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Robertson County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 135 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48395

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

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Population
17,839
+1,072 (+6.4%) since 2020
Land area
855.2
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
20.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Franklin
Seat of county government.
Established
1838
187 years ago
Largest city
Hearne city
Population 4,719.

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 Robertson 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 Robertson 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 637 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 Robertson 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
Population17,839135th of 2541,947th of 3,144
Land area855.2 sq mi182nd of 254974th of 3,144
Population density20.9 per sq mi132nd of 2542,213th of 3,144
Median household income$72,23669th of 2541,031st of 3,143

Full data for Robertson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,839Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,755Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area855.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area865.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,236American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$185,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,701American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,612American 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
-42
192 births, 234 deaths
Net migration
+261
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 Robertson 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 CountyTexas46 mi16,894
Milam CountyTexas46 mi26,258
Brazos CountyTexas28 mi249,088
Limestone CountyTexas19 mi22,849
Falls CountyTexas16 mi17,869
Burleson CountyTexas4.8 mi20,549
Madison CountyTexasa single point14,226

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.