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Brazos County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 24 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48041

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

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Population
249,088
+14,561 (+6.2%) since 2020
Land area
586.2
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
425
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bryan
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
College Station city
Population 127,472.

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 Brazos 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 Brazos 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 584 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 Brazos 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
Population249,08824th of 254297th of 3,144
Land area586.2 sq mi231st of 2541,676th of 3,144
Population density425 per sq mi18th of 254328th of 3,144
Median household income$58,553185th of 2542,219th of 3,143

Full data for Brazos County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population249,088Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020234,527Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?233,840Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area586.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area591.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?425 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,553American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$296,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age26.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households91,087American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units100,826American 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
+1,475
2,879 births, 1,404 deaths
Net migration
-764
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Brazos 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
Grimes CountyTexas65 mi34,252
Burleson CountyTexas53 mi20,549
Robertson CountyTexas28 mi17,839
Madison CountyTexas19 mi14,226
Washington CountyTexas17 mi38,288
Leon CountyTexasa single point16,894

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.