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Walker County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 50 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48471

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

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Population
83,842
+7,280 (+9.5%) since 2020
Land area
784.2
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
107
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Huntsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Huntsville city
Population 49,088.

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 Walker 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 Walker 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 679 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 Walker 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
Population83,84250th of 254700th of 3,144
Land area784.2 sq mi202nd of 2541,104th of 3,144
Population density107 per sq mi45th of 254860th of 3,144
Median household income$52,324216th of 2542,643rd of 3,143

Full data for Walker County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population83,842Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202076,562Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?76,409Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area784.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area801.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?107 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,324American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$226,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,017American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,383American 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
-24
668 births, 692 deaths
Net migration
+390
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 Walker 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
Montgomery CountyTexas31 mi781,194
Madison CountyTexas29 mi14,226
San Jacinto CountyTexas25 mi29,488
Trinity CountyTexas24 mi14,384
Grimes CountyTexas16 mi34,252
Houston CountyTexas14 mi22,316

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.