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Rusk County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 68 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48401

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

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Population
54,854
+2,599 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
924.2
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
59.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Henderson
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Henderson city
Population 13,496.

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 Rusk 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 Rusk 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 658 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 Rusk 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
Population54,85468th of 254950th of 3,144
Land area924.2 sq mi104th of 254787th of 3,144
Population density59.4 per sq mi69th of 2541,316th of 3,144
Median household income$68,65897th of 2541,287th of 3,143

Full data for Rusk County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population54,854Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,255Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,222Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area924.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area938.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?59.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,658American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,027American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,311American 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
-80
574 births, 654 deaths
Net migration
+305
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 Rusk 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
Panola CountyTexas36 mi23,018
Nacogdoches CountyTexas29 mi66,035
Gregg CountyTexas26 mi126,095
Cherokee CountyTexas23 mi53,337
Shelby CountyTexas17 mi24,286
Smith CountyTexas16 mi252,549
Harrison CountyTexas8.8 mi71,956

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.