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Travis County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 5 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48453

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

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Population
1,389,670
+93,098 (+7.2%) since 2020
Land area
994.3
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1,398
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Austin
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Austin city
Population 929,657 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 Travis 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 Travis 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 709 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 Travis 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
Population1,389,6705th of 25431st of 3,144
Land area994.3 sq mi75th of 254690th of 3,144
Population density1,398 per sq mi6th of 254116th of 3,144
Median household income$99,61111th of 254170th of 3,143

Full data for Travis County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,389,670Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,296,572Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,290,157Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area994.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area30.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,025 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,398 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$99,611American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$523,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households583,747American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units618,236American 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
+9,312
16,196 births, 6,884 deaths
Net migration
+5,338
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 Travis 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
Williamson CountyTexas64 mi752,827
Hays CountyTexas36 mi304,390
Bastrop CountyTexas30 mi118,908
Burnet CountyTexas18 mi57,015
Blanco CountyTexas5.6 mi13,581
Caldwell CountyTexas5.0 mi55,150

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.