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King County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 253 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48269Sparse data

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

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Population
192
-75 (-28.1%) since 2020
Land area
910.9
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
0.21
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Guthrie
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

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 King 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 King 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 799 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 King 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
Population192253rd of 2543,142nd of 3,144
Land area910.9 sq mi125th of 254822nd of 3,144
Population density0.21 per sq mi253rd of 2543,135th of 3,144
Median household income$46,645235th of 2542,913th of 3,143

Full data for King County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population192Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020267Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?262Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area910.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area913.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?0.21 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,645American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$52,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households111American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units189American 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
5 births, 2 deaths
Net migration
-23
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering King 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
Stonewall CountyTexas30 mi1,186
Knox CountyTexas30 mi3,192
Dickens CountyTexas30 mi1,692
Cottle CountyTexas27 mi1,224
Foard CountyTexas3.0 mi1,044
Haskell CountyTexasa single point5,499
Kent CountyTexasa single point674
Motley CountyTexasa single point1,043

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.