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  • FIPS 48251
  • Largest town: Burleson

Johnson County, Texas

Johnson County had 210,547 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 725.1 square miles of land. It ranks 26th of 254 in Texas by population and 210th by land area.

Population
210,547
#26 of 254 in Texas · #338 in US
Area
725.1 sq mi
#210 of 254 in Texas · #1,225 in US
Density
290 / sq mi
#24 of 254 in Texas · #444 in US
Median household income
$83,229
#25 of 254 in Texas · #364 in US

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

Johnson County within Texas. Pin: Austin.

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Johnson County population, land area and income

Johnson County had 210,547 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 725.1 square miles of land. It ranks 26th of 254 in Texas by population and 210th by land area. That works out to 290.4 people per square mile, 3.0 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Texas has 19,267 residents, so Johnson County is 10.9 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $83,229 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

210,547

3144th1st

338th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

725 sq mi

3144th1st

1225th of 3,144 (US)

Density

290.4 / sq mi

3144th1st

444th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$83,229

3143rd1st

364th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Texas (254)

Population

210,547

254th1st

26th of 254 (TX)

Land area

725 sq mi

254th1st

210th of 254 (TX)

Density

290.4 / sq mi

254th1st

24th of 254 (TX)

Median household income

$83,229

254th1st

25th of 254 (TX)

How Johnson County's population changed since 2020

Johnson County gained 29,597 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 16.4%. That ranks 16th 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, Johnson County recorded 9,932 births and 8,041 deaths, a natural change of +1,891. Net international migration added +925 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +27,606. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 27,606 people.

181.0k2020187.5k2021195.8k2022203.2k2023210.5k2024
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
9,932
Deaths
8,041
Net international migration
+925
Net domestic migration
+27,606
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+7,351

Where Johnson County is

The Census internal point of Johnson County is at 32.379700, -97.364900. It sits in UTM zone 14N. The map shades Texas's 254 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Johnson 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: Johnson County internal point. Dark pin: Austin.

Internal point

Decimal
32.379700, -97.364900
DMS
32°22'46.92"N 97°21'53.64"W
UTM
14N 653813.0E 3583699.4N
Geohash
9vfb0qt13
Plus code
86449JHP+V2

Towns in Johnson County

12 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Johnson County, 128,019 people together, or 61% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Johnson County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Burleson with 45,756.

  1. 01Burleson (part)45,756
  2. 02Cleburne38,131
  3. 03Joshua9,146
  4. 04Venus (part)7,375
  5. 05Alvarado7,312
  6. 06Keene6,930
  7. 07Mansfield (part)5,508
  8. 08Godley4,402
  9. 09Grandview1,946
  10. 10Rio Vista1,216
  11. 11Cresson (part)166
  12. 12Crowley (part)131
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Johnson County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Johnson County. The most populous is Tarrant County, TX, with 2,230,708 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Austin and the nearest big city

Austin is 147.2 miles S of Johnson County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Arlington, TX (population 403,672), 26.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cleburne, TX (population 38,131), 3.2 miles away.

Johnson County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Johnson County is 48251: state code 48 for Texas plus county code 251. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $83,229.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Johnson County, Texas?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 210,547. That is up 29,597 people (16.4%) from the July 2020 estimate of 180,950.

What is the FIPS code of Johnson County?

48251. The first two digits (48) are Texas; the last three (251) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Johnson County?

Burleson, with 45,756 residents inside Johnson County in 2024 (56,253 across all 2 counties it spans).

Which counties border Johnson County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Tarrant County, TX; Ellis County, TX; Parker County, TX; Hood County, TX; Hill County, TX; Bosque County, TX; Somervell 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)

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