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Mitchell County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 174 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48335

Within Texas
Mitchell County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
8,947
-66 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
911.1
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
9.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Colorado City
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Colorado City city
Population 3,884.

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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell 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 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 Mitchell 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
Population8,947174th of 2542,495th of 3,144
Land area911.1 sq mi123rd of 254819th of 3,144
Population density9.8 per sq mi171st of 2542,571st of 3,144
Median household income$60,550161st of 2542,036th of 3,143

Full data for Mitchell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,947Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,013Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,995Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area911.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area915.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?9.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,550American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$85,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,758American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,691American 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
-34
67 births, 101 deaths
Net migration
+24
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 Mitchell 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
Nolan CountyTexas30 mi14,117
Howard CountyTexas30 mi30,504
Scurry CountyTexas30 mi16,162
Sterling CountyTexas21 mi1,349
Coke CountyTexas9.2 mi3,412
Borden CountyTexas0.2 mi567
Fisher CountyTexasa single point3,692

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.