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Bell County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 15 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48027

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

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Population
402,248
+29,841 (+8.0%) since 2020
Land area
1,054
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
382
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Belton
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Killeen city
Population 161,883.

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 Bell 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 Bell 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 647 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 Bell 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
Population402,24815th of 254191st of 3,144
Land area1,054 sq mi59th of 254618th of 3,144
Population density382 per sq mi20th of 254357th of 3,144
Median household income$68,86595th of 2541,277th of 3,143

Full data for Bell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population402,248Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020372,407Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?370,790Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,054 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area36.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,090 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?382 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,865American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$241,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households142,305American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units155,018American 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
+3,209
6,037 births, 2,828 deaths
Net migration
+1,556
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 7 areas bordering Bell 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
Coryell CountyTexas34 mi85,592
Williamson CountyTexas32 mi752,827
Falls CountyTexas24 mi17,869
Milam CountyTexas23 mi26,258
McLennan CountyTexas11 mi272,020
Burnet CountyTexas10 mi57,015
Lampasas CountyTexas2.6 mi23,657

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.