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Texas: county data, all 254 of them.

30,188,424 residents across 254 county-equivalents, 669,280 business establishments, and 35,316 SBA approvals worth $27.89 bn. Every figure on this page is those counties summed, and every county has its own page.

32 state-level values · 254 county pages · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency

How many people live in Texas?

  • Population30,188,424
  • Households10,992,816
  • Average household size2.75
  • County-equivalents254
  • People per square mile116

Texas has 30,188,424 residents in 10,992,816 households across 254 county-equivalents, every one of which has its own data page below.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

What is the Texas economy?

  • Combined county product, 2024$2769.77 bn
  • County product per resident$91,749
  • Covered employment13,351,160
  • Average annual pay$73,902

The average annual pay of $73,902 is weighted by each county's covered employment, not averaged across counties, so a large labour market counts for more than a small one.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

How many businesses are in Texas?

  • Business establishments669,280
  • Establishments per 1,000 residents22.2
  • Employment at those establishments11,410,013
  • Annual payroll$760.00 bn

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.

Building permits in Texas

  • Housing units permitted225,756
  • Permitted construction value$54.92 bn
  • Units permitted per 1,000 households20.5

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

SBA loans in Texas (7(a) and 504)

  • 7(a) approvals recorded29,637
  • 7(a) approval dollars$21.68 bn
  • Average 7(a) approval$731,539
  • 504 approvals recorded5,679
  • 504 approval dollars$6.21 bn
  • Average 504 approval$1,093,518
  • Counties with a 7(a) record227 of 254

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Texas

  • 7(a) charge-off rate over resolved loans10.90 percent
  • Resolved 7(a) loans behind that rate5,034
  • 7(a) loans charged off550
  • 504 charge-off rate over resolved loans3.70 percent
  • Resolved 504 loans behind that rate1,952
  • 504 loans charged off73

Of the 5,034 Texas 7(a) loans that have reached a final outcome, 10.90 percent were charged off. The rate is taken over resolved loans only, because a loan still running has not yet succeeded or failed.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

How large is Texas?

  • Land area261,225 sq mi
  • County-equivalents254
  • People per square mile116

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

The largest counties in Texas.

Texas county-equivalents by population, with the figures a site search compares them on
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvals
Harris County4,838,303$74,983111,215$592.75 bn6,047
Dallas County2,621,179$76,54771,182$389.40 bn3,637
Tarrant County2,167,390$84,20747,656$178.00 bn2,834
Bexar County2,067,341$72,34139,726$159.59 bn2,002
Travis County1,330,015$99,61142,837$202.65 bn2,339
Collin County1,163,337$121,60031,012$115.36 bn2,235
Denton County979,561$111,49820,025$64.33 bn1,678
Fort Bend County893,767$114,04118,519$49.62 bn1,266
Hidalgo County891,977$54,33813,393$31.36 bn492
El Paso County870,779$59,80616,280$53.33 bn725

Counties

All 254 Texas county-equivalents.

Texas counties: population, income, establishments and SBA activity
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvalsLand area, sq mi
Anderson County58,439$62,068891$2.74 bn271,063
Andrews County18,610$72,242445$5.21 bn121,501
Angelina County87,275$60,9601,920$4.48 bn52798
Aransas County24,876$69,466610$961.3 m33252
Archer County8,867$72,159235$428.7 m9903
Armstrong County1,822$72,75049$106.2 mNone recorded909
Atascosa County51,008$70,770838$4.83 bn301,220
Austin County31,170$75,789705$2.38 bn31647
Bailey County6,913$61,420140$626.0 m2827
Bandera County22,021$75,813428$550.4 m12791
Bastrop County106,582$86,2261,778$4.32 bn112888
Baylor County3,485$45,370105$234.9 mNone recorded867
Bee County31,083$57,673447$1.10 bn17880
Bell County386,897$68,8655,923$26.06 bn3451,051
Bexar County2,067,341$72,34139,726$159.59 bn2,0021,240
Blanco County12,446$92,425417$711.3 m27709
Borden County713$65,62510$1.08 bnNone recorded897
Bosque County18,687$68,914315$856.9 m14983
Bowie County92,115$59,8032,273$5.21 bn52885
Brazoria County391,255$97,9936,650$23.38 bn4391,358
Brazos County242,311$58,5534,972$15.75 bn232585
Brewster County9,503$56,212285$611.3 m126,184
Briscoe County1,301$45,41734$84.8 m1900
Brooks County6,943$47,764108$312.0 m2943
Brown County38,347$57,470885$2.02 bn33944
Burleson County18,857$70,000362$1.25 bn13659
Burnet County52,652$78,7321,600$2.73 bn76994
Caldwell County48,669$69,758733$1.56 bn30545
Calhoun County19,868$79,959451$5.13 bn9507
Callahan County14,241$72,436252$552.7 m16899
Cameron County426,120$52,6016,732$17.39 bn191891
Camp County12,798$58,843212$538.6 m13196
Carson County5,801$85,231131$1.44 bn4920
Cass County28,568$53,813519$1.48 bn20937
Castro County7,344$56,776163$1.12 bn1894
Chambers County51,498$109,804809$3.74 bn73597
Cherokee County51,886$61,261840$2.08 bn291,053
Childress County6,743$58,654179$342.4 m6696
Clay County10,495$80,114162$433.1 m111,089
Cochran County2,550$45,31340$291.1 m1775
Coke County3,353$43,33363$293.9 m1911
Coleman County7,833$49,159205$280.5 m51,262
Collin County1,163,337$121,60031,012$115.36 bn2,235841
Collingsworth County2,588$61,28072$104.4 mNone recorded918
Colorado County21,006$66,377563$1.21 bn13960
Comal County183,826$101,8894,951$12.08 bn340559
Comanche County13,950$59,635290$672.0 m6938
Concho County3,328$65,79543$290.4 m4984
Cooke County43,046$73,9321,040$3.43 bn40875
Coryell County84,748$71,301808$2.24 bn251,052
Cottle County1,368$59,06327$148.3 mNone recorded901
Crane County4,610$62,21288$1.12 bn2785
Crockett County2,822$81,022111$788.4 mNone recorded2,807
Crosby County5,041$52,18885$259.2 m3900
Culberson County2,195$58,77758$3.83 bn13,813
Dallam County7,298$71,500221$1.02 bn91,503
Dallas County2,621,179$76,54771,182$389.40 bn3,637871
Dawson County12,134$54,360271$1.52 bn12900
Deaf Smith County18,460$60,799351$2.14 bn101,497
Delta County5,438$66,57552$179.1 m2257
Denton County979,561$111,49820,025$64.33 bn1,678878
DeWitt County20,016$63,730446$4.39 bn8909
Dickens County1,747$49,33537$115.4 m1902
Dimmit County8,380$38,808218$3.64 bn51,329
Donley County3,257$58,75070$173.2 m6927
Duval County9,742$49,038144$346.6 m21,793
Eastland County18,011$53,549489$906.0 m30926
Ector County164,654$71,5363,994$16.52 bn161898
Edwards County1,290$40,31339$76.3 m12,118
El Paso County870,779$59,80616,280$53.33 bn7251,013
Ellis County213,160$99,5953,808$10.77 bn231935
Erath County43,794$65,1151,116$2.49 bn531,083
Falls County17,291$57,247238$669.0 m7765
Fannin County37,326$72,295530$1.54 bn36891
Fayette County25,042$75,854771$2.14 bn24950
Fisher County3,655$65,53362$422.5 mNone recorded899
Floyd County5,216$58,462140$387.9 m2992
Foard County991$61,56323$123.2 m1704
Fort Bend County893,767$114,04118,519$49.62 bn1,266861
Franklin County10,632$72,360189$657.9 m5284
Freestone County20,049$59,960362$1.28 bn16878
Frio County18,582$66,010295$1.48 bn171,134
Gaines County22,232$74,132532$2.33 bn161,502
Galveston County358,990$86,1056,597$26.34 bn345378
Garza County5,118$46,314129$281.6 m4893
Gillespie County27,524$76,1621,202$1.78 bn581,058
Glasscock County1,068$101,25034$4.91 bn2900
Goliad County7,141$59,359124$355.3 m2852
Gonzales County19,851$58,672405$3.68 bn241,067
Gray County21,045$59,614509$1.44 bn11926
Grayson County143,337$72,1822,899$8.37 bn162933
Gregg County125,480$66,5504,040$10.51 bn140273
Grimes County31,340$69,803530$1.50 bn26787
Guadalupe County183,642$92,3752,768$14.55 bn213711
Hale County32,131$51,897645$1.77 bn121,005
Hall County2,820$48,45962$105.8 m2883
Hamilton County8,406$58,219238$385.9 m8836
Hansford County5,119$69,441148$901.5 m2920
Hardeman County3,501$63,33387$267.7 m5695
Hardin County57,642$75,808872$1.85 bn38891
Harris County4,838,303$74,983111,215$592.75 bn6,0471,703
Harrison County70,155$66,1031,402$5.68 bn40900
Hartley County5,215$75,841131$1.25 bnNone recorded1,462
Haskell County5,421$60,653126$427.3 m2903
Hays County268,638$89,0975,891$15.30 bn446678
Hemphill County3,234$61,563126$439.8 m6906
Henderson County84,862$65,1791,521$2.78 bn60874
Hidalgo County891,977$54,33813,393$31.36 bn4921,571
Hill County37,328$64,591649$1.72 bn34959
Hockley County21,363$63,140477$1.92 bn12908
Hood County65,894$88,1601,552$3.55 bn88421
Hopkins County37,784$70,888844$2.66 bn28767
Houston County22,051$56,531360$1.32 bn111,231
Howard County32,290$69,649737$10.02 bn16901
Hudspeth County3,403$48,60031$214.6 mNone recorded4,571
Hunt County108,972$71,9381,854$6.48 bn98840
Hutchinson County20,184$67,228394$10.20 bn2887
Irion County1,409$70,35764$984.6 m11,052
Jack County8,882$68,079220$468.4 m6911
Jackson County15,152$65,414337$772.1 m7829
Jasper County32,727$56,723641$1.42 bn16939
Jeff Davis County1,865$59,28665$105.2 m52,265
Jefferson County253,878$60,0265,710$27.10 bn189876
Jim Hogg County4,727$42,21174$216.3 mNone recorded1,136
Jim Wells County38,850$51,896783$1.85 bn16865
Johnson County195,597$84,8593,465$9.61 bn206725
Jones County20,304$59,464263$599.5 m9929
Karnes County14,968$60,214328$7.03 bn14748
Kaufman County172,604$89,4852,500$6.97 bn174781
Kendall County48,567$114,9621,651$3.53 bn94662
Kenedy County145$38,88215$266.7 mNone recorded1,458
Kent County734$72,8899$296.5 mNone recorded903
Kerr County53,489$69,3951,581$3.19 bn491,103
Kimble County4,389$69,455136$199.8 m41,251
King County211$46,645Not disclosed$114.3 mNone recorded911
Kinney County3,157$70,00028$162.4 mNone recorded1,360
Kleberg County30,579$61,292545$1.56 bn11881
Knox County3,307$56,66779$299.0 m3851
La Salle County6,839$57,716149$4.00 bn51,487
Lamar County50,669$61,8801,278$3.59 bn19907
Lamb County12,828$60,760230$1.01 bn121,016
Lampasas County22,715$81,736469$766.1 m22713
Lavaca County20,552$63,240489$1.53 bn12970
Lee County17,971$76,371430$1.37 bn11629
Leon County16,263$61,449365$1.15 bn141,073
Liberty County103,380$68,7031,206$3.30 bn601,158
Limestone County22,283$60,573401$2.18 bn19905
Lipscomb County2,918$72,56077$623.7 m1932
Live Oak County11,620$57,150259$2.82 bn31,040
Llano County22,424$67,530561$1.15 bn25934
Loving County33$51,25017$11.48 bn1669
Lubbock County318,884$64,1558,019$19.82 bn427896
Lynn County5,752$73,67994$353.4 m6892
Madison County13,648$74,596283$741.5 m4466
Marion County9,737$49,672174$393.0 m6381
Martin County5,218$93,734132$16.19 bn4915
Mason County3,955$74,180155$155.6 m1929
Matagorda County36,329$58,628707$2.90 bn261,100
Maverick County58,082$49,568883$2.53 bn171,279
McCulloch County7,514$54,043219$439.8 m51,066
McLennan County266,067$66,6435,928$18.48 bn2561,037
McMullen County700$43,87538$2.21 bn11,139
Medina County53,547$78,074856$1.58 bn231,325
Menard County1,955$53,04344$61.7 m2902
Midland County174,801$92,8746,096$41.55 bn185900
Milam County25,567$66,141452$951.1 m111,017
Mills County4,511$67,620129$350.7 m3748
Mitchell County9,018$60,550128$467.6 m6911
Montague County21,046$64,545448$798.4 m9931
Montgomery County684,432$97,70115,014$50.08 bn1,0211,042
Moore County21,373$61,762456$4.99 bn9900
Morris County12,076$58,645196$868.8 m9252
Motley County1,183$61,15426$48.9 mNone recorded990
Nacogdoches County65,162$53,5551,319$3.75 bn75947
Navarro County54,711$63,111966$2.38 bn271,010
Newton County12,093$42,618136$576.3 mNone recorded934
Nolan County14,454$50,747342$1.20 bn10912
Nueces County352,955$66,8978,111$27.85 bn230838
Ochiltree County9,786$70,183367$1.03 bn3918
Oldham County2,249$79,90044$404.5 m11,501
Orange County85,307$72,1041,333$5.86 bn48334
Palo Pinto County29,295$67,674644$1.29 bn23952
Panola County22,726$64,894479$2.36 bn17802
Parker County165,168$104,4433,647$7.57 bn219903
Parmer County9,731$69,735213$1.42 bn2881
Pecos County14,896$72,750354$2.68 bn184,764
Polk County52,800$62,259859$1.87 bn291,057
Potter County115,975$53,2493,489$11.38 bn95908
Presidio County5,930$43,802151$359.6 m13,855
Rains County12,775$65,413219$344.5 m11229
Randall County146,070$83,8642,917$6.12 bn135912
Reagan County3,232$57,813121$5.15 bn21,175
Real County2,802$39,60589$104.7 m3699
Red River County11,611$48,491192$441.8 m31,037
Reeves County12,664$64,297383$14.27 bn122,635
Refugio County6,707$60,181136$484.3 m4770
Roberts County832$67,86820$183.5 mNone recorded924
Robertson County17,167$72,236297$3.27 bn12856
Rockwall County123,617$127,9812,986$7.87 bn232127
Runnels County9,874$62,632218$432.0 m121,051
Rusk County52,842$68,658833$2.79 bn18924
Sabine County10,023$66,585196$393.8 m3491
San Augustine County7,874$50,408137$780.3 m6531
San Jacinto County28,441$65,364258$522.7 m4569
San Patricio County70,181$69,7041,131$3.78 bn38693
San Saba County5,696$55,819162$201.9 m21,135
Schleicher County2,381$86,69446$188.7 mNone recorded1,311
Scurry County16,488$60,039409$2.18 bn16905
Shackelford County3,175$73,047116$301.6 m4914
Shelby County24,155$49,776531$1.99 bn42796
Sherman County2,295$61,25060$657.9 m3923
Smith County241,740$74,1926,356$16.66 bn251921
Somervell County9,691$79,825252$1.72 bn15186
Starr County66,067$37,639594$1.56 bn111,223
Stephens County9,351$58,008243$489.0 m5897
Sterling County1,468$64,95439$281.9 m2923
Stonewall County1,227$56,87540$141.6 mNone recorded916
Sutton County3,277$78,906108$240.7 m11,454
Swisher County6,937$36,165125$672.3 m4890
Tarrant County2,167,390$84,20747,656$178.00 bn2,834864
Taylor County145,863$67,1393,658$9.87 bn176916
Terrell County835$44,8867$57.1 mNone recorded2,358
Terry County11,629$44,100207$610.2 m6889
Throckmorton County1,639$59,21648$205.6 mNone recorded913
Titus County31,363$58,425687$2.75 bn13406
Tom Green County119,577$68,3702,963$8.57 bn981,522
Travis County1,330,015$99,61142,837$202.65 bn2,339990
Trinity County14,046$52,018194$349.5 m9694
Tyler County20,238$55,396246$683.0 m6925
Upshur County42,567$66,208577$1.15 bn27583
Upton County3,191$49,167107$7.56 bn41,241
Uvalde County24,881$53,801609$1.26 bn151,552
Val Verde County47,741$66,100786$2.48 bn223,145
Van Zandt County62,649$69,4751,007$1.94 bn28843
Victoria County91,413$70,8962,255$6.21 bn74882
Walker County80,209$52,3241,113$3.15 bn31784
Waller County61,552$80,3971,082$6.17 bn85513
Ward County11,144$65,952339$5.27 bn9836
Washington County36,647$77,825996$3.02 bn24604
Webb County269,294$63,0585,840$16.13 bn1793,361
Wharton County41,794$66,924997$2.72 bn311,086
Wheeler County4,862$60,167173$394.2 m4915
Wichita County129,996$63,5243,043$7.67 bn82628
Wilbarger County12,616$54,102283$1.01 bn9971
Willacy County20,139$54,180189$684.5 m3591
Williamson County672,688$111,34015,041$44.61 bn1,2791,118
Wilson County52,781$94,565870$1.71 bn33804
Winkler County7,454$86,900204$2.29 bn4841
Wise County75,005$93,4211,604$4.25 bn87904
Wood County46,961$60,300904$2.10 bn29645
Yoakum County7,571$84,925192$2.53 bn7800
Young County18,029$68,010571$1.36 bn14914
Zapata County13,841$39,239143$668.4 m2998
Zavala County9,412$36,74996$935.0 m41,297

The register

Every source behind these 254 pages.

SourcePeriod coveredLicence
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates2020-2024 5-yearUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024US Census Bureau, public domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2CAGDP2, through 2024US Bureau of Economic Analysis, public domain
US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001US EPA, public domain
FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Community Status BookCommunity Status Book, as retrievedFEMA OpenFEMA, public domain
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA releaseFY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30FOIA release, public domain
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA releaseFY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30FOIA release, public domain
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary verticesTIGER county boundariesUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns2023US Census Bureau, public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages2024 annual averagesUS BLS, public domain
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey2024 annualUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows2021 to 2022 filing yearsIRS SOI, public domain

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