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Midland County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 30 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48329

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

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Population
187,855
+17,133 (+10.0%) since 2020
Land area
900.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
209
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Midland
Seat of county government.
Established
1885
140 years ago
Largest city
Midland city
Population 147,565 for the whole place, which extends beyond 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 Midland 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 Midland 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 798 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 Midland 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
Population187,85530th of 254375th of 3,144
Land area900.4 sq mi143rd of 254850th of 3,144
Population density209 per sq mi32nd of 254547th of 3,144
Median household income$92,87418th of 254255th of 3,143

Full data for Midland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population187,855Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020170,722Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?170,341Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area900.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area902 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?209 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$92,874American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$312,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households67,651American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units72,723American 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
+1,920
3,149 births, 1,229 deaths
Net migration
+1,847
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 6 areas bordering Midland 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
Upton CountyTexas30 mi3,131
Ector CountyTexas30 mi173,801
Glasscock CountyTexas30 mi1,128
Martin CountyTexas26 mi5,284
Andrews CountyTexas4.4 mi18,914
Reagan CountyTexasa single point3,166

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.