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Milam County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 100 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48331

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

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Population
26,258
+1,478 (+6.0%) since 2020
Land area
1,016
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
25.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cameron
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Rockdale city
Population 5,688.

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 Milam 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 Milam 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 747 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 Milam 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
Population26,258100th of 2541,571st of 3,144
Land area1,016 sq mi68th of 254656th of 3,144
Population density25.8 per sq mi116th of 2542,045th of 3,144
Median household income$66,141115th of 2541,521st of 3,143

Full data for Milam County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,258Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,780Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,753Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,016 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,021 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,141American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,152American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,641American 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
-23
316 births, 339 deaths
Net migration
+27
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 Milam 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
Robertson CountyTexas46 mi17,839
Burleson CountyTexas24 mi20,549
Williamson CountyTexas23 mi752,827
Bell CountyTexas23 mi402,248
Falls CountyTexas17 mi17,869
Lee CountyTexas13 mi18,729

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.