7743 |
| 182 | Goliad County | 7583 |
| 183 | Castro County | 7529 |
| 184 | La Salle County | 7507 |
| 185 | Swisher County | 7400 |
| 186 | Childress County | 7265 |
| 187 | Dallam County | 7262 |
| 188 | Brooks County | 7084 |
| 189 | Refugio County | 6921 |
| 190 | Bailey County | 6901 |
| 191 | Presidio County | 6764 |
| 192 | Garza County | 6227 |
| 193 | San Saba County | 6056 |
| 194 | Carson County | 5966 |
| 195 | Lynn County | 5846 |
| 196 | Floyd County | 5801 |
| 197 | Crosby County | 5743 |
| 198 | Haskell County | 5689 |
| 199 | Martin County | 5668 |
| 200 | Hartley County | 5556 |
| 201 | Hansford County | 5456 |
| 202 | Delta County | 5311 |
| 203 | Jim Hogg County | 5160 |
| 204 | Wheeler County | 5136 |
| 205 | Mills County | 4865 |
| 206 | Hudspeth County | 4782 |
| 207 | Crane County | 4718 |
| 208 | Kimble County | 4332 |
| 209 | Mason County | 4263 |
| 210 | Hardeman County | 3914 |
| 211 | Hemphill County | 3850 |
| 212 | Fisher County | 3798 |
| 213 | Sutton County | 3749 |
| 214 | Reagan County | 3728 |
| 215 | Kinney County | 3690 |
| 216 | Knox County | 3651 |
| 217 | Upton County | 3632 |
| 218 | Baylor County | 3565 |
| 219 | Real County | 3475 |
| 220 | Crockett County | 3448 |
| 221 | Coke County | 3317 |
| 222 | Lipscomb County | 3315 |
| 223 | Donley County | 3292 |
| 224 | Shackelford County | 3258 |
| 225 | Sherman County | 3094 |
| 226 | Hall County | 3038 |
| 227 | Collingsworth County | 2928 |
| 228 | Schleicher County | 2883 |
| 229 | Cochran County | 2816 |
| 230 | Concho County | 2679 |
| 231 | Jeff Davis County | 2243 |
| 232 | Dickens County | 2200 |
| 233 | Culberson County | 2176 |
| 234 | Oldham County | 2122 |
| 235 | Menard County | 2103 |
| 236 | Edwards County | 1903 |
| 237 | Armstrong County | 1859 |
| 238 | Irion County | 1541 |
| 239 | Briscoe County | 1511 |
| 240 | Throckmorton County | 1485 |
| 241 | Glasscock County | 1397 |
| 242 | Cottle County | 1375 |
| 243 | Stonewall County | 1345 |
| 244 | Sterling County | 1306 |
| 245 | Motley County | 1234 |
| 246 | Foard County | 1183 |
| 247 | Roberts County | 889 |
| 248 | Terrell County | 792 |
| 249 | McMullen County | 727 |
| 250 | Kent County | 724 |
| 251 | Borden County | 650 |
| 252 | Kenedy County | 419 |
| 253 | King County | 275 |
| 254 | Loving County | 149 |