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Sherman County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 224 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48421

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

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Population
2,781
-3 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
922.9
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
3.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stratford
Seat of county government.
Established
1889
136 years ago
Largest city
Stratford city
Population 1,978.

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 Sherman 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 Sherman 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 783 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 Sherman 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
Population2,781224th of 2542,973rd of 3,144
Land area922.9 sq mi107th of 254791st of 3,144
Population density3.0 per sq mi220th of 2542,904th of 3,144
Median household income$61,250154th of 2541,959th of 3,143

Full data for Sherman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,781Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,784Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,777Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area922.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.16 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area923 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$146,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households843American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,135American 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
+31
53 births, 22 deaths
Net migration
-25
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 7 areas bordering Sherman 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
Dallam CountyTexas31 mi7,508
Hansford CountyTexas31 mi4,944
Moore CountyTexas30 mi21,891
Texas CountyOklahoma23 mi20,322
Cimarron CountyOklahoma7.2 mi2,059
Hartley CountyTexasa single point4,904
Hutchinson CountyTexasa single point19,633

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.