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Hidalgo County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 9 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48215

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

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Population
921,549
+48,796 (+5.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,571
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
587
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Edinburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
McAllen city
Population 150,640.

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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo 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 707 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 Hidalgo 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
Population921,5499th of 25464th of 3,144
Land area1,571 sq mi15th of 254386th of 3,144
Population density587 per sq mi14th of 254248th of 3,144
Median household income$54,338205th of 2542,513th of 3,143

Full data for Hidalgo County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population921,549Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020872,753Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?870,788Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,571 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,583 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?587 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,338American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$140,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age30.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households270,210American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units308,556American 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
+8,840
14,063 births, 5,223 deaths
Net migration
-1,010
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 5 areas bordering Hidalgo 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
Starr CountyTexas40 mi66,319
Willacy CountyTexas28 mi19,971
Brooks CountyTexas21 mi6,579
Cameron CountyTexas19 mi433,946
Kenedy CountyTexas13 mi319

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.