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Nolan County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 145 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48353

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

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Population
14,117
-607 (-4.1%) since 2020
Land area
912
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
15.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sweetwater
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Sweetwater city
Population 10,141.

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 Nolan 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 Nolan 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 791 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 Nolan 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
Population14,117145th of 2542,154th of 3,144
Land area912 sq mi121st of 254816th of 3,144
Population density15.5 per sq mi149th of 2542,378th of 3,144
Median household income$50,747222nd of 2542,730th of 3,143

Full data for Nolan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,117Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,724Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,737Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area912 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area914 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,747American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$96,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,886American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,104American 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
-36
178 births, 214 deaths
Net migration
+5
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 Nolan 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
Taylor CountyTexas30 mi150,077
Mitchell CountyTexas30 mi8,947
Fisher CountyTexas30 mi3,692
Coke CountyTexas25 mi3,412
Runnels CountyTexas4.9 mi9,693
Jones CountyTexasa single point20,861
Scurry CountyTexasa single point16,162

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.