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Hood County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 54 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48221

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

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Population
70,501
+8,447 (+13.6%) since 2020
Land area
420.7
square miles. A further 3.7% of the total area is water
Population density
168
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Granbury
Seat of county government.
Established
1866
159 years ago
Largest city
Granbury city
Population 13,263.

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 Hood 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 Hood 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 693 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 Hood 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
Population70,50154th of 254786th of 3,144
Land area420.7 sq mi241st of 2542,408th of 3,144
Population density168 per sq mi36th of 254637th of 3,144
Median household income$88,16023rd of 254347th of 3,143

Full data for Hood County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population70,501Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,054Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?61,592Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area420.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area436.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?168 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$88,160American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$306,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,523American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,066American 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
-233
660 births, 893 deaths
Net migration
+1,441
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 Hood 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
Parker CountyTexas26 mi184,767
Somervell CountyTexas21 mi10,261
Erath CountyTexas20 mi43,911
Johnson CountyTexas16 mi218,048
Palo Pinto CountyTexas3.3 mi30,791

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.