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Scurry County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 137 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48415

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

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Population
16,162
-754 (-4.5%) since 2020
Land area
905.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
17.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Snyder
Seat of county government.
Established
1884
141 years ago
Largest city
Snyder city
Population 11,166.

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 Scurry 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 Scurry 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 Scurry 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
Population16,162137th of 2542,031st of 3,144
Land area905.4 sq mi132nd of 254830th of 3,144
Population density17.8 per sq mi143rd of 2542,312th of 3,144
Median household income$60,039166th of 2542,080th of 3,143

Full data for Scurry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,162Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,916Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,908Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area905.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area907.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?17.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,039American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,876American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,881American 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
+9
181 births, 172 deaths
Net migration
-5
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 6 areas bordering Scurry 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
Fisher CountyTexas30 mi3,692
Borden CountyTexas30 mi567
Mitchell CountyTexas30 mi8,947
Kent CountyTexas22 mi674
Garza CountyTexas7.8 mi4,510
Nolan CountyTexasa single point14,117

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.