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Hartley County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 199 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48205

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

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Population
4,904
-433 (-8.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,462
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
3.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Channing
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Dalhart city
Population 2,607 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Hartley 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 Hartley 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 520 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 Hartley 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
Population4,904199th of 2542,819th of 3,144
Land area1,462 sq mi24th of 254409th of 3,144
Population density3.4 per sq mi215th of 2542,876th of 3,144
Median household income$75,84148th of 254786th of 3,143

Full data for Hartley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,904Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,337Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,363Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,462 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,463 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,841American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$262,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,633American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,814American 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
+30
74 births, 44 deaths
Net migration
-95
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Hartley 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
Oldham CountyTexas49 mi1,783
Dallam CountyTexas49 mi7,508
Moore CountyTexas29 mi21,891
Union CountyNew Mexico22 mi3,844
Quay CountyNew Mexico8.1 mi8,454
Sherman CountyTexasa single point2,781

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.