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Liberty County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 40 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48291

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

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Population
121,364
+28,893 (+31.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,158
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
105
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Liberty
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Dayton city
Population 10,226.

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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 781 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 Liberty 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
Population121,36440th of 254534th of 3,144
Land area1,158 sq mi42nd of 254533rd of 3,144
Population density105 per sq mi46th of 254867th of 3,144
Median household income$68,70396th of 2541,286th of 3,143

Full data for Liberty County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population121,364Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202092,471Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?91,661Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,158 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,176 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?105 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,703American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$181,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households31,183American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units36,121American 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
+743
1,699 births, 956 deaths
Net migration
+4,399
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 Liberty 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
Hardin CountyTexas36 mi58,723
Chambers CountyTexas32 mi57,594
Harris CountyTexas24 mi5,045,026
San Jacinto CountyTexas22 mi29,488
Jefferson CountyTexas15 mi254,321
Montgomery CountyTexas13 mi781,194
Polk CountyTexas7.0 mi53,434

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.