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Palo Pinto County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 94 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48363

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

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Population
30,791
+2,335 (+8.2%) since 2020
Land area
952.5
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
32.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Palo Pinto
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Mineral Wells city
Population 15,799 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 Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto 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 715 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 Palo Pinto 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
Population30,79194th of 2541,420th of 3,144
Land area952.5 sq mi84th of 254738th of 3,144
Population density32.3 per sq mi104th of 2541,858th of 3,144
Median household income$67,674102nd of 2541,370th of 3,143

Full data for Palo Pinto County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,791Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,456Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,415Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area952.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area33.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area985.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,674American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$198,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,234American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,206American 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
-26
375 births, 401 deaths
Net migration
+479
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 Palo Pinto 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
Parker CountyTexas31 mi184,767
Stephens CountyTexas30 mi9,380
Erath CountyTexas24 mi43,911
Jack CountyTexas22 mi9,563
Young CountyTexas12 mi18,154
Eastland CountyTexas5.9 mi18,143
Hood CountyTexas3.3 mi70,501

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.