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Sabine County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 163 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48403

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

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Population
10,012
+116 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
491.7
square miles. A further 14.7% of the total area is water
Population density
20.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hemphill
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Hemphill city
Population 1,027.

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 Sabine 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 Sabine 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 665 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 Sabine 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
Population10,012163rd of 2542,406th of 3,144
Land area491.7 sq mi239th of 2542,115th of 3,144
Population density20.4 per sq mi134th of 2542,230th of 3,144
Median household income$66,585110th of 2541,460th of 3,143

Full data for Sabine County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,012Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,896Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,900Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area491.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area84.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area576.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,585American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$153,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age54.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,649American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,697American 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
-95
99 births, 194 deaths
Net migration
+24
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 5 areas bordering Sabine 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
Sabine ParishLouisiana56 mi21,834
San Augustine CountyTexas33 mi7,722
Newton CountyTexas18 mi11,954
Shelby CountyTexas14 mi24,286
Jasper CountyTexas7.8 mi33,075

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.