Want to know about the largest to smallest counties in Texas, USA in terms of total land area? Check this resource Texas counties by land area to discover all the details regarding county map (boundary), and nearby counties.
On the other hand, check Texas counties by population and Texas cities by population to know more about city and county based demographic details.
What is the largest county in Texas by land area?
Brewster County is the largest county in Texas spanning 6183.76 square miles, with an additional 8.52 square miles of water area. Following Brewster County, Pecos County ranks as the second largest in terms of land area, covering 4763.83 square miles, while Hudspeth County secures the position as the third largest county in Texas.
What is the smallest county by land area in Texas?
Rockwall County is the smallest in Texas by total land area, covers about 127.21 square miles.
What is the largest county by population in Texas?
Harris County in Texas, USA, stands as the most populous county having 4,731,145 residents as per the 2022 census data.
What is the smallest county by population in Texas?
Loving County is the smallest in Texas by total population, having 64 residents as per the 2022 census data.
Texas Counties by Size
Rank
| County in Texas | Land Area square miles | Water Area square miles | Total Area square miles |
1 | Brewster County | 6,184 | 9 | 6,192 |
2 | Pecos County | 4,764 | 1 | 4,765 |
3 | Hudspeth County | 4,571 | 1 | 4,571 |
4 | Presidio County | 3,855 | 1 | 3,856 |
5 | Culberson County | 3,812 | 0 | 3,812 |
6 | Webb County | 3,361 | 14 | 3,376 |
7 | Val Verde County | 3,145 | 88 | 3,233 |
8 | Crockett County | 2,807 | 0 | 2,807 |
9 | Reeves County | 2,635 | 7 | 2,642 |
10 | Terrell County | 2,358 | 0 | 2,358 |
11 | Jeff Davis County | 2,265 | 0 | 2,265 |
12 | Edwards County | 2,118 | 2 | 2,120 |
13 | Duval County | 1,793 | 2 | 1,796 |
14 | Harris County | 1,707 | 70 | 1,777 |
15 | Hidalgo County | 1,571 | 12 | 1,583 |
16 | Uvalde County | 1,552 | 7 | 1,559 |
17 | Tom Green County | 1,522 | 18 | 1,541 |
18 | Dallam County | 1,503 | 2 | 1,505 |
19 | Gaines County | 1,502 | 0 | 1,503 |
20 | Andrews County | 1,501 | 0 | 1,501 |
21 | Oldham County | 1,501 | 1 | 1,501 |
22 | Deaf Smith County | 1,497 | 2 | 1,498 |
23 | La Salle County | 1,487 | 8 | 1,494 |
24 | Hartley County | 1,462 | 1 | 1,463 |
25 | Kenedy County | 1,459 | 487 | 1,946 |
26 | Sutton County | 1,454 | 0 | 1,454 |
27 | Brazoria County | 1,363 | 245 | 1,609 |
28 | Kinney County | 1,361 | 5 | 1,365 |
29 | Dimmit County | 1,329 | 6 | 1,335 |
30 | Medina County | 1,325 | 9 | 1,335 |
31 | Schleicher County | 1,311 | 0 | 1,311 |
32 | Zavala County | 1,297 | 4 | 1,302 |
33 | Maverick County | 1,279 | 12 | 1,292 |
34 | Coleman County | 1,263 | 19 | 1,281 |
35 | Kimble County | 1,251 | 0 | 1,251 |
36 | Upton County | 1,241 | 0 | 1,242 |
37 | Bexar County | 1,240 | 16 | 1,256 |
38 | Houston County | 1,231 | 6 | 1,237 |
39 | Starr County | 1,223 | 6 | 1,229 |
40 | Atascosa County | 1,220 | 2 | 1,221 |
41 | Reagan County | 1,175 | 1 | 1,176 |
42 | Liberty County | 1,158 | 18 | 1,176 |
43 | McMullen County | 1,140 | 17 | 1,157 |
44 | Jim Hogg County | 1,136 | 0 | 1,136 |
45 | San Saba County | 1,135 | 3 | 1,139 |
46 | Frio County | 1,134 | 1 | 1,134 |
47 | Williamson County | 1,116 | 16 | 1,132 |
48 | Kerr County | 1,103 | 4 | 1,107 |
49 | Matagorda County | 1,093 | 519 | 1,613 |
50 | Clay County | 1,089 | 28 | 1,117 |
51 | Wharton County | 1,086 | 8 | 1,094 |
52 | Erath County | 1,083 | 7 | 1,090 |
53 | Leon County | 1,073 | 7 | 1,081 |
54 | Gonzales County | 1,067 | 3 | 1,070 |
55 | McCulloch County | 1,066 | 8 | 1,073 |
56 | Anderson County | 1,063 | 15 | 1,078 |
57 | Gillespie County | 1,058 | 3 | 1,062 |
58 | Polk County | 1,057 | 53 | 1,110 |
59 | Bell County | 1,054 | 36 | 1,090 |
60 | Cherokee County | 1,053 | 9 | 1,062 |
61 | Coryell County | 1,052 | 5 | 1,057 |
62 | Irion County | 1,052 | 0 | 1,052 |
63 | Runnels County | 1,051 | 6 | 1,057 |
64 | Red River County | 1,044 | 13 | 1,057 |
65 | Montgomery County | 1,042 | 35 | 1,077 |
66 | Live Oak County | 1,040 | 39 | 1,079 |
67 | McLennan County | 1,037 | 24 | 1,060 |
68 | Milam County | 1,016 | 5 | 1,021 |
69 | Lamb County | 1,016 | 2 | 1,018 |
70 | El Paso County | 1,013 | 2 | 1,015 |
71 | Navarro County | 1,010 | 76 | 1,086 |
72 | Hale County | 1,005 | 0 | 1,005 |
73 | Zapata County | 998 | 60 | 1,058 |
74 | Burnet County | 995 | 27 | 1,022 |
75 | Travis County | 994 | 31 | 1,025 |
76 | Floyd County | 992 | 0 | 993 |
77 | Motley County | 990 | 0 | 990 |
78 | Concho County | 984 | 10 | 994 |
79 | Bosque County | 983 | 20 | 1,003 |
80 | Wilbarger County | 971 | 7 | 978 |
81 | Lavaca County | 970 | 1 | 970 |
82 | Hill County | 959 | 27 | 986 |
83 | Palo Pinto County | 953 | 33 | 986 |
84 | Fayette County | 950 | 10 | 960 |
85 | Nacogdoches County | 946 | 35 | 981 |
86 | Brown County | 944 | 13 | 957 |
87 | Brooks County | 943 | 0 | 944 |
88 | Jasper County | 939 | 31 | 970 |
89 | Comanche County | 938 | 10 | 948 |
90 | Cass County | 937 | 23 | 960 |
91 | Ellis County | 936 | 16 | 952 |
92 | Llano County | 934 | 32 | 966 |
93 | Newton County | 934 | 6 | 940 |
94 | Grayson County | 933 | 46 | 979 |
95 | Lipscomb County | 932 | 0 | 932 |
96 | Montague County | 931 | 7 | 938 |
97 | Mason County | 929 | 3 | 932 |
98 | Jones County | 929 | 9 | 937 |
99 | Donley County | 927 | 6 | 933 |
100 | Eastland County | 927 | 5 | 932 |
101 | Gray County | 926 | 3 | 929 |
102 | Tyler County | 924 | 11 | 936 |
103 | Rusk County | 924 | 14 | 939 |
104 | Roberts County | 924 | 0 | 924 |
105 | Sterling County | 923 | 0 | 924 |
106 | Sherman County | 923 | 0 | 923 |
107 | Smith County | 921 | 28 | 950 |
108 | Carson County | 920 | 4 | 924 |
109 | Hansford County | 920 | 1 | 920 |
110 | Collingsworth County | 918 | 1 | 919 |
111 | Ochiltree County | 918 | 1 | 918 |
112 | Stonewall County | 916 | 4 | 920 |
113 | Taylor County | 916 | 4 | 919 |
114 | Martin County | 915 | 1 | 916 |
115 | Wheeler County | 915 | 1 | 915 |
116 | Young County | 915 | 16 | 931 |
117 | Shackelford County | 914 | 1 | 916 |
118 | Randall County | 913 | 10 | 922 |
119 | Throckmorton County | 913 | 3 | 915 |
120 | Nolan County | 912 | 2 | 914 |
121 | Coke County | 912 | 16 | 928 |
122 | Mitchell County | 911 | 5 | 916 |
123 | Jack County | 911 | 9 | 920 |
124 | King County | 911 | 2 | 913 |
125 | Armstrong County | 909 | 5 | 914 |
126 | DeWitt County | 909 | 2 | 910 |
127 | Hockley County | 908 | 0 | 909 |
128 | Potter County | 908 | 14 | 922 |
129 | Lamar County | 907 | 26 | 933 |
130 | Hemphill County | 906 | 6 | 912 |
131 | Scurry County | 905 | 2 | 908 |
132 | Limestone County | 905 | 28 | 933 |
133 | Wise County | 904 | 18 | 923 |
134 | Parker County | 904 | 6 | 910 |
135 | Archer County | 903 | 22 | 926 |
136 | Haskell County | 903 | 7 | 910 |
137 | Kent County | 903 | 0 | 903 |
138 | Menard County | 902 | 0 | 902 |
139 | Dickens County | 902 | 3 | 905 |
140 | Howard County | 901 | 3 | 904 |
141 | Cottle County | 901 | 1 | 902 |
142 | Midland County | 900 | 2 | 902 |
143 | Dawson County | 900 | 2 | 902 |
144 | Glasscock County | 900 | 1 | 901 |
145 | Crosby County | 900 | 1 | 902 |
146 | Harrison County | 900 | 16 | 916 |
147 | Briscoe County | 900 | 2 | 902 |
148 | Moore County | 900 | 10 | 910 |
149 | Callahan County | 899 | 2 | 901 |
150 | Fisher County | 899 | 3 | 902 |
151 | Ector County | 898 | 4 | 902 |
152 | Borden County | 897 | 9 | 906 |
153 | Stephens County | 897 | 25 | 921 |
154 | Lubbock County | 896 | 5 | 901 |
155 | Castro County | 894 | 5 | 899 |
156 | Garza County | 893 | 3 | 896 |
157 | Lynn County | 892 | 2 | 893 |
158 | Cameron County | 892 | 388 | 1,280 |
159 | Fannin County | 891 | 8 | 899 |
160 | Hardin County | 891 | 7 | 898 |
161 | Swisher County | 890 | 11 | 901 |
162 | Terry County | 889 | 2 | 891 |
163 | Bastrop County | 888 | 7 | 896 |
164 | Hutchinson County | 887 | 8 | 895 |
165 | Bowie County | 885 | 38 | 923 |
166 | Hall County | 883 | 21 | 904 |
167 | Victoria County | 882 | 7 | 889 |
168 | Kleberg County | 881 | 209 | 1,090 |
169 | Parmer County | 881 | 4 | 885 |
170 | Bee County | 880 | 0 | 880 |
171 | Denton County | 879 | 73 | 952 |
172 | Freestone County | 878 | 14 | 892 |
173 | Jefferson County | 877 | 236 | 1,113 |
174 | Cooke County | 875 | 24 | 899 |
175 | Dallas County | 873 | 36 | 909 |
176 | Baylor County | 867 | 34 | 901 |
177 | Tarrant County | 865 | 39 | 904 |
178 | Jim Wells County | 865 | 3 | 869 |
179 | Fort Bend County | 862 | 23 | 885 |
180 | Robertson County | 855 | 11 | 866 |
181 | Goliad County | 852 | 7 | 859 |
182 | Knox County | 851 | 5 | 855 |
183 | Van Zandt County | 843 | 17 | 860 |
184 | Winkler County | 841 | 0 | 841 |
185 | Collin County | 841 | 45 | 886 |
186 | Hunt County | 840 | 42 | 882 |
187 | Nueces County | 839 | 326 | 1,166 |
188 | Hamilton County | 836 | 0 | 836 |
189 | Ward County | 836 | 0 | 836 |
190 | Jackson County | 829 | 27 | 857 |
191 | Bailey County | 827 | 1 | 828 |
192 | Panola County | 811 | 10 | 821 |
193 | Wilson County | 804 | 5 | 808 |
194 | Yoakum County | 800 | 0 | 800 |
195 | Angelina County | 798 | 67 | 865 |
196 | Shelby County | 796 | 39 | 835 |
197 | Bandera County | 791 | 7 | 798 |
198 | Grimes County | 787 | 14 | 802 |
199 | Crane County | 785 | 1 | 786 |
200 | Walker County | 784 | 17 | 802 |
201 | Kaufman County | 781 | 27 | 808 |
202 | Cochran County | 775 | 0 | 775 |
203 | Refugio County | 770 | 48 | 818 |
204 | Hopkins County | 767 | 25 | 793 |
205 | Falls County | 766 | 8 | 774 |
206 | Mills County | 748 | 2 | 750 |
207 | Karnes County | 748 | 6 | 754 |
208 | Johnson County | 725 | 9 | 734 |
209 | Lampasas County | 713 | 1 | 714 |
210 | Guadalupe County | 711 | 4 | 715 |
211 | Blanco County | 709 | 4 | 713 |
212 | Foard County | 704 | 3 | 708 |
213 | Real County | 699 | 1 | 700 |
214 | Childress County | 697 | 17 | 714 |
215 | Hardeman County | 695 | 2 | 697 |
216 | Trinity County | 694 | 20 | 714 |
217 | San Patricio County | 693 | 14 | 708 |
218 | Hays County | 677 | 2 | 679 |
219 | Loving County | 669 | 8 | 677 |
220 | Kendall County | 662 | 1 | 663 |
221 | Burleson County | 659 | 18 | 677 |
222 | Austin County | 647 | 10 | 656 |
223 | Wood County | 645 | 50 | 696 |
224 | Lee County | 629 | 5 | 634 |
225 | Wichita County | 628 | 5 | 633 |
226 | Washington County | 604 | 18 | 622 |
227 | Chambers County | 597 | 274 | 871 |
228 | Willacy County | 591 | 194 | 785 |
229 | Brazos County | 586 | 5 | 591 |
230 | Upshur County | 583 | 10 | 593 |
231 | San Jacinto County | 569 | 59 | 628 |
232 | Comal County | 560 | 15 | 575 |
233 | Caldwell County | 545 | 2 | 546 |
234 | San Augustine County | 531 | 62 | 592 |
235 | Waller County | 513 | 5 | 518 |
236 | Calhoun County | 507 | 526 | 1,033 |
237 | Sabine County | 492 | 85 | 577 |
238 | Madison County | 466 | 6 | 472 |
239 | Hood County | 421 | 16 | 437 |
240 | Titus County | 406 | 19 | 426 |
241 | Marion County | 381 | 39 | 420 |
242 | Galveston County | 379 | 495 | 874 |
243 | Orange County | 334 | 46 | 379 |
244 | Franklin County | 284 | 10 | 295 |
245 | Gregg County | 273 | 2 | 276 |
246 | Delta County | 257 | 21 | 278 |
247 | Aransas County | 252 | 276 | 528 |
248 | Morris County | 252 | 7 | 259 |
249 | Rains County | 229 | 29 | 259 |
250 | Camp County | 196 | 7 | 203 |
251 | Somervell County | 186 | 5 | 192 |
252 | Rockwall County | 127 | 22 | 149 |