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Garza County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 206 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48169

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

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Population
4,510
-1,296 (-22.3%) since 2020
Land area
893.4
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
5.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Post
Seat of county government.
Established
1907
118 years ago
Largest city
Post city
Population 3,494.

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 Garza 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 Garza 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 797 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 Garza 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
Population4,510206th of 2542,855th of 3,144
Land area893.4 sq mi157th of 254881st of 3,144
Population density5.1 per sq mi197th of 2542,774th of 3,144
Median household income$46,314236th of 2542,920th of 3,143

Full data for Garza County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,510Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,806Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,815Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area893.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area896.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,314American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$77,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,463American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,190American 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
+2
46 births, 44 deaths
Net migration
-59
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 Garza 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
Crosby CountyTexas30 mi4,852
Lynn CountyTexas30 mi6,017
Kent CountyTexas29 mi674
Borden CountyTexas22 mi567
Scurry CountyTexas7.8 mi16,162
Dickens CountyTexasa single point1,692
Lubbock CountyTexasa single point328,906

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.