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Erath County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 79 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48143

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

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Population
43,911
+1,201 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,083
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
40.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stephenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Stephenville city
Population 21,793.

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 Erath 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 Erath 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 782 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 Erath 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
Population43,91179th of 2541,124th of 3,144
Land area1,083 sq mi52nd of 254588th of 3,144
Population density40.5 per sq mi93rd of 2541,664th of 3,144
Median household income$65,115127th of 2541,625th of 3,143

Full data for Erath County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population43,911Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202042,710Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?42,545Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,083 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,090 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,115American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$269,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,816American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,694American 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
+66
417 births, 351 deaths
Net migration
-151
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 Erath 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
Comanche CountyTexas36 mi14,432
Palo Pinto CountyTexas24 mi30,791
Hood CountyTexas20 mi70,501
Eastland CountyTexas20 mi18,143
Hamilton CountyTexas14 mi8,680
Somervell CountyTexas11 mi10,261
Bosque CountyTexas9.5 mi18,918

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.