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Hardin County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 61 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48199

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

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Population
58,723
+2,366 (+4.2%) since 2020
Land area
890.6
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
65.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kountze
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Lumberton city
Population 14,123.

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 Hardin 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 Hardin 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 623 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 Hardin 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
Population58,72361st of 254908th of 3,144
Land area890.6 sq mi160th of 254887th of 3,144
Population density65.9 per sq mi67th of 2541,229th of 3,144
Median household income$75,80850th of 254788th of 3,143

Full data for Hardin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population58,723Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202056,357Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?56,245Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area890.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area897.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?65.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,808American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$205,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,222American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,100American 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
-36
665 births, 701 deaths
Net migration
+115
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 6 areas bordering Hardin 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
Jefferson CountyTexas44 mi254,321
Jasper CountyTexas38 mi33,075
Liberty CountyTexas36 mi121,364
Tyler CountyTexas28 mi20,443
Polk CountyTexas14 mi53,434
Orange CountyTexas11 mi86,266

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.