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Kaufman County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 27 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48257

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

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Population
209,235
+62,070 (+42.2%) since 2020
Land area
780.7
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
268
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kaufman
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Forney city
Population 41,658.

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 Kaufman 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 Kaufman 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 647 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 Kaufman 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
Population209,23527th of 254345th of 3,144
Land area780.7 sq mi203rd of 2541,107th of 3,144
Population density268 per sq mi28th of 254478th of 3,144
Median household income$89,48521st of 254315th of 3,143

Full data for Kaufman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population209,235Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020147,165Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?145,337Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area780.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area807.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?268 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$89,485American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$320,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households50,990American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units54,130American 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
+1,678
2,967 births, 1,289 deaths
Net migration
+9,696
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 Kaufman 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
Van Zandt CountyTexas33 mi66,130
Ellis CountyTexas25 mi240,867
Henderson CountyTexas22 mi88,595
Dallas CountyTexas19 mi2,661,397
Rockwall CountyTexas15 mi140,738
Hunt CountyTexas13 mi123,336

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.