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Callahan County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 141 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48059

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

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Population
14,491
+743 (+5.4%) since 2020
Land area
899.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
16.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Baird
Seat of county government.
Established
1877
148 years ago
Largest city
Clyde city
Population 4,024.

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 Callahan 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 Callahan 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 798 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 Callahan 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
Population14,491141st of 2542,120th of 3,144
Land area899.4 sq mi150th of 254859th of 3,144
Population density16.1 per sq mi145th of 2542,357th of 3,144
Median household income$72,43664th of 2541,017th of 3,143

Full data for Callahan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,491Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,748Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,706Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area899.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area901.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,436American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$145,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,239American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,539American 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
-87
115 births, 202 deaths
Net migration
+52
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 Callahan 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
Eastland CountyTexas30 mi18,143
Taylor CountyTexas30 mi150,077
Shackelford CountyTexas29 mi3,197
Coleman CountyTexas26 mi7,915
Brown CountyTexas4.5 mi38,711
Jones CountyTexas1.0 mi20,861

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.