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Cooke County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 77 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48097

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

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Population
44,461
+2,710 (+6.5%) since 2020
Land area
874.8
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
50.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gainesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Gainesville city
Population 18,528.

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 Cooke 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 Cooke 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 684 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 Cooke 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
Population44,46177th of 2541,106th of 3,144
Land area874.8 sq mi175th of 254928th of 3,144
Population density50.8 per sq mi80th of 2541,450th of 3,144
Median household income$73,93257th of 254921st of 3,143

Full data for Cooke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population44,461Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,751Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,674Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area874.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area23.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area898.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,932American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$240,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,528American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,944American 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
+25
530 births, 505 deaths
Net migration
+80
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 5 areas bordering Cooke 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
Love CountyOklahoma84 mi10,780
Grayson CountyTexas37 mi153,613
Montague CountyTexas33 mi21,966
Denton CountyTexas25 mi1,069,346
Wise CountyTexas6.2 mi83,778

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.