Haskell County area

Haskell County, Texas covers 910.3 square miles: 903.1 square miles of land and 7.129 square miles of water. Its county seat is Haskell. An estimated 5,499 people lived there in 2025.

Official Census measurements · GEOID 482072026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area903.1 mi²
Water area7.129 mi²
Population (2025)5,499
People per mi²6.1

County outline

Generalized outline of Haskell County, Texas
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Haskell County is located

Haskell County highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 99.2% of Haskell County’s measured area and water for 0.8%. Its combined area converts to 2,357.6 square kilometers or approximately 582,568 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land903.1332,339.104578,005.1
Water7.12918.4644,562.6
Total910.2622,357.568582,567.7

How Haskell County compares

By original Census land area, Haskell County ranks #137 of 254 in Texas and #838 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.994 times the Texas county-equivalent median of 908.7 square miles. It accounts for 0.3% of the combined county land area in the state.

See the complete Texas ranking · What counts as a county equivalent?

Population and density of Haskell County

The Census Bureau estimates that 5,499 people lived in Haskell County on July 1, 2025. That ranks #2,854 of 3,222 county equivalents nationally and #195 of 254 in Texas. Since the April 1, 2020 estimates base of 5,420, the population has grown by 79 (+1.5%), compared with +8.8% for Texas as a whole.

With 903.1 square miles of land, that is 6.1 people per square mile (2.4 per km²), placing Haskell County #2,802 nationally for density and #188 in Texas. The median county equivalent has 47 people per square mile; the Texas median is 22. Put another way, there are about 105 acres of land per resident.

Estimated population, 2020–2025 · line scaled to this county’s own range
July 1202020212022202320242025
Estimate5,4395,3865,4225,4435,4705,499
Change—−53+36+21+27+29

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. Estimates are revised each year and are not decennial census counts. Density divides the whole population by the whole county’s land area, so it describes an average, not how settlement is distributed within the county. Population sources and methods.

Cities and towns in Haskell County

6 incorporated places lie at least partly in Haskell County. Together they are home to 4,225 people (76.8%); the other 1,274 (23.2%) live outside any incorporated place, in unincorporated communities and rural areas.

The largest is Haskell city, with 3,095 residents in the county. By land, Stamford city is the largest at 5.961 mi² across all its counties.

Incorporated placePopulation 2025Since 2020Land mi²
Haskell cityCounty seat3,095+0.4%3.598
Rule town569+1.6%0.697
Rochester town255+2%0.342
Weinert city175+1.2%0.483
O'Brien city91+1.1%0.504
Stamford cityAlso in 1 other county40+11.1%5.961

Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 subcounty estimates, counting only the part of each place inside Haskell County. Land: 2026 Census Gazetteer, for the whole place even where it extends into other counties. How communities are listed.

Metropolitan area

Haskell County is not part of any metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area in the Office of Management and Budget’s July 2023 delineation; 1,306 other county equivalents are also outside one. These areas are built around an urban core of at least 10,000 people plus the counties tied to it by commuting, so counties outside them are generally rural.

ZIP codes

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Haskell County; 6 of them have most of their land inside the county, and the others mainly cover neighboring areas.

7637176388795037952179529795337953979544795477954879553

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas, from the 2020 Census relationship files. Lighter codes have less than half of their land in this county. Post-office-box and single-address ZIP Codes have no tabulation area.

Counties bordering Haskell County

Haskell County shares a land border with 5 county equivalents. It has more land than 1 of them. The largest neighbor is Jones County (928.6 mi²) and the smallest is Knox County (850.6 mi²). Together with its neighbors, Haskell County forms a block of 5,425.5 mi² of land, of which it holds 16.6%.

Map of Haskell County and the 5 county equivalents that border it Stonewall County, Texas: 916.3 mi² landThrockmorton County, Texas: 912.6 mi² landKnox County, Texas: 850.6 mi² landJones County, Texas: 928.6 mi² landShackelford County, Texas: 914.3 mi² land
Haskell County (dark) and its bordering county equivalents. Select a neighbor to open its profile. Drawn from the 2025 Census cartographic boundaries in an equal-area projection. How borders are determined.
Bordering county equivalentLand mi²Size vs. HaskellCompare
Jones County928.6about the sameCompare
Stonewall County916.3about the sameCompare
Shackelford County914.3about the sameCompare
Throckmorton County912.6about the sameCompare
Knox County850.61.1× smallerCompare

How big is Haskell County compared with U.S. states?

Haskell County has less land than any of the 50 states. Rhode Island, the smallest state by land area, has 1,033.9 mi², about 1.1 times as much. Texas’s county land could hold about 289 areas the size of Haskell County.

Land area: Haskell County and the closest-sized states
Haskell County903.1 mi²
Rhode Island1,033.9 mi²

Another way to picture it: the same land area would fill a square about 30.1 miles (48.4 km) on each side. Real county shapes are rarely square, so this is a scale reference rather than a width or driving distance.

State figures are the sums of each state’s county-equivalent land measurements in the same Census release, so states and counties are compared on the same basis. Published state totals can differ slightly because of rounding. Compare all states · Counties bigger than entire states.

What stands out about Haskell County?

Haskell County has more land than 2,384 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Haskell County903.1 mi²
Texas median908.7 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Haskell County at #930 nationally by total area, 92 places farther from the top than its land rank. Other county equivalents gain more area when their water measurements are included.

Its water share is 0.8%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 0.4 percentage points lower. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Haskell County in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#837Archer County, Texas903.3Compare
#838Haskell County, Texas903.1This county
#839Orange County, Florida903Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 33.175964, -99.730774. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 2,339,103,795 m²; AWATER: 18,465,208 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

Download the official county source ZIP ↗ · Methodology

Common questions

How big is Haskell County?

Haskell County, Texas has 903.1 square miles (2,339.1 km²) of land and 7.129 square miles of water, for a total area of 910.3 square miles. It ranks #838 of 3,222 U.S. county equivalents by land area.

Is Haskell County the largest county in Texas?

No. Haskell County ranks #137 of 254 in Texas by land area. The largest is Brewster County, with 6,183.8 square miles of land.

What counties border Haskell County?

Haskell County shares a land border with Stonewall County, Throckmorton County, Knox County, Jones County, and Shackelford County.

What is the population of Haskell County?

The Census Bureau estimates Haskell County had 5,499 residents on July 1, 2025, ranking #2,854 of 3,222 county equivalents. That is 6.1 people per square mile of land.

What is the county seat of Haskell County?

The county seat of Haskell County is Haskell.

What cities and towns are in Haskell County?

Haskell County has 6 incorporated places. The most populous five are Haskell city, Rule town, Rochester town, Weinert city, and O'Brien city; 1,274 residents live outside any incorporated place.

Is Haskell County part of a metropolitan area?

No. Haskell County is outside every metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area in the July 2023 OMB delineation.

How many ZIP codes are in Haskell County?

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Haskell County, and 6 of them have most of their land inside the county. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate USPS ZIP Code areas.

How does Haskell County compare with U.S. states?

It has less land than every state. Rhode Island, the smallest, has 1.1 times as much land.

How many acres of land are in Haskell County?

The land measurement converts to approximately 578,005 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 582,568 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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