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Taylor County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 35 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48441

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

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Population
150,077
+6,593 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
915.5
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
164
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Abilene
Seat of county government.
Established
1878
147 years ago
Largest city
Abilene city
Population 125,818 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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 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 Taylor 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
Population150,07735th of 254465th of 3,144
Land area915.5 sq mi114th of 254804th of 3,144
Population density164 per sq mi39th of 254655th of 3,144
Median household income$67,139106th of 2541,421st of 3,143

Full data for Taylor County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population150,077Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020143,484Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?143,233Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area915.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area919.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?164 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,139American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$198,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households54,934American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units62,198American 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
+413
1,914 births, 1,501 deaths
Net migration
+1,261
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 6 areas bordering Taylor 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
Jones CountyTexas31 mi20,861
Nolan CountyTexas30 mi14,117
Callahan CountyTexas30 mi14,491
Runnels CountyTexas26 mi9,693
Coleman CountyTexas4.8 mi7,915
Fisher CountyTexasa single point3,692

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.