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Hudspeth County, Texas

Hudspeth County had 3,608 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,570.5 square miles of land. It ranks 210th of 254 in Texas by population and 3rd by land area.

Population
3,608
#210 of 254 in Texas · #2,913 in US
Area
4,570.5 sq mi
#3 of 254 in Texas · #95 in US
Density
0.8 / sq mi
#244 of 254 in Texas · #3,093 in US
Median household income
$47,693
#235 of 254 in Texas · #2,852 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Hudspeth County within Texas. Pin: Austin.

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Hudspeth County population, land area and income

Hudspeth County had 3,608 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,570.5 square miles of land. It ranks 210th of 254 in Texas by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 0.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Texas has 19,267 residents, so Hudspeth County has 19% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $47,693 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

3,608

3144th1st

2913th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

4,571 sq mi

3144th1st

95th of 3,144 (US)

Density

0.8 / sq mi

3144th1st

3093rd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$47,693

3143rd1st

2852nd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Texas (254)

Population

3,608

254th1st

210th of 254 (TX)

Land area

4,571 sq mi

254th1st

3rd of 254 (TX)

Density

0.8 / sq mi

254th1st

244th of 254 (TX)

Median household income

$47,693

254th1st

235th of 254 (TX)

How Hudspeth County's population changed since 2020

Hudspeth County gained 415 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 13.0%. That ranks 24th of 254 in Texas for growth. The median Texas county changed by +2.1%, and the state as a whole by +7.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Hudspeth County recorded 117 births and 188 deaths, a natural change of -71. Net international migration added +484 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -14. The largest single component was international migration, which added 484 people.

3,19320203,27820213,45420223,48320233,6082024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
117
Deaths
188
Net international migration
+484
Net domestic migration
-14
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+125

Where Hudspeth County is

The Census internal point of Hudspeth County is at 31.450900, -105.377500. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades Texas's 254 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Hudspeth County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Cass County: +0.6%Jackson County: +1.9%Lipscomb County: -5.2%Hall County: +1.0%Hemphill County: -6.9%Kent County: -7.4%Dallam County: +5.4%Bandera County: +8.7%Culberson County: +3.1%Howard County: -11.4%Lavaca County: +1.2%Zavala County: -4.7%Taylor County: +3.7%Ellis County: +19.6%McLennan County: +3.5%Parker County: +20.2%Kinney County: +2.1%Uvalde County: +2.3%Haskell County: -0.0%Coke County: +2.3%Dickens County: -2.0%Colorado County: +4.0%Hansford County: -4.7%Collingsworth County: -1.2%Comanche County: +5.4%Crosby County: -1.3%Andrews County: +1.6%Atascosa County: +7.1%Brooks County: -5.0%Burnet County: +12.6%La Salle County: +0.4%Terry County: -1.6%Throckmorton County: +5.6%Yoakum County: -1.2%Hockley County: +0.0%Rockwall County: +25.5%Schleicher County: -5.8%Swisher County: -1.0%Motley County: -4.6%Hale County: -1.6%King County: -19.5%Hays County: +19.7%Irion County: +0.9%Bastrop County: +17.2%Blanco County: +16.6%Kimble County: +2.5%Dawson County: -5.7%Loving County: -28.4%Scurry County: -4.2%Sterling County: +0.2%Garza County: -20.1%Shackelford County: +1.9%Stonewall County: -0.8%Titus County: +0.8%Hopkins County: +5.3%Callahan County: +6.3%Childress County: +0.3%Lubbock County: +5.1%Dimmit County: -4.7%Donley County: -2.7%Baylor County: +2.1%Johnson County: +16.4%Glasscock County: +3.2%Sutton County: -2.6%Runnels County: -1.7%Ector County: +2.7%Kaufman County: +34.4%Jack County: +10.7%Mitchell County: -0.5%Falls County: +4.7%Castro County: +0.6%Palo Pinto County: +6.3%Limestone County: +1.9%Kerr County: +2.3%Franklin County: +5.2%Roberts County: +1.7%Young County: +2.2%Erath County: +4.2%Cochran County: +0.7%Hutchinson County: -4.2%Floyd County: -6.2%Mason County: +0.5%Parmer County: -1.9%Eastland County: +2.8%McMullen County: -5.4%Randall County: +6.5%Armstrong County: -2.3%Hamilton County: +4.8%Hartley County: -6.4%Nolan County: -3.7%Lynn County: +6.2%Menard County: -2.5%Karnes County: +2.2%Cottle County: -7.4%Winkler County: -4.8%Jeff Davis County: -10.4%Stephens County: +4.2%Bell County: +7.3%Borden County: -13.2%Madison County: +3.1%Fisher County: -0.3%Camp County: +5.9%Gillespie County: +5.2%Liberty County: +24.4%Upton County: -5.3%Waller County: +13.7%Fort Bend County: +15.6%Montgomery County: +19.9%Crockett County: -9.5%Sherman County: -0.7%Rusk County: +2.2%Wichita County: +0.3%Moore County: +2.8%Pecos County: -3.1%Webb County: +2.0%Kleberg County: -1.8%Fayette County: +4.0%Aransas County: +6.9%Presidio County: -6.9%Archer County: +7.0%Cherokee County: +5.2%Galveston County: +4.5%Comal County: +23.2%Concho County: +0.3%Jim Hogg County: -5.4%DeWitt County: +2.1%Brewster County: -0.6%Tarrant County: +5.4%Caldwell County: +14.1%Hardin County: +4.1%Fannin County: +7.4%Guadalupe County: +12.4%Clay County: +4.6%Coryell County: +3.9%Medina County: +8.9%Potter County: -3.1%Brown County: +1.5%Marion County: -1.7%Denton County: +14.3%Bee County: +0.6%Wise County: +17.9%Leon County: +5.8%Zapata County: -0.4%Coleman County: +4.0%Reagan County: -8.3%Mills County: +2.5%Reeves County: -19.0%Live Oak County: +5.5%Gaines County: +5.5%Oldham County: +3.4%Trinity County: +6.2%Williamson County: +18.2%San Saba County: -3.8%Wilson County: +10.7%Van Zandt County: +9.3%Lamar County: +2.2%Willacy County: -0.6%Brazos County: +6.4%Llano County: +8.7%Refugio County: -0.0%Martin County: -1.6%Midland County: +7.5%Wilbarger County: -3.0%Briscoe County: +5.1%Gonzales County: +1.8%Kenedy County: -5.7%Cameron County: +2.4%Gregg County: +1.9%Hidalgo County: +4.8%Hunt County: +18.4%Jefferson County: -0.9%Delta County: +8.1%Harris County: +5.8%Carson County: +0.5%Hill County: +7.8%Shelby County: +0.6%Hood County: +11.4%Grayson County: +10.6%Walker County: +9.4%McCulloch County: -1.8%Orange County: +1.6%Lee County: +5.4%Houston County: +0.6%San Jacinto County: +6.5%Robertson County: +5.3%Real County: +0.8%Red River County: +1.2%Sabine County: +1.7%Starr County: +1.1%Lamb County: -2.5%Goliad County: +2.8%El Paso County: +1.0%Wharton County: +1.1%Wheeler County: -3.1%Bexar County: +5.6%Lampasas County: +8.5%Calhoun County: -0.6%Maverick County: +1.7%Henderson County: +6.1%Freestone County: +6.2%Hardeman County: -4.0%Tom Green County: -0.1%Tyler County: +3.7%Chambers County: +19.5%Morris County: +1.8%Burleson County: +14.1%Newton County: -2.1%Upshur County: +7.3%Deaf Smith County: -0.2%Edwards County: -2.6%Bosque County: +4.2%Bowie County: -1.0%Matagorda County: +0.3%Terrell County: -4.3%Knox County: -2.9%Milam County: +5.6%Bailey County: +2.4%Nueces County: -0.1%Victoria County: +0.7%Dallas County: +1.7%Jones County: +5.9%Angelina County: +1.8%Washington County: +5.6%Gray County: -1.4%Grimes County: +13.6%Ochiltree County: -2.4%San Patricio County: +3.8%Val Verde County: +0.8%Foard County: -3.4%Frio County: +6.0%Kendall County: +16.3%Somervell County: +9.7%Panola County: +2.3%Nacogdoches County: +1.7%Ward County: -5.5%Wood County: +8.2%Montague County: +9.2%Duval County: -2.3%Navarro County: +6.9%Anderson County: +2.7%Jim Wells County: -0.0%Cooke County: +6.0%Rains County: +9.3%Austin County: +8.0%Brazoria County: +10.6%Polk County: +7.4%Travis County: +5.2%Collin County: +16.6%San Augustine County: -2.0%Harrison County: +3.7%Smith County: +6.4%Hudspeth County: +13.0%Crane County: -1.7%Jasper County: -0.0%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -2.0%
  2. < +0.8%
  3. < +3.7%
  4. < +6.9%
  5. ≥ +6.9%
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Orange pin: Hudspeth County internal point. Dark pin: Austin.

Internal point

Decimal
31.450900, -105.377500
DMS
31°27'3.24"N 105°22'39.00"W
UTM
13N 464132.1E 3479636.4N
Geohash
9tt4fj6qy
Plus code
853PFJ2F+92

Towns in Hudspeth County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Hudspeth County. Its 3,608 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Hudspeth County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Hudspeth County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is El Paso County, TX, with 875,784 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Austin and the nearest big city

Austin is 460.1 miles E of Hudspeth County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is El Paso, TX (population 681,723), 67.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Horizon City, TX (population 24,802), 50.5 miles away.

Hudspeth County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hudspeth County is 48229: state code 48 for Texas plus county code 229. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $47,693.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hudspeth County, Texas?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 3,608. That is up 415 people (13.0%) from the July 2020 estimate of 3,193.

What is the FIPS code of Hudspeth County?

48229. The first two digits (48) are Texas; the last three (229) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Hudspeth County?

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Hudspeth County. Its people live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Which counties border Hudspeth County?

5 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: El Paso County, TX; Otero County, NM; Presidio County, TX; Culberson County, TX; Jeff Davis County, TX.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.