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Gray County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 116 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48179

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

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Population
20,919
-278 (-1.3%) since 2020
Land area
926
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
22.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pampa
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Pampa city
Population 16,414.

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 Gray 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 Gray 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 787 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 Gray 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
Population20,919116th of 2541,779th of 3,144
Land area926 sq mi102nd of 254784th of 3,144
Population density22.6 per sq mi124th of 2542,141st of 3,144
Median household income$59,614172nd of 2542,114th of 3,143

Full data for Gray County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,919Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,197Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,226Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area926 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area929.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,614American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$102,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,991American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,952American 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
-53
239 births, 292 deaths
Net migration
+41
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 Gray 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
Donley CountyTexas31 mi3,213
Roberts CountyTexas31 mi867
Carson CountyTexas30 mi5,805
Wheeler CountyTexas30 mi4,773
Armstrong CountyTexasa single point1,843
Collingsworth CountyTexasa single point2,487
Hemphill CountyTexasa single point3,083

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.