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Borden County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 250 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48033Sparse data

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

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Population
567
-76 (-11.8%) since 2020
Land area
897.4
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
0.63
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gail
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

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 Borden 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 Borden 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 793 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 Borden 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
Population567250th of 2543,134th of 3,144
Land area897.4 sq mi153rd of 254869th of 3,144
Population density0.63 per sq mi248th of 2543,109th of 3,144
Median household income$65,625121st of 2541,576th of 3,143

Full data for Borden County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population567Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020643Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?629Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area897.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area906.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?0.63 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,625American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$108,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households243American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units368American 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
-3
3 births, 6 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 7 areas bordering Borden 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
Dawson CountyTexas30 mi11,776
Scurry CountyTexas30 mi16,162
Howard CountyTexas30 mi30,504
Garza CountyTexas22 mi4,510
Lynn CountyTexas7.8 mi6,017
Mitchell CountyTexas0.2 mi8,947
Martin CountyTexasa single point5,284

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.