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  • FIPS 48453
  • Largest town: Austin

Travis County, Texas

Travis County had 1,363,767 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 994.3 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 254 in Texas by population and 75th by land area.

Population
1,363,767
#5 of 254 in Texas · #31 in US
Area
994.3 sq mi
#75 of 254 in Texas · #690 in US
Density
1,372 / sq mi
#6 of 254 in Texas · #119 in US
Median household income
$97,544
#11 of 254 in Texas · #157 in US

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

Travis County within Texas. Pin: Austin.

Travis County population, land area and income

Travis County had 1,363,767 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 994.3 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 254 in Texas by population and 75th by land area. That works out to 1,371.6 people per square mile, 14.2 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Texas has 19,267 residents, so Travis County is 70.8 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $97,544 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

1,363,767

3144th1st

31st of 3,144 (US)

Land area

994 sq mi

3144th1st

690th of 3,144 (US)

Density

1,371.6 / sq mi

3144th1st

119th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$97,544

3143rd1st

157th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Texas (254)

Population

1,363,767

254th1st

5th of 254 (TX)

Land area

994 sq mi

254th1st

75th of 254 (TX)

Density

1,371.6 / sq mi

254th1st

6th of 254 (TX)

Median household income

$97,544

254th1st

11th of 254 (TX)

How Travis County's population changed since 2020

Travis County gained 67,157 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.2%. That ranks 84th 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, Travis County recorded 67,733 births and 29,453 deaths, a natural change of +38,280. Net international migration added +50,238 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -14,927. The largest single component was international migration, which added 50,238 people.

1.30M20201.31M20211.33M20221.35M20231.36M2024
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
67,733
Deaths
29,453
Net international migration
+50,238
Net domestic migration
-14,927
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+15,724

Where Travis County is

The Census internal point of Travis County is at 30.239500, -97.691300. 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 Travis 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: Travis County internal point. Dark pin: Austin.

Internal point

Decimal
30.239500, -97.691300
DMS
30°14'22.20"N 97°41'28.68"W
UTM
14N 625922.3E 3346048.7N
Geohash
9v6s0bzmg
Plus code
862468Q5+QF

Towns in Travis County

17 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Travis County, 1,084,519 people together, or 80% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Travis County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Austin with 922,309.

  1. 01Austin (part)922,309
  2. 02Pflugerville (part)66,625
  3. 03Manor21,500
  4. 04Lakeway19,056
  5. 05Leander (part)12,140
  6. 06Lago Vista10,201
  7. 07Bee Cave8,510
  8. 08Cedar Park (part)6,751
  9. 09West Lake Hills3,208
  10. 10Jonestown2,615
  11. 11Briarcliff2,387
  12. 12The Hills2,342
  13. 13Round Rock (part)1,918
  14. 14Elgin (part)1,786
  15. 15Rollingwood1,438
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Travis County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Travis County. The most populous is Williamson County, TX, with 727,480 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Austin and the nearest big city

Austin is 3.8 miles NW of Travis County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Austin, TX (population 993,588), 5.5 miles away.

Travis County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Travis County is 48453: state code 48 for Texas plus county code 453. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $97,544.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Travis County, Texas?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 1,363,767. That is up 67,157 people (5.2%) from the July 2020 estimate of 1,296,610.

What is the FIPS code of Travis County?

48453. The first two digits (48) are Texas; the last three (453) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Travis County?

Austin, with 922,309 residents inside Travis County in 2024 (993,588 across all 3 counties it spans).

Which counties border Travis County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Williamson County, TX; Hays County, TX; Bastrop County, TX; Burnet County, TX; Caldwell County, TX; Blanco 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.