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Lynn County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 191 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48305

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

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Population
6,017
+408 (+7.3%) since 2020
Land area
891.9
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
6.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tahoka
Seat of county government.
Established
1876
149 years ago
Largest city
Tahoka city
Population 2,533.

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 Lynn 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 Lynn 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 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 Lynn 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
Population6,017191st of 2542,727th of 3,144
Land area891.9 sq mi158th of 254885th of 3,144
Population density6.8 per sq mi184th of 2542,696th of 3,144
Median household income$73,67958th of 254938th of 3,143

Full data for Lynn County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,017Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,609Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,593Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area891.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area893.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,679American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$147,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,099American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,521American 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
+32
87 births, 55 deaths
Net migration
+26
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 Lynn 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
Lubbock CountyTexas30 mi328,906
Garza CountyTexas30 mi4,510
Terry CountyTexas30 mi11,720
Dawson CountyTexas22 mi11,776
Borden CountyTexas7.8 mi567
Crosby CountyTexasa single point4,852
Hockley CountyTexasa single point21,600

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

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