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Baylor County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 211 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48023

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

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Population
3,472
+11 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
867.5
square miles. A further 3.7% of the total area is water
Population density
4.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Seymour
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Seymour city
Population 2,574.

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 Baylor 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 Baylor County, Texas 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 798 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 Baylor County ranks

Position among the 254 counties of Texas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TexasNationally
Population3,472211th of 2542,923rd of 3,144
Land area867.5 sq mi178th of 254946th of 3,144
Population density4.0 per sq mi206th of 2542,826th of 3,144
Median household income$45,370238th of 2542,954th of 3,143

Full data for Baylor County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,472Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,461Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,465Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area867.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area33.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area901.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,370American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$103,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,530American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,190American 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
-30
34 births, 64 deaths
Net migration
+21
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 Baylor 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
Archer CountyTexas30 mi9,129
Wilbarger CountyTexas30 mi12,481
Throckmorton CountyTexas30 mi1,554
Knox CountyTexas23 mi3,192
Foard CountyTexas6.9 mi1,044
Haskell CountyTexasa single point5,499
Wichita CountyTexasa single point129,555
Young CountyTexasa single point18,154

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

All 254 counties of Texas

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