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Martin County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 197 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48317

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

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Population
5,284
+25 (+0.5%) since 2020
Land area
915
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
5.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stanton
Seat of county government.
Established
1884
141 years ago
Largest city
Stanton city
Population 2,694.

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 Martin 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 Martin 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 795 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 Martin 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
Population5,284197th of 2542,796th of 3,144
Land area915 sq mi115th of 254806th of 3,144
Population density5.8 per sq mi191st of 2542,737th of 3,144
Median household income$93,73416th of 254239th of 3,143

Full data for Martin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,284Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,259Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,246Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area915 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.75 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area915.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$93,734American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,973American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,135American 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
+19
72 births, 53 deaths
Net migration
-22
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 7 areas bordering Martin 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
Howard CountyTexas30 mi30,504
Andrews CountyTexas30 mi18,914
Dawson CountyTexas30 mi11,776
Midland CountyTexas26 mi187,855
Glasscock CountyTexas4.8 mi1,128
Gaines CountyTexas0.5 mi23,956
Borden CountyTexasa single point567

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.