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Bosque County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 127 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48035

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

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Population
18,918
+663 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
983
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
19.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Meridian
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Clifton city
Population 3,523.

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 Bosque 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 Bosque 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 799 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 Bosque 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
Population18,918127th of 2541,883rd of 3,144
Land area983 sq mi79th of 254701st of 3,144
Population density19.2 per sq mi138th of 2542,274th of 3,144
Median household income$68,91494th of 2541,272nd of 3,143

Full data for Bosque County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,918Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,255Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,232Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area983 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area19.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,003 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,914American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$200,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,496American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,348American 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
-141
186 births, 327 deaths
Net migration
+98
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 Bosque 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
Hill CountyTexas53 mi39,503
Hamilton CountyTexas28 mi8,680
McLennan CountyTexas22 mi272,020
Somervell CountyTexas17 mi10,261
Johnson CountyTexas16 mi218,048
Coryell CountyTexas15 mi85,592
Erath CountyTexas9.5 mi43,911

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.