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Bailey County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 185 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48017

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

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Population
6,963
+94 (+1.4%) since 2020
Land area
827
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
8.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Muleshoe
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Muleshoe city
Population 5,162.

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 Bailey 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 Bailey 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 609 by 800 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 Bailey 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
Population6,963185th of 2542,661st of 3,144
Land area827 sq mi193rd of 2541,022nd of 3,144
Population density8.4 per sq mi178th of 2542,627th of 3,144
Median household income$61,420150th of 2541,940th of 3,143

Full data for Bailey County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,963Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,869Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,905Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area827 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.69 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area827.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,420American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$105,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,209American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,740American 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
+59
125 births, 66 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 Bailey 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
Lamb CountyTexas34 mi12,579
Roosevelt CountyNew Mexico33 mi18,615
Cochran CountyTexas25 mi2,546
Parmer CountyTexas25 mi9,678
Curry CountyNew Mexico0.7 mi46,655
Hockley CountyTexasa single point21,600

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.