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Wise County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 51 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48497

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

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Population
83,778
+14,847 (+21.5%) since 2020
Land area
904.5
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
92.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Decatur
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Decatur city
Population 9,029.

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 Wise 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 Wise 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 788 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 Wise 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
Population83,77851st of 254701st of 3,144
Land area904.5 sq mi134th of 254832nd of 3,144
Population density92.6 per sq mi54th of 254969th of 3,144
Median household income$93,42117th of 254244th of 3,143

Full data for Wise County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,778Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202068,931Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?68,617Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area904.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area18.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area922.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?92.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$93,421American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$304,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,135American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units27,530American 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
+140
897 births, 757 deaths
Net migration
+2,372
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 Wise 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
Denton CountyTexas30 mi1,069,346
Jack CountyTexas30 mi9,563
Montague CountyTexas25 mi21,966
Parker CountyTexas22 mi184,767
Tarrant CountyTexas8.5 mi2,248,466
Cooke CountyTexas6.2 mi44,461

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.