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Archer County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 172 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48009

Within Texas
Archer County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
9,129
+576 (+6.7%) since 2020
Land area
903.3
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
10.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Archer City
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Holliday city
Population 1,733.

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 Archer 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 Archer 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 794 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 Archer 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
Population9,129172nd of 2542,476th of 3,144
Land area903.3 sq mi136th of 254837th of 3,144
Population density10.1 per sq mi168th of 2542,560th of 3,144
Median household income$72,15971st of 2541,036th of 3,143

Full data for Archer County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,129Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,553Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,552Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area903.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area925.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,159American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,468American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,966American 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
+10
95 births, 85 deaths
Net migration
-21
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Archer 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
Young CountyTexas31 mi18,154
Wichita CountyTexas30 mi129,555
Baylor CountyTexas30 mi3,472
Clay CountyTexas25 mi10,764
Jack CountyTexas4.9 mi9,563
Throckmorton CountyTexasa single point1,554
Wilbarger CountyTexasa single point12,481

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.