|
Population
|
County Seat
|
County
|
|
57,805
|
Palestine
|
Anderson
|
|
18,879
|
-------
|
Andrews
|
|
86,796
|
Lufkin
|
Angelina
|
|
23,814
|
Rockport
|
Aransas
|
|
8,730
|
Archer City
|
Archer
|
|
1,869
|
Claude
|
Armstrong
|
|
51,724
|
Jourdantown
|
Atascosa
|
|
29,972
|
Bellville
|
Austin
|
|
6,697
|
Muleshoe
|
Bailey
|
|
23,861
|
-------
|
Bandera
|
|
91,601
|
-------
|
Bastrop
|
|
3,518
|
Seymour
|
Baylor
|
|
32,513
|
Beeville
|
Bee
|
|
369,927
|
Belton
|
Bell
|
|
2,026,823
|
San Antonio
|
Bexar
|
|
12,269
|
Johnson City
|
Blanco
|
|
706
|
Gail
|
Borden
|
|
18,603
|
Meridian
|
Bosque
|
|
93,481
|
Boston
|
Bowie
|
|
380,518
|
Angleton
|
Brazoria
|
|
232,555
|
Bryan
|
Brazos
|
|
9,237
|
Alpine
|
Brewster
|
|
1,487
|
Silverton
|
Briscoe
|
|
6,964
|
Falfurrias
|
Brooks
|
|
37,633
|
Brownwood
|
Brown
|
|
18,514
|
Caldwell
|
Burleson
|
|
49,653
|
------
|
Burnet
|
|
43,979
|
Lockhart
|
Caldwell
|
|
21,001
|
Port Lavaca
|
Calhoun
|
|
14,110
|
Baird
|
Callahan
|
|
424,180
|
Brownsville
|
Cameron
|
|
13,060
|
Pittsburg
|
Camp
|
|
5,854
|
Panhandle
|
Carson
|
|
29,879
|
Linden
|
Cass
|
|
7,396
|
Dimmitt
|
Castro
|
|
45,590
|
Anahuac
|
Chambers
|
|
52,875
|
Rusk
|
Cherokee
|
|
7,143
|
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|
Childress
|
|
10,550
|
Henrietta
|
Clay
|
|
2,897
|
Morton
|
Cochran
|
|
3,323
|
Robert Lee
|
Coke
|
|
8,100
|
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|
Coleman
|
|
1,072,069
|
McKinney
|
Collin
|
|
2,877
|
Wellington
|
Collingsworth
|
|
21,610
|
Columbus
|
Colorado
|
|
164,812
|
New Braunfels
|
Comal
|
|
13,750
|
--------
|
Comanche
|
|
2,827
|
Paint Rock
|
Concho
|
|
41,393
|
Gainesville
|
Cooke
|
|
76,737
|
Gatesville
|
Coryell
|
|
1,363
|
Paducah
|
Cottle
|
|
4,765
|
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|
Crane
|
|
3,513
|
Ozona
|
Crockett
|
|
5,567
|
Crosbyton
|
Crosby
|
|
2,149
|
Van Horn
|
Culberson
|
|
7,273
|
Dalhart
|
Dallam
|
|
2,635,888
|
------
|
Dallas
|
|
12,974
|
Lamesa
|
Dawson
|
|
18,277
|
Hereford
|
Deaf Smith
|
|
5,349
|
Cooper
|
Delta
|
|
919,324
|
------
|
Denton
|
|
20,174
|
Cuero
|
DeWitt
|
|
2,140
|
-------
|
Dickens
|
|
9,925
|
Carrizo Springs
|
Dimmit
|
|
3,308
|
Clarendon
|
Donley
|
|
11,058
|
San Diego
|
Duval
|
|
18,388
|
--------
|
Eastland
|
|
167,701
|
Odessa
|
Ector
|
|
1,923
|
Rocksprings
|
Edwards
|
|
841,286
|
-- ----
|
El Paso
|
|
191,760
|
Waxahachie
|
Ellis
|
|
43,224
|
Stephenville
|
Erath
|
|
17,275
|
Marlin
|
Falls
|
|
35,913
|
Bonham
|
Fannin
|
|
25,547
|
La Grange
|
Fayette
|
|
3,784
|
Roby
|
Fisher
|
|
5,672
|
Floydada
|
Floyd
|
|
1,135
|
Crowell
|
Foard
|
|
839,706
|
Richmond
|
Fort Bend
|
|
10,821
|
Mount Vernon
|
Franklin
|
|
19,874
|
Fairfield
|
Freestone
|
|
20,379
|
Pearsall
|
Frio
|
|
21,996
|
Seminole
|
Gaines
|
|
345,089
|
---------
|
Galveston
|
|
6,222
|
Post
|
Garza
|
|
26,960
|
Fredericksburg
|
Gillespie
|
|
1,439
|
Garden City
|
Glasscock
|
|
7,626
|
------
|
Goliad
|
|
20,948
|
--------
|
Gonzales
|
|
21,658
|
Pampa
|
Gray
|
|
138,318
|
Sherman
|
Grayson
|
|
124,229
|
Longview
|
Gregg
|
|
29,614
|
Anderson
|
Grimes
|
|
170,608
|
Seguin
|
Guadalupe
|
|
32,754
|
Plainview
|
Hale
|
|
2,939
|
Memphis
|
Hall
|
|
8,557
|
--------
|
Hamilton
|
|
5,279
|
Spearman
|
Hansford
|
|
4,011
|
Quanah
|
Hardeman
|
|
58,305
|
Kountze
|
Hardin
|
|
4,738,253
|
Houston
|
Harris
|
|
66,386
|
Marshall
|
Harrison
|
|
5,443
|
Channing
|
Hartley
|
|
5,754
|
-------
|
Haskell
|
|
241,365
|
San Marcos
|
Hays
|
|
3,777
|
Canadian
|
Hemphill
|
|
83,792
|
Athens
|
Henderson
|
|
875,200
|
Edinburg
|
Hidalgo
|
|
37,006
|
Hillsboro
|
Hill
|
|
22,921
|
Levelland
|
Hockley
|
|
63,527
|
Granbury
|
Hood
|
|
37,170
|
Sulphur Springs
|
Hopkins
|
|
22,835
|
Crockett
|
Houston
|
|
36,540
|
Big Spring
|
Howard
|
|
4,906
|
Sierra Blanca
|
Hudspeth
|
|
99,807
|
Greenville
|
Hunt
|
|
20,677
|
Stinnett
|
Hutchinson
|
|
1,564
|
Mertzon
|
Irion
|
|
9,056
|
Jacksboro
|
Jack
|
|
14,854
|
Edna
|
Jackson
|
|
35,375
|
------
|
Jasper
|
|
2,220
|
Fort Davis
|
Jeff Davis
|
|
250,127
|
Beaumont
|
Jefferson
|
|
5,184
|
Hebbronville
|
Jim Hogg
|
|
40,452
|
Alice
|
Jim Wells
|
|
179,575
|
Cleburne
|
Johnson
|
|
19,875
|
Anson
|
Jones
|
|
|
Population
|
County Seat
|
County
|
|
15,562
|
------ City
|
Karnes
|
|
143,198
|
-------
|
Kaufman
|
|
48,523
|
Boerne
|
Kendall
|
|
379
|
Sarita
|
Kenedy
|
|
786
|
Jayton
|
Kent
|
|
52,869
|
Kerrville
|
Kerr
|
|
4,396
|
Junction
|
Kimble
|
|
283
|
Guthrie
|
King
|
|
3,670
|
Brackettville
|
Kinney
|
|
30,338
|
Kingsville
|
Kleberg
|
|
3,683
|
Benjamin
|
Knox
|
|
7,500
|
Cotulla
|
La Salle
|
|
49,905
|
Paris
|
Lamar
|
|
12,710
|
Littlefield
|
Lamb
|
|
21,789
|
--------
|
Lampasas
|
|
20,216
|
Hallettsville
|
Lavaca
|
|
17,397
|
Giddings
|
Lee
|
|
17,493
|
Centerville
|
Leon
|
|
91,547
|
-------
|
Liberty
|
|
23,340
|
Groesbeck
|
Limestone
|
|
3,111
|
--------
|
Lipscomb
|
|
12,324
|
George West
|
Live Oak
|
|
21,958
|
-----
|
Llano
|
|
181
|
Mentone
|
Loving
|
|
314,772
|
-------
|
Lubbock
|
|
6,025
|
Tahoka
|
Lynn
|
|
14,427
|
Madisonville
|
Madison
|
|
9,960
|
Jefferson
|
Marion
|
|
5,816
|
Stanton
|
Martin
|
|
4,344
|
-----
|
Mason
|
|
36,725
|
Bay City
|
Matagorda
|
|
58,378
|
Eagle Pass
|
Maverick
|
|
7,823
|
Brady
|
McCulloch
|
|
259,730
|
Waco
|
McLennan
|
|
721
|
Tilden
|
McMullen
|
|
52,358
|
Hondo
|
Medina
|
|
2,124
|
------
|
Menard
|
|
177,863
|
-------
|
Midland
|
|
24,708
|
Cameron
|
Milam
|
|
4,840
|
Goldthwaite
|
Mills
|
|
8,202
|
Colorado City
|
Mitchell
|
|
19,962
|
--------
|
Montague
|
|
626,351
|
Conroe
|
Montgomery
|
|
20,654
|
Dumas
|
Moore
|
|
12,393
|
Daingerfield
|
Morris
|
|
1,185
|
Matador
|
Motley
|
|
64,753
|
-----------
|
Nacogdoches
|
|
50,694
|
Corsicana
|
Navarro
|
|
13,414
|
------
|
Newton
|
|
14,835
|
Sweetwater
|
Nolan
|
|
363,148
|
Corpus Christi
|
Nueces
|
|
9,598
|
Perryton
|
Ochiltree
|
|
2,135
|
Vega
|
Oldham
|
|
82,878
|
------
|
Orange
|
|
29,320
|
---- -----
|
Palo Pinto
|
|
23,187
|
Carthage
|
Panola
|
|
148,198
|
Weatherford
|
Parker
|
|
9,522
|
Farwell
|
Parmer
|
|
15,718
|
Fort Stockton
|
Pecos
|
|
52,995
|
Livingston
|
Polk
|
|
116,004
|
Amarillo
|
Potter
|
|
6,508
|
Marfa
|
Presidio
|
|
12,552
|
Emory
|
Rains
|
|
139,899
|
Canyon
|
Randall
|
|
3,833
|
Big Lake
|
Reagan
|
|
3,411
|
Leakey
|
Real
|
|
11,995
|
Clarksville
|
Red River
|
|
15,949
|
Pecos
|
Reeves
|
|
6,877
|
-------
|
Refugio
|
|
813
|
Miami
|
Roberts
|
|
17,155
|
Franklin
|
Robertson
|
|
109,888
|
--------
|
Rockwall
|
|
10,401
|
Ballinger
|
Runnels
|
|
54,324
|
Henderson
|
Rusk
|
|
10,507
|
Hemphill
|
Sabine
|
|
8,248
|
--- ---------
|
San Augustine
|
|
29,301
|
Coldspring
|
San Jacinto
|
|
67,069
|
Sinton
|
San Patricio
|
|
6,039
|
--- ----
|
San Saba
|
|
2,761
|
Eldorado
|
Schleicher
|
|
16,662
|
Snyder
|
Scurry
|
|
3,300
|
Albany
|
Shackelford
|
|
24,915
|
Center
|
Shelby
|
|
3,027
|
Stratford
|
Sherman
|
|
235,806
|
Tyler
|
Smith
|
|
9,139
|
Glen Rose
|
Somervell
|
|
64,266
|
Rio Grande City
|
Starr
|
|
9,334
|
Breckenridge
|
Stephens
|
|
1,315
|
Sterling City
|
Sterling
|
|
1,348
|
Aspermont
|
Stonewall
|
|
3,738
|
Sonora
|
Sutton
|
|
7,340
|
Tulia
|
Swisher
|
|
2,123,347
|
Fort Worth
|
Tarrant
|
|
139,200
|
Abilene
|
Taylor
|
|
702
|
Sanderson
|
Terrell
|
|
12,183
|
Brownfield
|
Terry
|
|
1,487
|
------------
|
Throckmorton
|
|
32,926
|
Mount Pleasant
|
Titus
|
|
120,010
|
San Angelo
|
Tom Green
|
|
1,300,503
|
Austin
|
Travis
|
|
14,883
|
Groveton
|
Trinity
|
|
21,591
|
Woodville
|
Tyler
|
|
42,166
|
Gilmer
|
Upshur
|
|
3,623
|
Rankin
|
Upton
|
|
26,742
|
------
|
Uvalde
|
|
49,028
|
Del Rio
|
Val Verde
|
|
57,533
|
Canton
|
Van Zandt
|
|
91,936
|
--------
|
Victoria
|
|
72,164
|
Huntsville
|
Walker
|
|
57,452
|
Hempstead
|
Waller
|
|
12,097
|
Monahans
|
Ward
|
|
35,771
|
Brenham
|
Washington
|
|
277,681
|
Laredo
|
Webb
|
|
41,685
|
-------
|
Wharton
|
|
4,946
|
-------
|
Wheeler
|
|
133,205
|
Wichita Falls
|
Wichita
|
|
12,552
|
Vernon
|
Wilbarger
|
|
21,161
|
Raymondville
|
Willacy
|
|
617,855
|
Georgetown
|
Williamson
|
|
52,023
|
Floresville
|
Wilson
|
|
7,887
|
Kermit
|
Winkler
|
|
71,084
|
Decatur
|
Wise
|
|
46,291
|
Quitman
|
Wood
|
|
8,702
|
Plains
|
Yoakum
|
|
17,904
|
Graham
|
Young
|
|
14,172
|
------
|
Zapata
|
|
11,840
|
Crystal City
|
Zavala
|
|
I'm most unhappy about missing Harris County. I was going through the alphabet trying to remember it, and when I got to H my brain perked up—but I calmed it down again by telling it it was only excited because of the H in Houston.
I'm not sure I'm up for mastering this one!
For example (from greatest to smallest)
Texas -> Bexar County -> San Antonio
It can be tricky though as some states do have instances of counties and municipalities having the same boundaries and essentially being the same entity, i.e., San Francisco. Making it more confusing is that sometimes a city will have the same name of the county in which it resides, but that county will comprise much more than just that city, i.e., Los Angeles County.
Still I got 5 counties :))))