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Hopkins County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 83 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48223

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

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Population
39,063
+2,230 (+6.1%) since 2020
Land area
767.4
square miles. A further 3.2% of the total area is water
Population density
50.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sulphur Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Sulphur Springs city
Population 17,054.

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 Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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 726 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 Hopkins 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
Population39,06383rd of 2541,208th of 3,144
Land area767.4 sq mi206th of 2541,131st of 3,144
Population density50.9 per sq mi79th of 2541,448th of 3,144
Median household income$70,88878th of 2541,135th of 3,143

Full data for Hopkins County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population39,063Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202036,833Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,797Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area767.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area25.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area792.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,888American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$221,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,002American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,882American 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
-5
463 births, 468 deaths
Net migration
+240
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 Hopkins 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
Delta CountyTexas68 mi5,549
Franklin CountyTexas29 mi10,994
Wood CountyTexas21 mi49,688
Hunt CountyTexas17 mi123,336
Rains CountyTexas13 mi13,542

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.