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Presidio County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 196 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48377

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

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Population
5,433
-672 (-11.0%) since 2020
Land area
3,855
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marfa
Seat of county government.
Established
1875
150 years ago
Largest city
Presidio city
Population 2,909.

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 Presidio 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 Presidio 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 622 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 Presidio 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
Population5,433196th of 2542,783rd of 3,144
Land area3,855 sq mi4th of 254128th of 3,144
Population density1.4 per sq mi235th of 2543,034th of 3,144
Median household income$43,802243rd of 2542,995th of 3,143

Full data for Presidio County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,433Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,105Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,130Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,855 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.69 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,856 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$43,802American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$121,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,418American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,273American 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
+12
71 births, 59 deaths
Net migration
-203
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 3 areas bordering Presidio 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
Brewster CountyTexas79 mi9,458
Jeff Davis CountyTexas72 mi1,711
Hudspeth CountyTexasa single point3,433

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.