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Harrison County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 53 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48203

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

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Population
71,956
+3,158 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
900.1
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
79.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marshall
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Marshall city
Population 24,467.

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 Harrison 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 Harrison 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 685 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 Harrison 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
Population71,95653rd of 254774th of 3,144
Land area900.1 sq mi147th of 254855th of 3,144
Population density79.9 per sq mi58th of 2541,080th of 3,144
Median household income$66,103116th of 2541,528th of 3,143

Full data for Harrison County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population71,956Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202068,798Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?68,830Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area900.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area15.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area915.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,103American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$180,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,287American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,756American 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
+3
773 births, 770 deaths
Net migration
+549
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 Harrison 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
Marion CountyTexas62 mi9,896
Panola CountyTexas35 mi23,018
Gregg CountyTexas26 mi126,095
Caddo ParishLouisiana21 mi224,226
Upshur CountyTexas9.7 mi44,410
Rusk CountyTexas8.8 mi54,854

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.