Randall County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 34 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48381

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

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Population
152,351
+11,096 (+7.9%) since 2020
Land area
912.7
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
167
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Canyon
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Amarillo city
Population 106,621 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 Randall 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 Randall 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 800 by 782 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 Randall 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
Population152,35134th of 254463rd of 3,144
Land area912.7 sq mi119th of 254814th of 3,144
Population density167 per sq mi37th of 254643rd of 3,144
Median household income$83,86432nd of 254454th of 3,143

Full data for Randall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population152,351Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020141,255Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?140,670Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area912.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area922.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?167 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,864American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$238,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households56,807American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units61,677American 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
+443
1,737 births, 1,294 deaths
Net migration
+1,633
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 Randall 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
Potter CountyTexas31 mi114,453
Deaf Smith CountyTexas30 mi18,626
Armstrong CountyTexas30 mi1,843
Swisher CountyTexas21 mi6,703
Castro CountyTexas9.7 mi7,295
Carson CountyTexasa single point5,805
Oldham CountyTexasa single point1,783

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.