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.

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Ranking of Texas Counties By Population in 2018
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Population in 2018
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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