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Johnson County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 26 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48251

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

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Population
218,048
+37,093 (+20.5%) since 2020
Land area
725.1
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
301
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cleburne
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Burleson city
Population 46,460 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 758 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 Johnson 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
Population218,04826th of 254329th of 3,144
Land area725.1 sq mi210th of 2541,225th of 3,144
Population density301 per sq mi24th of 254437th of 3,144
Median household income$84,85930th of 254426th of 3,143

Full data for Johnson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population218,048Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020180,955Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?180,009Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area725.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area734.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?301 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$84,859American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$285,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households65,507American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units70,796American 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
+728
2,672 births, 1,944 deaths
Net migration
+5,790
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 Johnson 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
Tarrant CountyTexas27 mi2,248,466
Hill CountyTexas24 mi39,503
Ellis CountyTexas19 mi240,867
Hood CountyTexas16 mi70,501
Bosque CountyTexas16 mi18,918
Somervell CountyTexas7.9 mi10,261
Parker CountyTexas3.9 mi184,767

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.