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Anderson County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 59 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48001

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

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Population
59,805
+1,864 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,063
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
56.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Palestine
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Palestine city
Population 19,555.

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 Anderson 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 Anderson 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 691 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 Anderson 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
Population59,80559th of 254893rd of 3,144
Land area1,063 sq mi56th of 254610th of 3,144
Population density56.3 per sq mi74th of 2541,367th of 3,144
Median household income$62,068144th of 2541,893rd of 3,143

Full data for Anderson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population59,805Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202057,941Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?57,922Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,063 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area15.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,078 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?56.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,068American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$185,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,579American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,648American 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
-142
594 births, 736 deaths
Net migration
+371
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 5 areas bordering Anderson 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
Cherokee CountyTexas76 mi53,337
Freestone CountyTexas67 mi20,811
Henderson CountyTexas37 mi88,595
Houston CountyTexas29 mi22,316
Leon CountyTexas23 mi16,894

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.