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Bowie County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 44 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48037

Within Texas
Bowie 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
92,696
-211 (-0.2%) since 2020
Land area
884.9
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
105
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Boston
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Texarkana city
Population 36,195.

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 Bowie 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 Bowie 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 668 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 Bowie 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
Population92,69644th of 254661st of 3,144
Land area884.9 sq mi165th of 254901st of 3,144
Population density105 per sq mi46th of 254867th of 3,144
Median household income$59,803170th of 2542,100th of 3,143

Full data for Bowie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population92,696Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202092,907Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?92,894Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area884.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area38.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area922.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?105 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,803American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$173,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households35,073American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units39,948American 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
-75
1,154 births, 1,229 deaths
Net migration
+85
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 Bowie 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
Cass CountyTexas82 mi28,651
Little River CountyArkansas65 mi11,763
McCurtain CountyOklahoma49 mi30,744
Red River CountyTexas26 mi11,816
Miller CountyArkansas19 mi42,357
Morris CountyTexas14 mi12,133

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.