County

Size (Square Miles)

1990 Population

1998 Population (estimated)

Numerical Change in Population

Percent Change in Population

Anderson

1,078.04

48,024

53,424

5,400

11.2

Andrews

1,501.09

14,338

14,731

393

2.7

Angelina

864.51

69,884

79,270

9,386

13.4

Aransas

528.00

17,892

21,111

3,219

18.0

Archer

925.85

7,973

8,688

715

9.0

Armstrong

913.85

2,021

2,105

84

4.2

Atascosa

1,235.73

30,533

35,089

4,556

14.9

Austin

656.43

19,832

22,823

2,991

15.1

Bailey

827.43

7,064

6,769

-295

-4.2

Bandera

797.60

10,562

14,712

4,150

39.3

Bastrop

895.99

38,263

48,929

10,666

27.9

Baylor

901.08

4,385

4,326

-59

-1.3

Bee

880.39

25,135

27,659

2,524

10.0

Bell

1,087.19

191,073

226,952

35,879

18.8

Bexar

1,256.76

1,185,394

1,342,934

157,540

13.3

Blanco

713.46

5,972

7,797

1,825

30.6

Borden

906.11

799

758

-41

-5.1

Bosque

1,002.72

15,125

16,346

1,221

8.1

Bowie

922.83

81,665

82,854

1,189

1.5

Brazoria

1,597.54

191,707

227,523

35,816

18.7

Brazos

590.35

121,862

140,025

18,163

14.9

Brewster

6,193.22

8,653

9,265

612

7.1

Briscoe

901.64

1,971

1,919

-52

-2.6

Brooks

943.67

8,204

8,373

169

2.1

Brown

957.03

34,371

37,175

2,804

8.2

Burleson

677.83

13,625

15,253

1,628

11.9

Burnet

1,020.18

22,677

30,666

7,989

35.2

Caldwell

547.46

26,392

31,306

4,914

18.6

Calhoun

1,032.24

19,053

20,895

1,842

9.7

Callahan

901.33

11,859

12,853

994

8.4

Cameron

1,276.42

260,120

318,737

58,617

22.5

Camp

203.21

9,904

10,850

946

9.6

Carson

924.15

6,576

6,688

112

1.7

Cass

960.41

29,982

31,206

1,224

4.1

Castro

899.39

9,070

8,678

-392

-4.3

Chambers

868.59

20,088

25,401

5,313

26.4

Cherokee

1,062.02

41,049

45,317

4,268

10.4

Childress

713.66

5,953

7,411

1,458

24.5

Clay

1,116.22

10,024

10,872

848

8.5

Cochran

775.34

4,377

4,050

-327

-7.5

Coke

928.07

3,424

3,586

162

4.7

Coleman

1,281.55

9,710

9,951

241

2.5

Collin

885.91

264,036

416,620

152,584

57.8

Collingsworth

919.48

3,573

3,343

-230

-6.4

Colorado

973.68

18,383

19,612

1,229

6.7

Comal

574.65

51,832

72,354

20,522

39.6

Comanche

947.74

13,381

14,679

1,298

9.7

Concho

993.75

3,044

3,096

52

1.7

Cooke

898.87

30,777

34,200

3,423

11.1

Coryell

1,056.81

64,226

76,197

11,971

18.6

Cottle

901.66

2,247

2,106

-141

-6.3

Crane

785.65

4,652

4,583

-69

-1.5

Crockett

2,807.66

4,078

4,711

633

15.5

Crosby

901.74

7,304

7,028

-276

-3.8

Culberson

3,812.94

3,407

3,302

-105

-3.1

Dallam

1,505.37

5,461

5,891

430

7.9

Dallas

908.87

1,852,810

2,032,171

179,361

9.7

Dawson

902.16

14,349

14,911

562

3.9

Deaf Smith

1,498.36

19,153

19,193

40

0.2

Delta

277.94

4,857

5,137

280

5.8

Denton

957.72

273,525

382,389

108,864

39.8

DeWitt

910.55

18,840

20,601

1,761

9.3

Dickens

905.26

2,571

2,314

-257

-10.0

Dimmit

1,334.58

10,433

10,875

442

4.2

Donley

933.09

3,696

3,765

69

1.9

Duval

1,795.82

12,918

13,971

1,053

8.2

Eastland

931.98

18,488

19,025

537

2.9

Ector

901.76

118,934

124,139

5,205

4.4

Edwards

2,120.13

2,266

2,965

699

30.8

Ellis

951.73

85,167

102,200

17,033

20.0

El Paso

1,014.75

591,610

688,626

97,016

16.4

Erath

1,089.88

27,991

31,680

3,689

13.2

Falls

773.86

17,712

18,331

619

3.5

Fannin

899.22

24,804

28,015

3,211

12.9

Fayette

959.92

20,095

21,768

1,673

8.3

Fisher

901.82

4,842

4,464

-378

-7.8

Floyd

992.57

8,497

8,140

-357

-4.2

Foard

707.74

1,794

1,852

58

3.2

Fort Bend

886.11

225,421

324,189

98,768

43.8

Franklin

294.79

7,802

8,747

945

12.1

Freestone

892.20

15,818

17,872

2,054

13.0

Frio

1,134.38

13,472

15,719

2,247

16.7

Gaines

1,502.91

14,123

14,251

128

0.9

Galveston

876.46

217,396

242,253

24,857

11.4

Garza

896.25

5,143

4,987

-156

-3.0

Gillespie

1,061.58

17,204

20,386

3,182

18.5

Glasscock

901.00

1,447

1,341

-106

-7.3

Goliad

859.43

5,980

6,578

598

10.0

Gonzales

1,069.91

17,205

17,971

766

4.5

Gray

929.30

23,967

24,883

916

3.8

Grayson

979.25

95,019

104,202

9,183

9.7

Gregg

276.41

104,948

112,848

7,900

7.5

Grimes

801.27

18,828

22,057

3,229

17.1

Guadalupe

714.23

64,873

75,906

11,033

17.0

Hale

1,004.86

34,671

35,997

1,326

3.8

Hall

904.13

3,905

3,937

32

0.8

Hamilton

836.45

7,733

8,277

544

7.0

Hansford

920.48

5,848

5,572

-276

-4.7

Hardeman

697.05

5,283

5,006

-277

-5.2

Hardin

897.43

41,320

47,553

6,233

15.1

Harris

1,777.89

2,818,101

3,178,995

360,894

12.8

Harrison

915.17

57,483

60,609

3,126

5.4

Hartley

1,463.30

3,634

5,022

1,388

38.2

Haskell

910.33

6,820

6,417

-403

-5.9

Hays

679.85

65,614

86,475

20,861

31.8

Hemphill

912.11

3,720

3,628

-92

-2.5

Henderson

949.09

58,543

68,962

10,419

17.8

Hidalgo

1,582.78

383,545

518,878

135,333

35.3

Hill

985.71

27,146

30,060

2,914

10.7

Hockley

908.57

24,199

24,078

-121

-0.5

Hood

436.82

28,981

34,661

5,680

19.6

Hopkins

792.80

28,833

31,184

2,351

8.2

Houston

1,236.92

21,375

22,125

750

3.5

Howard

904.27

32,343

33,003

660

2.0

Hudspeth

4,572.26

2,915

3,475

560

19.2

Hunt

882.09

64,343

71,039

6,696

10.4

Hutchinson

895.01

25,689

25,614

-75

-0.3

Irion

1,051.68

1,629

1,525

-104

-6.4

Jack

920.18

6,981

7,730

749

10.7

Jackson

857.09

13,039

14,684

1,645

12.6

Jasper

969.68

31,102

34,261

3,159

10.2

Jeff Davis

2,264.77

1,946

2,014

68

3.5

Jefferson

1,111.32

239,389

248,481

9,092

3.8

Jim Hogg

1,136.24

5,109

4,825

-284

-5.6

Jim Wells

868.30

37,679

39,846

2,167

5.8

Johnson

734.49

97,165

114,916

17,751

18.3

Jones

937.21

16,490

17,962

1,472

8.9

Karnes

753.65

12,455

14,392

1,937

15.6

Kaufman

806.87

52,220

63,583

11,363

21.8

Kendall

663.10

14,589

20,659

6,070

41.6

Kenedy

1,945.60

460

422

-38

-8.3

Kent

902.97

1,010

942

-68

-6.7

Kerr

1,107.76

36,304

43,238

6,934

19.1

Kimble

1,251.02

4,122

4,269

147

3.6

King

913.38

354

335

-19

-5.4

Kinney

1,365.40

3,119

3,358

239

7.7

Kleberg

1,090.50

30,274

31,232

958

3.2

Knox

855.50

4,837

4,553

-284

-5.9

Lamar

932.53

43,949

45,766

1,817

4.1

Lamb

1,017.80

15,072

15,207

135

0.9

Lampasas

714.02

13,521

16,775

3,254

24.1

La Salle

1,494.36

5,254

6,120

866

16.5

Lavaca

970.44

18,690

19,821

1,131

6.1

Lee

634.09

12,854

14,463

1,609

12.5

Leon

1,080.47

12,665

14,174

1,509

11.9

Liberty

1,176.33

52,726

65,844

13,118

24.9

Limestone

933.22

20,946

21,527

581

2.8

Lipscomb

932.28

3,143

3,263

120

3.8

Live Oak

1,078.93

9,556

10,159

603

6.3

Llano

966.25

11,631

13,260

1,629

14.0

Loving

676.88

107

95

-12

-11.2

Lubbock

900.74

222,636

231,841

9,205

4.1

Lynn

893.50

6,758

6,587

-171

-2.5

McCulloch

1,073.43

8,778

8,704

-74

-0.8

McLennan

1,060.27

189,123

204,265

15,142

8.0

McMullen

1,142.71

817

763

-54

-6.6

Madison

472.48

10,931

12,324

1,393

12.7

Marion

420.39

9,984

10,697

713

7.1

Martin

915.69

4,956

5,156

200

4.0

Mason

932.26

3,423

3,679

256

7.5

Matagorda

1,612.33

36,928

38,378

1,450

3.9

Maverick

1,291.84

36,378

45,763

9,385

25.8

Medina

1,334.63

27,312

35,894

8,582

31.4

Menard

902.32

2,252

2,360

108

4.8

Midland

902.03

106,611

119,576

12,965

12.2

Milam

1,021.74

22,946

25,139

2,193

9.6

Mills

749.95

4,531

5,366

835

18.4

Mitchell

915.98

8,016

8,962

946

11.8

Montague

938.51

17,274

18,191

917

5.3

Montgomery

1,076.91

182,201

259,999

77,798

42.7

Moore

909.68

17,865

19,595

1,730

9.7

Morris

258.65

13,200

13,467

267

2.0

Motley

989.87

1,532

1,327

-205

-13.4

Nacogdoches

981.41

54,753

59,717

4,964

9.1

Navarro

1,086.27

39,926

43,082

3,156

7.9

Newton

939.57

13,569

14,436

867

6.4

Nolan

914.01

16,594

16,625

31

0.2

Nueces

1,166.58

291,145

312,081

20,936

7.2

Ochiltree

918.14

9,128

9,254

126

1.4

Oldham

1,501.53

2,278

2,376

98

4.3

Orange

379.56

80,509

84,194

3,685

4.6

Palo Pinto

985.56

25,055

26,520

1,465

5.8

Panola

821.39

22,035

22,949

914

4.1

Parker

910.15

64,785

77,525

12,740

19.7

Parmer

885.23

9,863

10,258

395

4.0

Pecos

4,765.11

14,675

15,574

899

6.1

Polk

1,109.91

30,687

42,569

11,882

38.7

Potter

922.06

97,841

109,577

11,736

12.0

Presidio

3,856.54

6,637

7,588

951

14.3

Rains

258.89

6,715

7,603

888

13.2

Randall

922.49

89,673

101,076

11,403

12.7

Reagan

1,176.09

4,514

4,229

-285

-6.3

Real

700.09

2,412

2,629

217

9.0

Red River

1,057.67

14,317

14,496

179

1.3

Reeves

2,642.13

15,852

15,307

-545

-3.4

Refugio

818.72

7,976

8,045

69

0.9

Roberts

924.25

1,025

884

-141

-13.8

Robertson

865.73

15,511

15,555

44

0.3

Rockwall

148.71

25,604

37,863

12,259

47.9

Runnels

1,057.22

11,294

11,672

378

3.3

Rusk

938.70

43,735

45,571

1,836

4.2

Sabine

576.65

9,586

10,720

1,134

11.8

San Augustine

592.25

7,999

8,276

277

3.5

San Jacinto

627.96

16,372

19,700

3,328

20.3

San Patricio

707.11

58,749

67,205

8,456

14.4

San Saba

1,138.33

5,401

5,535

134

2.5

Schleicher

1,310.74

2,990

3,372

382

12.8

Scurry

907.61

18,634

18,720

86

0.5

Shackelford

915.61

3,316

3,416

100

3.0

Shelby

834.60

22,034

23,265

1,231

5.6

Sherman

923.27

2,858

3,083

225

7.9

Smith

949.55

151,309

166,275

14,966

9.9

Somervell

191.91

5,360

5,930

570

10.6

Starr

1,229.38

40,518

50,970

10,452

25.8

Stephens

921.55

9,010

9,882

872

9.7

Sterling

923.58

1,438

1,397

-41

-2.9

Stonewall

920.31

2,013

1,800

-213

-10.6

Sutton

1,454.52

4,135

4,458

323

7.8

Swisher

900.74

8,133

8,432

299

3.7

Tarrant

897.55

1,170,103

1,340,037

169,934

14.5

Taylor

919.34

119,655

127,877

8,222

6.9

Terrell

2,357.94

1,410

1,163

-247

-17.5

Terry

890.96

13,218

13,295

77

0.6

Throckmorton

915.54

1,880

1,626

-254

-13.5

Titus

425.72

24,009

26,199

2,190

9.1

Tom Green

1,540.63

98,458

105,578

7,120

7.2

Travis

1,022.19

576,407

699,981

123,574

21.4

Trinity

714.05

11,445

12,666

1,221

10.7

Tyler

935.77

16,646

19,799

3,153

18.9

Upshur

592.72

31,370

34,601

3,231

10.3

Upton

1,241.93

4,447

4,030

-417

-9.4

Uvalde

1,558.71

23,340

25,071

1,731

7.4

Val Verde

3,232.70

38,721

42,813

4,092

10.6

Van Zandt

859.56

37,944

43,191

5,247

13.8

Victoria

888.81

74,361

83,362

9,001

12.1

Walker

801.50

50,917

57,830

6,913

13.6

Waller

518.49

23,389

29,183

5,794

24.8

Ward

835.81

13,115

12,761

-354

-2.7

Washington

621.40

26,154

30,030

3,876

14.8

Webb

3,375.70

133,239

189,037

55,798

41.9

Wharton

1,094.51

39,955

41,289

1,334

3.3

Wheeler

915.39

5,879

5,969

90

1.5

Wichita

633.04

122,378

127,975

5,597

4.6

Wilbarger

978.16

15,121

15,349

228

1.5

Willacy

784.27

17,705

19,217

1,512

8.5

Williamson

1,136.50

139,551

212,893

73,342

52.6

Wilson

808.64

22,650

29,378

6,728

29.7

Winkler

841.29

8,626

8,355

-271

-3.1

Wise

922.84

34,679

42,206

7,527

21.7

Wood

695.87

29,380

33,380

4,000

13.6

Yoakum

799.79

8,786

8,519

-267

-3.0

Young

930.90

18,126

17,822

-304

-1.7

Zapata

1,058.18

9,279

10,505

1,226

13.2

Zavala

1,301.82

12,162

11,771

-391

-3.2