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Chambers County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 62 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48071

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

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Population
57,594
+10,602 (+22.6%) since 2020
Land area
597.2
square miles. A further 31.4% of the total area is water
Population density
96.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Anahuac
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Mont Belvieu city
Population 10,654 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Chambers 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 Chambers 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 565 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 Chambers 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
Population57,59462nd of 254919th of 3,144
Land area597.2 sq mi229th of 2541,638th of 3,144
Population density96.4 per sq mi53rd of 254939th of 3,144
Median household income$109,8047th of 254103rd of 3,143

Full data for Chambers County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,594Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202046,992Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?46,539Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area597.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area273.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area871.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?96.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$109,804American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$329,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,229American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,937American 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
+348
697 births, 349 deaths
Net migration
+1,272
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 4 areas bordering Chambers 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
Galveston CountyTexas61 mi372,207
Harris CountyTexas41 mi5,045,026
Liberty CountyTexas32 mi121,364
Jefferson CountyTexas31 mi254,321

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.