County Maps US

Limestone County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 110 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48293

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

Download SVGFull Texas map downloads

Population
22,849
+708 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
905.4
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
25.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Groesbeck
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Mexia city
Population 7,091.

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 Limestone 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 Limestone 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 799 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 Limestone 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
Population22,849110th of 2541,691st of 3,144
Land area905.4 sq mi133rd of 254831st of 3,144
Population density25.2 per sq mi117th of 2542,061st of 3,144
Median household income$60,573160th of 2542,035th of 3,143

Full data for Limestone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,849Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,141Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,148Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area905.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area933.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,573American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,389American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,443American 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
-35
273 births, 308 deaths
Net migration
+137
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 Limestone 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
Freestone CountyTexas31 mi20,811
Falls CountyTexas24 mi17,869
Robertson CountyTexas19 mi17,839
McLennan CountyTexas15 mi272,020
Hill CountyTexas15 mi39,503
Navarro CountyTexas13 mi57,181
Leon CountyTexas7.2 mi16,894

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 254 counties of Texas

Open the interactive Texas county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.