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Leon County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 136 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48289

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

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Population
16,894
+1,119 (+7.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,073
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
15.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Centerville
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Buffalo city
Population 1,906.

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 Leon 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 Leon 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 692 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 Leon 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
Population16,894136th of 2541,983rd of 3,144
Land area1,073 sq mi53rd of 254598th of 3,144
Population density15.7 per sq mi148th of 2542,369th of 3,144
Median household income$61,449149th of 2541,937th of 3,143

Full data for Leon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,894Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,775Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,762Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,073 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,081 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,449American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,741American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,067American 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
-27
209 births, 236 deaths
Net migration
+184
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 7 areas bordering Leon 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
Houston CountyTexas48 mi22,316
Robertson CountyTexas46 mi17,839
Madison CountyTexas31 mi14,226
Freestone CountyTexas30 mi20,811
Anderson CountyTexas23 mi59,805
Limestone CountyTexas7.2 mi22,849
Brazos CountyTexasa single point249,088

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.