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Freestone County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 118 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48161

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

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Population
20,811
+1,372 (+7.1%) since 2020
Land area
877.7
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
23.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fairfield
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Teague city
Population 3,595.

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 Freestone 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 Freestone 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 787 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 Freestone 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
Population20,811118th of 2541,786th of 3,144
Land area877.7 sq mi173rd of 254916th of 3,144
Population density23.7 per sq mi121st of 2542,101st of 3,144
Median household income$59,960168th of 2542,087th of 3,143

Full data for Freestone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,811Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,439Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,439Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area877.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area892 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,960American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$168,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,090American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,123American 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
-19
222 births, 241 deaths
Net migration
+146
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 Freestone 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
Anderson CountyTexas67 mi59,805
Limestone CountyTexas31 mi22,849
Leon CountyTexas30 mi16,894
Navarro CountyTexas30 mi57,181
Henderson CountyTexas0.5 mi88,595

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.