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Houston County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 111 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48225

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

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Population
22,316
+243 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,231
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
18.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Crockett
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Crockett city
Population 6,346.

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 Houston 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 Houston 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 766 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 Houston 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
Population22,316111th of 2541,711th of 3,144
Land area1,231 sq mi38th of 254496th of 3,144
Population density18.1 per sq mi142nd of 2542,304th of 3,144
Median household income$56,531200th of 2542,370th of 3,143

Full data for Houston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,316Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,073Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,081Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,231 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,237 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?18.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,531American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,983American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,837American 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
-127
212 births, 339 deaths
Net migration
+110
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 Houston 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
Leon CountyTexas48 mi16,894
Cherokee CountyTexas38 mi53,337
Trinity CountyTexas36 mi14,384
Anderson CountyTexas29 mi59,805
Madison CountyTexas27 mi14,226
Walker CountyTexas14 mi83,842
Angelina CountyTexas6.2 mi88,154

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.