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Van Zandt County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 57 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48467

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

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Population
66,130
+6,383 (+10.7%) since 2020
Land area
842.6
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
78.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Canton
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Canton city
Population 5,070.

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 Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt 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 739 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 Van Zandt 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
Population66,13057th of 254835th of 3,144
Land area842.6 sq mi185th of 254989th of 3,144
Population density78.5 per sq mi60th of 2541,097th of 3,144
Median household income$69,47589th of 2541,235th of 3,143

Full data for Van Zandt County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population66,130Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202059,747Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?59,536Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area842.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area859.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?78.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,475American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$222,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,682American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,903American 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
-130
679 births, 809 deaths
Net migration
+1,003
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 6 areas bordering Van Zandt 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
Rains CountyTexas37 mi13,542
Henderson CountyTexas37 mi88,595
Kaufman CountyTexas33 mi209,235
Smith CountyTexas32 mi252,549
Hunt CountyTexas8.3 mi123,336
Wood CountyTexas5.9 mi49,688

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.