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Texas County, Missouri

The largest of Missouri's 115 counties by land area.

CountyFIPS 29215

Within Missouri
Texas County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Houston, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
25,994
+1,670 (+6.9%) since 2020
Land area
1,177
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
22.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Houston
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
Licking city
Population 2,958.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Texas County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Texas County, Missouri from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 705 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Texas County ranks

Position among the 115 counties of Missouri, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MissouriNationally
Population25,99441st of 1151,586th of 3,144
Land area1,177 sq mi1st of 115520th of 3,144
Population density22.1 per sq mi76th of 1152,164th of 3,144
Median household income$50,03699th of 1152,769th of 3,143

Full data for Texas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,994Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,324Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,485Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,177 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,179 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,036American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$146,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,503American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,006American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-75
279 births, 354 deaths
Net migration
+368
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Texas County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wright CountyMissouri29 mi19,671
Shannon CountyMissouri26 mi7,285
Howell CountyMissouri24 mi40,798
Dent CountyMissouri21 mi14,584
Phelps CountyMissouri12 mi45,247
Pulaski CountyMissouri12 mi54,442
Laclede CountyMissouri9.1 mi36,943
Douglas CountyMissouri9.0 mi12,342

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 115 counties of Missouri

Open the interactive Missouri county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.