Parker County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 31 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48367

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

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Population
184,767
+35,208 (+23.5%) since 2020
Land area
903.7
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
204
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Weatherford
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Weatherford city
Population 40,634.

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 Parker 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 Parker 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 786 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 Parker 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
Population184,76731st of 254381st of 3,144
Land area903.7 sq mi135th of 254836th of 3,144
Population density204 per sq mi34th of 254562nd of 3,144
Median household income$104,4438th of 254127th of 3,143

Full data for Parker County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population184,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020149,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?148,241Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area903.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area910.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?204 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$104,443American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$375,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households56,437American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units59,879American 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
+393
1,983 births, 1,590 deaths
Net migration
+4,747
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 Parker 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
Palo Pinto CountyTexas31 mi30,791
Tarrant CountyTexas30 mi2,248,466
Hood CountyTexas26 mi70,501
Wise CountyTexas22 mi83,778
Jack CountyTexas7.8 mi9,563
Johnson CountyTexas3.9 mi218,048

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.