Eastland County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 133 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48133

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

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Population
18,143
+343 (+1.9%) since 2020
Land area
926.5
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
19.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Eastland
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Cisco city
Population 3,980.

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 Eastland 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 Eastland 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 660 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 Eastland 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
Population18,143133rd of 2541,928th of 3,144
Land area926.5 sq mi101st of 254782nd of 3,144
Population density19.6 per sq mi137th of 2542,261st of 3,144
Median household income$53,549212th of 2542,558th of 3,143

Full data for Eastland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,143Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,754Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area926.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area931.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?19.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,549American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$134,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,236American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,384American 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
-86
195 births, 281 deaths
Net migration
-84
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Eastland 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
Stephens CountyTexas30 mi9,380
Callahan CountyTexas30 mi14,491
Comanche CountyTexas25 mi14,432
Erath CountyTexas20 mi43,911
Brown CountyTexas11 mi38,711
Palo Pinto CountyTexas5.9 mi30,791
Shackelford CountyTexas1.1 mi3,197

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.