TX · 2026 Census Gazetteer

Texas counties by area

Official, comparable measurements for 254 counties and county equivalents.

Source fields preservedGEOID · ALAND · AWATER
County equivalents254
Combined land261,259.5 mi²
Combined water7,339.6 mi²
Largest by landBrewster County

Understanding Texas’s county areas

The land-area range runs from Rockwall County at 127.2 mi² to Brewster County at 6,183.8 mi². The largest has 48.6 times the land area of the smallest and accounts for 2.4% of the combined county land in Texas.

The median county-equivalent land area is 908.7 mi², above the national median of 604.5 mi². The median describes the middle of the county size distribution; it does not describe how people or development are distributed. A state with a few very large counties can have a much smaller median than its largest entry suggests.

Where water changes the picture

Calhoun County has the most assigned water area, at 525.7 mi². Galveston County has the highest water share, with water making up 56.6% of its total area. Water area and water percentage answer different questions: the first measures an amount, while the second measures the mix of land and water.

Across all 254 entries, water accounts for 2.7% of the combined total area. This is calculated from the summed land and water measurements, rather than averaging county percentages, which would give each small and large county equal weight.

Compare the largest and smallest county equivalents in Texas to see land, water, and total area on the same scale.

These calculations use the 2026 Census county records listed below. County-equivalent boundaries vary between states; area alone does not measure population, density, or usable land. See coverage and calculation rules.

Complete area table

Sorted from largest to smallest land area.

#County / equivalentLandWaterWater share
1Brewster CountyGEOID 480436,183.8 mi²8.5 mi²0.1%
2Pecos CountyGEOID 483714,763.8 mi²1 mi²0%
3Hudspeth CountyGEOID 482294,570.5 mi²0.8 mi²0%
4Presidio CountyGEOID 483773,855.3 mi²0.7 mi²0%
5Culberson CountyGEOID 481093,812.2 mi²0.2 mi²0%
6Webb CountyGEOID 484793,361.5 mi²14.1 mi²0.4%
7Val Verde CountyGEOID 484653,144.8 mi²87.9 mi²2.7%
8Crockett CountyGEOID 481052,807.3 mi²0 mi²0%
9Reeves CountyGEOID 483892,635.4 mi²6.7 mi²0.3%
10Terrell CountyGEOID 484432,358 mi²0.1 mi²0%
11Jeff Davis CountyGEOID 482432,264.6 mi²0.1 mi²0%
12Edwards CountyGEOID 481372,117.9 mi²2 mi²0.1%
13Duval CountyGEOID 481311,793.5 mi²2.1 mi²0.1%
14Harris CountyGEOID 482011,707.3 mi²69.7 mi²3.9%
15Hidalgo CountyGEOID 482151,571.2 mi²11.6 mi²0.7%
16Uvalde CountyGEOID 484631,551.9 mi²6.7 mi²0.4%
17Tom Green CountyGEOID 484511,522.3 mi²18.2 mi²1.2%
18Dallam CountyGEOID 481111,503.4 mi²1.8 mi²0.1%
19Gaines CountyGEOID 481651,502.4 mi²0.5 mi²0%
20Andrews CountyGEOID 480031,500.7 mi²0.4 mi²0%
21Oldham CountyGEOID 483591,500.5 mi²0.9 mi²0.1%
22Deaf Smith CountyGEOID 481171,496.8 mi²1.5 mi²0.1%
23La Salle CountyGEOID 482831,486.7 mi²7.5 mi²0.5%
24Hartley CountyGEOID 482051,462 mi²1.2 mi²0.1%
25Kenedy CountyGEOID 482611,458.6 mi²487.2 mi²25%
26Sutton CountyGEOID 484351,453.9 mi²0.5 mi²0%
27Brazoria CountyGEOID 480391,363.3 mi²245.3 mi²15.3%
28Kinney CountyGEOID 482711,360.5 mi²4.6 mi²0.3%
29Dimmit CountyGEOID 481271,328.9 mi²5.6 mi²0.4%
30Medina CountyGEOID 483251,325.4 mi²9.2 mi²0.7%
31Schleicher CountyGEOID 484131,310.6 mi²0 mi²0%
32Zavala CountyGEOID 485071,297.4 mi²4.3 mi²0.3%
33Maverick CountyGEOID 483231,279.5 mi²12.3 mi²1%
34Coleman CountyGEOID 480831,263 mi²18.5 mi²1.4%
35Kimble CountyGEOID 482671,251 mi²0.2 mi²0%
36Upton CountyGEOID 484611,241.3 mi²0.2 mi²0%
37Bexar CountyGEOID 480291,240.5 mi²15.6 mi²1.2%
38Houston CountyGEOID 482251,231 mi²5.6 mi²0.5%
39Starr CountyGEOID 484271,223.2 mi²5.9 mi²0.5%
40Atascosa CountyGEOID 480131,219.5 mi²1.9 mi²0.2%
41Reagan CountyGEOID 483831,175.3 mi²0.7 mi²0.1%
42Liberty CountyGEOID 482911,158.5 mi²17.9 mi²1.5%
43McMullen CountyGEOID 483111,139.8 mi²17 mi²1.5%
44Jim Hogg CountyGEOID 482471,136.2 mi²0 mi²0%
45San Saba CountyGEOID 484111,135.3 mi²3.2 mi²0.3%
46Frio CountyGEOID 481631,133.5 mi²0.8 mi²0.1%
47Williamson CountyGEOID 484911,115.9 mi²16 mi²1.4%
48Kerr CountyGEOID 482651,103.3 mi²4 mi²0.4%
49Matagorda CountyGEOID 483211,093.1 mi²519.4 mi²32.2%
50Clay CountyGEOID 480771,088.8 mi²28 mi²2.5%
51Wharton CountyGEOID 484811,086.1 mi²8.2 mi²0.8%
52Erath CountyGEOID 481431,083.2 mi²6.6 mi²0.6%
53Leon CountyGEOID 482891,073.2 mi²7.5 mi²0.7%
54Gonzales CountyGEOID 481771,066.7 mi²3.2 mi²0.3%
55McCulloch CountyGEOID 483071,065.6 mi²7.8 mi²0.7%
56Anderson CountyGEOID 480011,062.6 mi²15.4 mi²1.4%
57Gillespie CountyGEOID 481711,058.2 mi²3.5 mi²0.3%
58Polk CountyGEOID 483731,057.1 mi²52.6 mi²4.7%
59Bell CountyGEOID 480271,053.8 mi²36.4 mi²3.3%
60Cherokee CountyGEOID 480731,053 mi²9.2 mi²0.9%
61Coryell CountyGEOID 480991,052.2 mi²4.6 mi²0.4%
62Irion CountyGEOID 482351,051.5 mi²0.1 mi²0%
63Runnels CountyGEOID 483991,051.1 mi²6 mi²0.6%
64Red River CountyGEOID 483871,043.9 mi²12.8 mi²1.2%
65Montgomery CountyGEOID 483391,042.2 mi²34.7 mi²3.2%
66Live Oak CountyGEOID 482971,039.7 mi²39.2 mi²3.6%
67McLennan CountyGEOID 483091,036.7 mi²23.5 mi²2.2%
68Milam CountyGEOID 483311,016.4 mi²4.6 mi²0.4%
69Lamb CountyGEOID 482791,016.2 mi²1.5 mi²0.2%
70El Paso CountyGEOID 481411,013.5 mi²1.8 mi²0.2%
71Navarro CountyGEOID 483491,009.7 mi²76.3 mi²7%
72Hale CountyGEOID 481891,004.7 mi²0.1 mi²0%
73Zapata CountyGEOID 48505998.4 mi²59.6 mi²5.6%
74Burnet CountyGEOID 48053994.8 mi²26.9 mi²2.6%
75Travis CountyGEOID 48453994.4 mi²30.7 mi²3%
76Floyd CountyGEOID 48153992.1 mi²0.4 mi²0%
77Motley CountyGEOID 48345989.6 mi²0.2 mi²0%
78Concho CountyGEOID 48095983.8 mi²9.9 mi²1%
79Bosque CountyGEOID 48035983 mi²19.6 mi²2%
80Wilbarger CountyGEOID 48487970.9 mi²7 mi²0.7%
81Lavaca CountyGEOID 48285969.7 mi²0.7 mi²0.1%
82Colorado CountyGEOID 48089960.3 mi²13.4 mi²1.4%
83Hill CountyGEOID 48217958.9 mi²26.9 mi²2.7%
84Palo Pinto CountyGEOID 48363952.5 mi²33 mi²3.3%
85Fayette CountyGEOID 48149949.9 mi²9.9 mi²1%
86Nacogdoches CountyGEOID 48347946.3 mi²34.6 mi²3.5%
87Brown CountyGEOID 48049944.5 mi²12.5 mi²1.3%
88Brooks CountyGEOID 48047943.4 mi²0.3 mi²0%
89Jasper CountyGEOID 48241938.7 mi²31 mi²3.2%
90Comanche CountyGEOID 48093937.8 mi²9.9 mi²1%
91Cass CountyGEOID 48067936.9 mi²23.4 mi²2.4%
92Ellis CountyGEOID 48139935.8 mi²16.2 mi²1.7%
93Llano CountyGEOID 48299934.1 mi²31.8 mi²3.3%
94Newton CountyGEOID 48351933.7 mi²6.1 mi²0.6%
95Grayson CountyGEOID 48181932.8 mi²46.4 mi²4.7%
96Lipscomb CountyGEOID 48295932.2 mi²0.1 mi²0%
97Montague CountyGEOID 48337930.9 mi²7.4 mi²0.8%
98Mason CountyGEOID 48319928.8 mi²3.4 mi²0.4%
99Jones CountyGEOID 48253928.6 mi²8.5 mi²0.9%
100Donley CountyGEOID 48129927 mi²6 mi²0.6%
101Eastland CountyGEOID 48133926.5 mi²5.4 mi²0.6%
102Gray CountyGEOID 48179926 mi²3.4 mi²0.4%
103Tyler CountyGEOID 48457924.3 mi²11.4 mi²1.2%
104Rusk CountyGEOID 48401924.2 mi²14.4 mi²1.5%
105Roberts CountyGEOID 48393924.1 mi²0.1 mi²0%
106Sterling CountyGEOID 48431923.4 mi²0.1 mi²0%
107Sherman CountyGEOID 48421922.9 mi²0.2 mi²0%
108Smith CountyGEOID 48423921.5 mi²28.2 mi²3%
109Carson CountyGEOID 48065920.2 mi²3.9 mi²0.4%
110Hansford CountyGEOID 48195919.8 mi²0.6 mi²0.1%
111Collingsworth CountyGEOID 48087918.4 mi²0.9 mi²0.1%
112Ochiltree CountyGEOID 48357917.7 mi²0.5 mi²0.1%
113Stonewall CountyGEOID 48433916.3 mi²3.9 mi²0.4%
114Taylor CountyGEOID 48441915.5 mi²3.8 mi²0.4%
115Martin CountyGEOID 48317915 mi²0.7 mi²0.1%
116Wheeler CountyGEOID 48483914.5 mi²0.9 mi²0.1%
117Young CountyGEOID 48503914.5 mi²16.4 mi²1.8%
118Shackelford CountyGEOID 48417914.3 mi²1.3 mi²0.1%
119Randall CountyGEOID 48381912.7 mi²9.7 mi²1.1%
120Throckmorton CountyGEOID 48447912.6 mi²2.9 mi²0.3%
121Nolan CountyGEOID 48353912 mi²2 mi²0.2%
122Coke CountyGEOID 48081911.6 mi²16.3 mi²1.8%
123Mitchell CountyGEOID 48335911.1 mi²4.8 mi²0.5%
124Jack CountyGEOID 48237911 mi²9.2 mi²1%
125King CountyGEOID 48269910.9 mi²2.5 mi²0.3%
126Armstrong CountyGEOID 48011909.1 mi²4.7 mi²0.5%
127DeWitt CountyGEOID 48123909 mi²1.5 mi²0.2%
128Potter CountyGEOID 48375908.4 mi²13.6 mi²1.5%
129Hockley CountyGEOID 48219908.4 mi²0.2 mi²0%
130Lamar CountyGEOID 48277907.3 mi²25.8 mi²2.8%
131Hemphill CountyGEOID 48211906.3 mi²5.9 mi²0.6%
132Scurry CountyGEOID 48415905.4 mi²2.1 mi²0.2%
133Limestone CountyGEOID 48293905.4 mi²27.7 mi²3%
134Wise CountyGEOID 48497904.4 mi²18.1 mi²2%
135Parker CountyGEOID 48367903.7 mi²6.4 mi²0.7%
136Archer CountyGEOID 48009903.3 mi²22.3 mi²2.4%
137Haskell CountyGEOID 48207903.1 mi²7.1 mi²0.8%
138Kent CountyGEOID 48263902.5 mi²0.4 mi²0%
139Menard CountyGEOID 48327902 mi²0.2 mi²0%
140Dickens CountyGEOID 48125901.7 mi²3.5 mi²0.4%
141Howard CountyGEOID 48227900.8 mi²3.4 mi²0.4%
142Cottle CountyGEOID 48101900.6 mi²1.1 mi²0.1%
143Midland CountyGEOID 48329900.4 mi²1.6 mi²0.2%
144Dawson CountyGEOID 48115900.3 mi²1.8 mi²0.2%
145Glasscock CountyGEOID 48173900.2 mi²0.9 mi²0.1%
146Crosby CountyGEOID 48107900.2 mi²1.5 mi²0.2%
147Harrison CountyGEOID 48203900.1 mi²15.7 mi²1.7%
148Briscoe CountyGEOID 48045900 mi²1.6 mi²0.2%
149Moore CountyGEOID 48341899.7 mi²9.9 mi²1.1%
150Callahan CountyGEOID 48059899.4 mi²1.9 mi²0.2%
151Fisher CountyGEOID 48151899 mi²2.8 mi²0.3%
152Ector CountyGEOID 48135897.9 mi²3.9 mi²0.4%
153Borden CountyGEOID 48033897.4 mi²8.6 mi²1%
154Stephens CountyGEOID 48429896.7 mi²24.8 mi²2.7%
155Lubbock CountyGEOID 48303895.6 mi²5.1 mi²0.6%
156Castro CountyGEOID 48069894.4 mi²4.8 mi²0.5%
157Garza CountyGEOID 48169893.4 mi²2.8 mi²0.3%
158Lynn CountyGEOID 48305891.9 mi²1.6 mi²0.2%
159Cameron CountyGEOID 48061891.7 mi²388 mi²30.3%
160Hardin CountyGEOID 48199890.6 mi²6.9 mi²0.8%
161Swisher CountyGEOID 48437890.2 mi²10.5 mi²1.2%
162Terry CountyGEOID 48445888.9 mi²2.1 mi²0.2%
163Bastrop CountyGEOID 48021888.2 mi²7.3 mi²0.8%
164Hutchinson CountyGEOID 48233887.4 mi²7.5 mi²0.8%
165Bowie CountyGEOID 48037884.9 mi²38 mi²4.1%
166Hall CountyGEOID 48191883.5 mi²20.6 mi²2.3%
167Victoria CountyGEOID 48469882.1 mi²6.7 mi²0.8%
168Kleberg CountyGEOID 48273881.3 mi²208.9 mi²19.2%
169Parmer CountyGEOID 48369880.8 mi²4.4 mi²0.5%
170Bee CountyGEOID 48025880.2 mi²0.1 mi²0%
171Denton CountyGEOID 48121878.1 mi²73.6 mi²7.7%
172Fannin CountyGEOID 48147877.9 mi²20.9 mi²2.3%
173Freestone CountyGEOID 48161877.7 mi²14.3 mi²1.6%
174Jefferson CountyGEOID 48245876.7 mi²236 mi²21.2%
175Cooke CountyGEOID 48097874.8 mi²23.7 mi²2.6%
176Henderson CountyGEOID 48213873.8 mi²74.6 mi²7.9%
177Dallas CountyGEOID 48113873.1 mi²35.5 mi²3.9%
178Baylor CountyGEOID 48023867.5 mi²33.6 mi²3.7%
179Tarrant CountyGEOID 48439865.4 mi²38.4 mi²4.2%
180Jim Wells CountyGEOID 48249865.2 mi²3.4 mi²0.4%
181Fort Bend CountyGEOID 48157862.1 mi²23.4 mi²2.6%
182Robertson CountyGEOID 48395855.2 mi²10.6 mi²1.2%
183Goliad CountyGEOID 48175852 mi²7.4 mi²0.9%
184Knox CountyGEOID 48275850.6 mi²4.9 mi²0.6%
185Van Zandt CountyGEOID 48467842.6 mi²17 mi²2%
186Collin CountyGEOID 48085841.6 mi²44.3 mi²5%
187Winkler CountyGEOID 48495841.3 mi²0 mi²0%
188Hunt CountyGEOID 48231840.4 mi²41.6 mi²4.7%
189Nueces CountyGEOID 48355839.4 mi²326.2 mi²28%
190Hamilton CountyGEOID 48193835.9 mi²0.5 mi²0.1%
191Ward CountyGEOID 48475835.6 mi²0.2 mi²0%
192Jackson CountyGEOID 48239829.4 mi²27.4 mi²3.2%
193Bailey CountyGEOID 48017827 mi²0.7 mi²0.1%
194Panola CountyGEOID 48365811.4 mi²10 mi²1.2%
195Wilson CountyGEOID 48493803.7 mi²4.7 mi²0.6%
196Yoakum CountyGEOID 48501799.7 mi²0 mi²0%
197Angelina CountyGEOID 48005797.9 mi²66.9 mi²7.7%
198Shelby CountyGEOID 48419795.6 mi²39 mi²4.7%
199Bandera CountyGEOID 48019791 mi²6.7 mi²0.8%
200Grimes CountyGEOID 48185787.5 mi²14.1 mi²1.8%
201Crane CountyGEOID 48103785.1 mi²0.7 mi²0.1%
202Walker CountyGEOID 48471784.2 mi²17.3 mi²2.2%
203Kaufman CountyGEOID 48257780.7 mi²26.8 mi²3.3%
204Cochran CountyGEOID 48079775.1 mi²0.1 mi²0%
205Refugio CountyGEOID 48391770.5 mi²47.8 mi²5.8%
206Hopkins CountyGEOID 48223767.4 mi²25.3 mi²3.2%
207Falls CountyGEOID 48145765.5 mi²8.4 mi²1.1%
208Mills CountyGEOID 48333748.2 mi²1.6 mi²0.2%
209Karnes CountyGEOID 48255747.8 mi²5.8 mi²0.8%
210Johnson CountyGEOID 48251725.1 mi²9.2 mi²1.3%
211Lampasas CountyGEOID 48281712.5 mi²1.1 mi²0.1%
212Guadalupe CountyGEOID 48187711.2 mi²3.5 mi²0.5%
213Blanco CountyGEOID 48031709.3 mi²4.2 mi²0.6%
214Foard CountyGEOID 48155704.4 mi²3.3 mi²0.5%
215Real CountyGEOID 48385699.2 mi²0.9 mi²0.1%
216Childress CountyGEOID 48075696.5 mi²17.2 mi²2.4%
217Hardeman CountyGEOID 48197695.1 mi²1.8 mi²0.3%
218Trinity CountyGEOID 48455693.9 mi²20.1 mi²2.8%
219San Patricio CountyGEOID 48409693.3 mi²14.5 mi²2%
220Hays CountyGEOID 48209676.9 mi²1.9 mi²0.3%
221Loving CountyGEOID 48301668.8 mi²7.7 mi²1.1%
222Kendall CountyGEOID 48259662.5 mi²0.6 mi²0.1%
223Burleson CountyGEOID 48051659.1 mi²17.8 mi²2.6%
224Austin CountyGEOID 48015646.5 mi²9.9 mi²1.5%
225Wood CountyGEOID 48499645.3 mi²50.5 mi²7.3%
226Lee CountyGEOID 48287629.1 mi²5 mi²0.8%
227Wichita CountyGEOID 48485627.6 mi²5.3 mi²0.8%
228Washington CountyGEOID 48477604.2 mi²17.6 mi²2.8%
229Chambers CountyGEOID 48071597.2 mi²273.9 mi²31.4%
230Willacy CountyGEOID 48489590.6 mi²194.2 mi²24.7%
231Brazos CountyGEOID 48041586.2 mi²5.1 mi²0.9%
232Upshur CountyGEOID 48459583 mi²9.6 mi²1.6%
233San Jacinto CountyGEOID 48407569.2 mi²58.7 mi²9.3%
234Comal CountyGEOID 48091559.5 mi²15.3 mi²2.7%
235Caldwell CountyGEOID 48055544.5 mi²1.9 mi²0.3%
236San Augustine CountyGEOID 48405530.7 mi²61.6 mi²10.4%
237Waller CountyGEOID 48473513.4 mi²4.6 mi²0.9%
238Calhoun CountyGEOID 48057506.9 mi²525.7 mi²50.9%
239Sabine CountyGEOID 48403491.7 mi²84.9 mi²14.7%
240Madison CountyGEOID 48313466.1 mi²6.3 mi²1.3%
241Hood CountyGEOID 48221420.7 mi²16.1 mi²3.7%
242Titus CountyGEOID 48449406.3 mi²19.3 mi²4.5%
243Marion CountyGEOID 48315380.9 mi²39.4 mi²9.4%
244Galveston CountyGEOID 48167379.4 mi²494.5 mi²56.6%
245Orange CountyGEOID 48361333.8 mi²45.7 mi²12%
246Franklin CountyGEOID 48159284.4 mi²10.4 mi²3.5%
247Gregg CountyGEOID 48183273.4 mi²2.4 mi²0.9%
248Delta CountyGEOID 48119256.8 mi²21.1 mi²7.6%
249Aransas CountyGEOID 48007252.3 mi²275.7 mi²52.2%
250Morris CountyGEOID 48343252 mi²6.7 mi²2.6%
251Rains CountyGEOID 48379229.5 mi²29.3 mi²11.3%
252Camp CountyGEOID 48063195.8 mi²7.4 mi²3.6%
253Somervell CountyGEOID 48425186.2 mi²5.5 mi²2.9%
254Rockwall CountyGEOID 48397127.2 mi²21.7 mi²14.6%
How to read this table. Land and water areas are Census statistical measurements in square miles. Adding county rows can differ slightly from separately published state totals because of rounding and geographic treatment.