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Burnet County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 64 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48053

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

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Population
57,015
+7,535 (+15.2%) since 2020
Land area
994.8
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
57.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Burnet
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Marble Falls city
Population 9,633.

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 Burnet 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 Burnet 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 722 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 Burnet 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
Population57,01564th of 254932nd of 3,144
Land area994.8 sq mi74th of 254689th of 3,144
Population density57.3 per sq mi71st of 2541,349th of 3,144
Median household income$78,73241st of 254637th of 3,143

Full data for Burnet County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,015Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202049,480Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?49,125Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area994.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,022 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,732American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$344,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households20,969American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,555American 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
-61
607 births, 668 deaths
Net migration
+1,078
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 Burnet 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
Llano CountyTexas49 mi23,353
Lampasas CountyTexas31 mi23,657
Williamson CountyTexas24 mi752,827
Travis CountyTexas18 mi1,389,670
Blanco CountyTexas14 mi13,581
San Saba CountyTexas12 mi5,787
Bell CountyTexas10 mi402,248

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.