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Upton County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 220 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48461

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

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Population
3,131
-170 (-5.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,241
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
2.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rankin
Seat of county government.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
McCamey city
Population 1,743.

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 Upton 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 Upton 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 665 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 Upton 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
Population3,131220th of 2542,948th of 3,144
Land area1,241 sq mi36th of 254490th of 3,144
Population density2.5 per sq mi223rd of 2542,942nd of 3,144
Median household income$49,167228th of 2542,816th of 3,143

Full data for Upton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,131Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,301Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,308Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,241 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.18 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,242 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,167American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$109,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,360American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,683American 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
-2
36 births, 38 deaths
Net migration
+23
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 Upton 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
Reagan CountyTexas39 mi3,166
Crane CountyTexas39 mi4,554
Crockett CountyTexas31 mi2,769
Midland CountyTexas30 mi187,855
Ector CountyTexas1.8 mi173,801
Glasscock CountyTexasa single point1,128

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.