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Fayette County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 102 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48149

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

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Population
25,459
+948 (+3.9%) since 2020
Land area
949.9
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
26.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
La Grange
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
La Grange city
Population 4,509.

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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 676 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 Fayette 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
Population25,459102nd of 2541,609th of 3,144
Land area949.9 sq mi85th of 254744th of 3,144
Population density26.8 per sq mi114th of 2542,017th of 3,144
Median household income$75,85447th of 254785th of 3,143

Full data for Fayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,459Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,511Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,473Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area949.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area959.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?26.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,854American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$293,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,403American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,233American 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
-124
275 births, 399 deaths
Net migration
+85
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 8 areas bordering Fayette 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
Colorado CountyTexas29 mi21,439
Bastrop CountyTexas25 mi118,908
Washington CountyTexas19 mi38,288
Lee CountyTexas18 mi18,729
Gonzales CountyTexas16 mi20,159
Lavaca CountyTexas16 mi20,651
Austin CountyTexas6.5 mi33,625
Caldwell CountyTexas0.2 mi55,150

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.