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Franklin County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 160 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48159

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

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Population
10,994
+622 (+6.0%) since 2020
Land area
284.4
square miles. A further 3.5% of the total area is water
Population density
38.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mount Vernon
Seat of county government.
Established
1875
150 years ago
Largest city
Mount Vernon town
Population 2,610.

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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 344 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 Franklin 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
Population10,994160th of 2542,345th of 3,144
Land area284.4 sq mi246th of 2542,834th of 3,144
Population density38.7 per sq mi94th of 2541,701st of 3,144
Median household income$72,36065th of 2541,020th of 3,143

Full data for Franklin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,994Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,372Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,357Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area284.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area294.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,360American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$226,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,897American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,121American 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
-54
107 births, 161 deaths
Net migration
+208
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 6 areas bordering Franklin 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
Hopkins CountyTexas29 mi39,063
Titus CountyTexas24 mi31,563
Red River CountyTexas22 mi11,816
Wood CountyTexas15 mi49,688
Camp CountyTexas3.0 mi13,380
Delta CountyTexas0.1 mi5,549

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.