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Brown County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 85 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48049

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

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Population
38,711
+655 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
944.5
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
41.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brownwood
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Brownwood city
Population 18,635.

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 Brown 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 Brown 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 600 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 Brown 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
Population38,71185th of 2541,217th of 3,144
Land area944.5 sq mi87th of 254752nd of 3,144
Population density41.0 per sq mi92nd of 2541,651st of 3,144
Median household income$57,470193rd of 2542,302nd of 3,143

Full data for Brown County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,711Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,056Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,106Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area944.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area957 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?41.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,470American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$158,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,972American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,246American 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
-161
423 births, 584 deaths
Net migration
+139
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 Brown 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
Coleman CountyTexas42 mi7,915
Comanche CountyTexas30 mi14,432
Mills CountyTexas26 mi4,580
Eastland CountyTexas11 mi18,143
McCulloch CountyTexas11 mi7,472
San Saba CountyTexas9.4 mi5,787
Callahan CountyTexas4.5 mi14,491

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.