The graph below ranks each Texas County by total residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Texas total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Harris |  4,253,963 |
| Dallas | 2,453,907 |
| Tarrant | 1,881,445 |
| Bexar | 1,785,787 |
| Travis | 1,096,246 |
| Collin | 834,674 |
| El Paso | 828,600 |
| Hidalgo | 805,975 |
| Denton | 708,050 |
| Fort Bend | 625,853 |
| Montgomery | 484,790 |
| Williamson | 456,359 |
| Cameron | 415,551 |
| Nueces | 347,594 |
| Brazoria | 324,295 |
| Bell | 323,536 |
| Galveston | 301,092 |
| Lubbock | 285,998 |
| Webb | 259,211 |
| Jefferson | 251,306 |
| McLennan | 239,542 |
| Smith | 214,617 |
| Brazos | 200,400 |
| Hays | 169,013 |
| Ellis | 153,806 |
| Johnson | 153,341 |
| Midland | 146,786 |
| Ector | 144,609 |
| Guadalupe | 139,873 |
| Taylor | 133,984 |
| Wichita | 131,488 |
| Randall | 125,022 |
| Gregg | 122,741 |
| Potter | 122,413 |
| Grayson | 121,679 |
| Parker | 119,626 |
| Comal | 114,590 |
| Tom Green | 113,494 |
| Kaufman | 106,686 |
| Bowie | 93,022 |
| Victoria | 89,325 |
| Angelina | 87,488 |
| Hunt | 87,056 |
| Rockwall | 83,028 |
| Orange | 82,988 |
| Henderson | 78,939 |
| Coryell | 76,850 |
| Liberty | 76,349 |
| Bastrop | 74,791 |
| Walker | 68,458 |
| Harrison | 67,208 |
| Nacogdoches | 65,808 |
| San Patricio | 65,268 |
| Starr | 61,669 |
| Wise | 60,387 |
| Anderson | 58,080 |
| Maverick | 55,432 |
| Hardin | 55,177 |
| Rusk | 54,013 |
| Van Zandt | 52,407 |
| Hood | 52,171 |
| Cherokee | 51,154 |
| Lamar | 49,881 |
| Kerr | 49,826 |
| Val Verde | 48,693 |
| Navarro | 48,077 |
| Medina | 46,871 |
| Atascosa | 46,423 |
| Polk | 45,737 |
| Wilson | 44,396 |
| Waller | 44,376 |
| Burnet | 43,556 |
| Wood | 42,157 |
| Jim Wells | 41,670 |
| Wharton | 41,150 |
| Upshur | 40,005 |
| Erath | 39,554 |
| Cooke | 38,726 |
| Caldwell | 38,701 |
| Brown | 37,841 |
| Matagorda | 36,580 |
| Hale | 36,294 |
| Chambers | 36,095 |
| Kendall | 35,968 |
| Jasper | 35,881 |
| Howard | 35,454 |
| Hopkins | 35,424 |
| Hill | 35,106 |
| Washington | 33,943 |
| Fannin | 33,755 |
| Titus | 32,640 |
| Bee | 32,501 |
| Kleberg | 32,114 |
| Cass | 30,177 |
| Austin | 28,653 |
| Palo Pinto | 27,883 |
| San Jacinto | 27,083 |
| Grimes | 26,742 |
| Uvalde | 26,726 |
| Shelby | 25,977 |
| Gillespie | 25,144 |
| Fayette | 24,706 |
| Milam | 24,130 |
| Panola | 24,018 |
| Aransas | 23,847 |
| Limestone | 23,601 |
| Houston | 23,184 |
| Hockley | 23,150 |
| Gray | 22,955 |
| Moore | 22,373 |
| Willacy | 22,094 |
| Hutchinson | 21,907 |
| Calhoun | 21,609 |
| Tyler | 21,456 |
| Colorado | 20,687 |
| Bandera | 20,586 |
| DeWitt | 20,461 |
| Lampasas | 20,146 |
| Gonzales | 20,015 |
| Jones | 19,905 |
| Montague | 19,584 |
| Freestone | 19,483 |
| Lavaca | 19,476 |
| Deaf Smith | 19,368 |
| Llano | 19,148 |
| Eastland | 18,397 |
| Gaines | 18,393 |
| Young | 18,299 |
| Bosque | 18,107 |
| Frio | 17,776 |
| Falls | 17,606 |
| Burleson | 17,316 |
| Scurry | 17,117 |
| Leon | 16,789 |
| Lee | 16,593 |
| Robertson | 16,493 |
| Andrews | 16,137 |
| Pecos | 15,589 |
| Nolan | 14,906 |
| Karnes | 14,873 |
| Zapata | 14,273 |
| Trinity | 14,258 |
| Jackson | 14,252 |
| Newton | 14,240 |
| Lamb | 13,929 |
| Reeves | 13,820 |
| Comanche | 13,734 |
| Madison | 13,717 |
| Dawson | 13,653 |
| Callahan | 13,533 |
| Wilbarger | 13,235 |
| Morris | 12,801 |
| Red River | 12,696 |
| Terry | 12,614 |
| Camp | 12,486 |
| Zavala | 11,973 |
| Live Oak | 11,669 |
| Duval | 11,623 |
| Rains | 10,962 |
| Ward | 10,887 |
| Blanco | 10,673 |
| Ochiltree | 10,660 |
| Franklin | 10,643 |
| Clay | 10,537 |
| Dimmit | 10,481 |
| Sabine | 10,429 |
| Runnels | 10,425 |
| Marion | 10,320 |
| Parmer | 10,168 |
| Stephens | 9,439 |
| Mitchell | 9,337 |
| Brewster | 9,254 |
| Jack | 8,980 |
| San Augustine | 8,850 |
| Archer | 8,714 |
| Coleman | 8,680 |
| Somervell | 8,624 |
| Hamilton | 8,311 |
| McCulloch | 8,303 |
| Castro | 8,177 |
| Yoakum | 8,060 |
| Swisher | 7,880 |
| Presidio | 7,506 |
| Goliad | 7,346 |
| Winkler | 7,345 |
| Refugio | 7,254 |
| Brooks | 7,175 |
| Bailey | 7,111 |
| La Salle | 7,104 |
| Childress | 7,078 |
| Dallam | 7,021 |
| Garza | 6,388 |
| Floyd | 6,350 |
| Hartley | 6,165 |
| Carson | 6,127 |
| Crosby | 6,102 |
| San Saba | 6,016 |
| Haskell | 5,871 |
| Lynn | 5,777 |
| Wheeler | 5,622 |
| Hansford | 5,522 |
| Delta | 5,323 |
| Jim Hogg | 5,261 |
| Martin | 5,023 |
| Mills | 4,846 |
| Crane | 4,573 |
| Kimble | 4,547 |
| Hemphill | 4,077 |
| Hardeman | 4,066 |
| Mason | 4,027 |
| Concho | 4,024 |
| Sutton | 3,939 |
| Fisher | 3,845 |
| Knox | 3,770 |
| Crockett | 3,732 |
| Baylor | 3,620 |
| Donley | 3,602 |
| Kinney | 3,594 |
| Reagan | 3,481 |
| Lipscomb | 3,451 |
| Real | 3,371 |
| Shackelford | 3,368 |
| Hudspeth | 3,339 |
| Hall | 3,296 |
| Upton | 3,271 |
| Schleicher | 3,256 |
| Coke | 3,223 |
| Sherman | 3,057 |
| Cochran | 3,030 |
| Collingsworth | 3,022 |
| Dickens | 2,332 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,314 |
| Culberson | 2,293 |
| Menard | 2,230 |
| Oldham | 2,050 |
| Edwards | 1,968 |
| Armstrong | 1,948 |
| Throckmorton | 1,609 |
| Irion | 1,577 |
| Briscoe | 1,543 |
| Cottle | 1,482 |
| Stonewall | 1,470 |
| Foard | 1,307 |
| Glasscock | 1,260 |
| Motley | 1,195 |
| Sterling | 1,183 |
| Terrell | 924 |
| Roberts | 852 |
| Kent | 843 |
| McMullen | 730 |
| Borden | 612 |
| Kenedy | 434 |
| King | 278 |
| Loving | 78 |