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Collingsworth County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 229 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48087

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

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Population
2,487
-155 (-5.9%) since 2020
Land area
918.4
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
2.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wellington
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Wellington city
Population 1,770.

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 Collingsworth 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 Collingsworth 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 800 by 790 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 Collingsworth 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
Population2,487229th of 2542,996th of 3,144
Land area918.4 sq mi111th of 254799th of 3,144
Population density2.7 per sq mi221st of 2542,931st of 3,144
Median household income$61,280152nd of 2541,955th of 3,143

Full data for Collingsworth County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,487Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,642Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,652Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area918.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.88 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area919.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,280American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$104,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households975American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,487American 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
-34
24 births, 58 deaths
Net migration
-45
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 7 areas bordering Collingsworth 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
Wheeler CountyTexas30 mi4,773
Donley CountyTexas30 mi3,213
Childress CountyTexas24 mi6,643
Harmon CountyOklahoma20 mi2,327
Beckham CountyOklahoma11 mi22,159
Hall CountyTexas7.1 mi2,737
Gray CountyTexasa single point20,919

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.