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Henderson County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 46 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48213

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

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Population
88,595
+6,195 (+7.5%) since 2020
Land area
873.8
square miles. A further 7.9% of the total area is water
Population density
101
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Athens
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Athens city
Population 13,870.

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 Henderson 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 Henderson 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 376 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 Henderson 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
Population88,59546th of 254677th of 3,144
Land area873.8 sq mi176th of 254930th of 3,144
Population density101 per sq mi51st of 254900th of 3,144
Median household income$65,179126th of 2541,617th of 3,143

Full data for Henderson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population88,595Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202082,400Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?82,151Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area873.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area74.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area948.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?101 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,179American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$211,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,575American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units41,852American 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
-375
908 births, 1,283 deaths
Net migration
+1,392
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 Henderson 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
Navarro CountyTexas56 mi57,181
Anderson CountyTexas37 mi59,805
Van Zandt CountyTexas37 mi66,130
Smith CountyTexas24 mi252,549
Kaufman CountyTexas22 mi209,235
Ellis CountyTexas8.1 mi240,867
Cherokee CountyTexas5.5 mi53,337
Freestone CountyTexas0.5 mi20,811

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.