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Wharton County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 80 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48481

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

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Population
42,060
+479 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,086
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
38.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wharton
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
El Campo city
Population 12,142.

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 Wharton 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 Wharton 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 774 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 Wharton 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
Population42,06080th of 2541,152nd of 3,144
Land area1,086 sq mi51st of 254587th of 3,144
Population density38.7 per sq mi94th of 2541,701st of 3,144
Median household income$66,924107th of 2541,439th of 3,143

Full data for Wharton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population42,060Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,581Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,589Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,086 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,094 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,924American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,890American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,711American 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
+65
547 births, 482 deaths
Net migration
-71
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Wharton 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
Fort Bend CountyTexas48 mi975,191
Colorado CountyTexas40 mi21,439
Matagorda CountyTexas32 mi36,463
Jackson CountyTexas28 mi15,393
Austin CountyTexas7.1 mi33,625
Brazoria CountyTexas3.3 mi419,080

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.