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The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have given ...
County Largest city District courts Harris County: Houston: 61 Dallas County: Dallas: 32 Bexar County: San Antonio: 27 Tarrant County: Fort Worth: 24 Travis County: Austin: 21 El Paso County: El Paso: 16 Collin County: Plano: 13 Hidalgo County: McAllen: 12 Denton County: Denton: 11 Cameron County: Brownsville: 9 Fort Bend County: Sugar Land: 8 ...
A U.S. census data report from 2020 to 2023 shows Texas cities, counties and metro areas as some of the fastest-growing in the nation. 8 Texas counties land on top 10 list of fastest-growing ...
234 of Texas’ 254 counties swung toward Trump in 2024 election . The margin in presidential elections have been even closer. Mitt Romney carried Texas in 2012 by about 16 percentage points ...
The Territory of American Samoa has 14 counties; however, these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau (they are treated as minor civil divisions). [2] The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 districts and 2 atolls of American Samoa as county-equivalents. [1] [2] Eastern District, American Samoa; Manu'a District, American Samoa
Texas rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Metropolitan division Population (2023 est.) 1 4 Dallas–Fort Worth 8,100,037: 2 5 Houston 7,510,253: 3 24 San Antonio 2,703,999: 4 26 Austin 2,473,275: 5 65 McAllen 898,471: 6 68 El Paso 873,331: 7 110 Killeen-Temple 501,333: 8 121 Corpus Christi 448,323: 9 127 Brownsville-Harlingen 426,710: 10 140
Here are the Texas counties as ranked: Texas counties most at-risk from hail damage, Rank among U.S. counties. Dallas (1) Tarrant (3) Denton (11) Childress (16) Collin (20) Potter (22)