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Potter County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 43 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48375

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

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Population
114,453
-3,900 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
908.4
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
126
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Amarillo
Seat of county government.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
Amarillo city
Population 98,509 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 Potter 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 Potter 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 789 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 Potter 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
Population114,45343rd of 254562nd of 3,144
Land area908.4 sq mi128th of 254826th of 3,144
Population density126 per sq mi43rd of 254771st of 3,144
Median household income$53,249213th of 2542,580th of 3,143

Full data for Potter County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population114,453Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020118,353Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?118,622Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area908.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area922 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?126 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,249American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$147,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households42,581American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units49,390American 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
+291
1,566 births, 1,275 deaths
Net migration
-385
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 6 areas bordering Potter 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
Randall CountyTexas31 mi152,351
Moore CountyTexas30 mi21,891
Carson CountyTexas30 mi5,805
Oldham CountyTexas30 mi1,783
Armstrong CountyTexasa single point1,843
Deaf Smith CountyTexasa single point18,626

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.