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Throckmorton County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 237 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48447

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

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Population
1,554
+97 (+6.7%) since 2020
Land area
912.6
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
1.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Throckmorton
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Throckmorton town
Population 776.

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 Throckmorton 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 Throckmorton 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 790 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 Throckmorton 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
Population1,554237th of 2543,076th of 3,144
Land area912.6 sq mi120th of 254815th of 3,144
Population density1.7 per sq mi230th of 2543,012th of 3,144
Median household income$59,216176th of 2542,155th of 3,143

Full data for Throckmorton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,457Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,447Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area912.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area915.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,216American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$89,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households737American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units991American 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
-4
23 births, 27 deaths
Net migration
+21
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 Throckmorton 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
Haskell CountyTexas30 mi5,499
Young CountyTexas30 mi18,154
Baylor CountyTexas30 mi3,472
Shackelford CountyTexas22 mi3,197
Stephens CountyTexas8.4 mi9,380
Archer CountyTexasa single point9,129
Knox CountyTexasa single point3,192

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.