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Colorado County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 115 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48089

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

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Population
21,439
+798 (+3.9%) since 2020
Land area
960.3
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
22.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Columbus
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Columbus city
Population 3,821.

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 Colorado 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 Colorado 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 694 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 Colorado 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
Population21,439115th of 2541,755th of 3,144
Land area960.3 sq mi82nd of 254730th of 3,144
Population density22.3 per sq mi126th of 2542,154th of 3,144
Median household income$66,377113th of 2541,482nd of 3,143

Full data for Colorado County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,439Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,641Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,637Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area960.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area973.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,377American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$209,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,937American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,102American 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
-34
249 births, 283 deaths
Net migration
+25
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 5 areas bordering Colorado 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
Austin CountyTexas44 mi33,625
Wharton CountyTexas40 mi42,060
Lavaca CountyTexas38 mi20,651
Fayette CountyTexas29 mi25,459
Jackson CountyTexas1.6 mi15,393

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.