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Grayson County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 33 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48181

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

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Population
153,613
+17,456 (+12.8%) since 2020
Land area
932.8
square miles. A further 4.7% of the total area is water
Population density
165
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sherman
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Sherman city
Population 52,417.

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 Grayson 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 Grayson 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 Grayson 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
Population153,61333rd of 254460th of 3,144
Land area932.8 sq mi95th of 254769th of 3,144
Population density165 per sq mi38th of 254649th of 3,144
Median household income$72,18270th of 2541,034th of 3,143

Full data for Grayson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population153,613Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020136,157Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?135,601Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area932.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area46.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area979.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?165 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,182American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$248,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households55,248American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units62,132American 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
+164
1,900 births, 1,736 deaths
Net migration
+2,600
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 Grayson 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
Cooke CountyTexas37 mi44,461
Marshall CountyOklahoma34 mi16,255
Collin CountyTexas26 mi1,297,179
Bryan CountyOklahoma25 mi51,367
Fannin CountyTexas23 mi39,265
Denton CountyTexas6.9 mi1,069,346
Love CountyOklahoma0.7 mi10,780

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.