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Wichita County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 37 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48485

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

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Population
129,555
-56 (0%) since 2020
Land area
627.6
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
206
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wichita Falls
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Wichita Falls city
Population 101,949 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 Wichita 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 Wichita 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 701 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 Wichita 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
Population129,55537th of 254511th of 3,144
Land area627.6 sq mi227th of 2541,534th of 3,144
Population density206 per sq mi33rd of 254558th of 3,144
Median household income$63,524135th of 2541,748th of 3,143

Full data for Wichita County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population129,555Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020129,611Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?129,357Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area627.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area632.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?206 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,524American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$153,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households49,017American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units55,750American 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
-60
1,528 births, 1,588 deaths
Net migration
+78
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 Wichita 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
Archer CountyTexas30 mi9,129
Tillman CountyOklahoma26 mi6,780
Wilbarger CountyTexas26 mi12,481
Clay CountyTexas17 mi10,764
Cotton CountyOklahoma16 mi5,432
Baylor CountyTexasa single point3,472

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.