Counties in Texas by female population share
Falls County had the highest female population share of 254 counties in 2016, at 54.8%. Concho County had the lowest, at 26.4%. The median was 50.3% and the figure for Texas was 50.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2016
- Under 48
- 48 to 50
- 50 to 51
- 51 and over
Top 40 counties, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2016 (%) | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falls County | 54.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 2 | King County | 54.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 3 | Stonewall County | 53.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 4 | Kenedy County | 52.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 5 | Collingsworth County | 52.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 6 | Throckmorton County | 52.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 7 | Kent County | 52.3 | -1 pts |
| 8 | Shackelford County | 52.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Nacogdoches County | 52.2 | -0 pts |
| 10 | Smith County | 51.9 | 0 pts |
| 11 | Starr County | 51.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 12 | Morris County | 51.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 13 | Lamar County | 51.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 14 | Cameron County | 51.8 | -0 pts |
| 15 | San Saba County | 51.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 16 | Somervell County | 51.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 17 | Gillespie County | 51.6 | -0 pts |
| 18 | Foard County | 51.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 19 | Waller County | 51.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 20 | Marion County | 51.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 21 | Cottle County | 51.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 22 | Kendall County | 51.5 | 0 pts |
| 23 | Kerr County | 51.5 | 0 pts |
| 24 | Delta County | 51.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 25 | Cass County | 51.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 26 | Gregg County | 51.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 27 | Baylor County | 51.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 28 | El Paso County | 51.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 29 | Webb County | 51.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 30 | Maverick County | 51.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | McLennan County | 51.3 | 0 pts |
| 32 | Hidalgo County | 51.3 | -0 pts |
| 33 | San Augustine County | 51.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 34 | Fayette County | 51.2 | -0 pts |
| 35 | Llano County | 51.2 | 0 pts |
| 36 | Camp County | 51.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 37 | Harrison County | 51.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 38 | Fort Bend County | 51.1 | 0 pts |
| 39 | Victoria County | 51.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 40 | Kaufman County | 51.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 41 | Angelina County | 51.1 | -0 pts |
| 41 | Grayson County | 51.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 43 | Jim Wells County | 51.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 44 | Randall County | 51.1 | 0 pts |
| 45 | Tarrant County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 46 | Dimmit County | 51 | +0.3 pts |
| 47 | Collin County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 48 | Eastland County | 51 | +0.2 pts |
| 49 | Henderson County | 51 | -0.1 pts |
| 50 | Williamson County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 51 | Crosby County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 52 | Hall County | 51 | -0.5 pts |
| 53 | Erath County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 54 | Zavala County | 51 | +0.3 pts |
| 55 | Denton County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 56 | Hopkins County | 51 | +0.2 pts |
| 57 | Rockwall County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 57 | Taylor County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 59 | Coke County | 51 | +0.6 pts |
| 60 | Titus County | 51 | +0.1 pts |
| 61 | Montague County | 51 | +0.1 pts |
| 62 | Bexar County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 63 | Lavaca County | 50.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 64 | Jim Hogg County | 50.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 65 | Franklin County | 50.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 66 | Hood County | 50.9 | 0 pts |
| 66 | Panola County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 68 | Trinity County | 50.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 69 | Burnet County | 50.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 70 | Guadalupe County | 50.9 | -0 pts |
| 71 | Young County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 72 | Ellis County | 50.8 | 0 pts |
| 73 | Jasper County | 50.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 74 | Van Zandt County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 75 | Comal County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 76 | Galveston County | 50.8 | 0 pts |
| 77 | Milam County | 50.8 | -0 pts |
| 78 | Caldwell County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 79 | Wharton County | 50.8 | 0 pts |
| 80 | Cochran County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 81 | Hemphill County | 50.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 82 | Refugio County | 50.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 83 | Bell County | 50.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 83 | Uvalde County | 50.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 85 | Lampasas County | 50.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 86 | Tom Green County | 50.7 | 0 pts |
| 87 | Lubbock County | 50.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 88 | Dallas County | 50.7 | -0 pts |
| 89 | Hardin County | 50.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 90 | Bandera County | 50.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 91 | Mills County | 50.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 92 | Hays County | 50.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 93 | Palo Pinto County | 50.6 | -0 pts |
| 94 | Navarro County | 50.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 95 | Austin County | 50.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 96 | Hunt County | 50.6 | -0 pts |
| 97 | Jackson County | 50.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 97 | Montgomery County | 50.6 | 0 pts |
| 99 | Goliad County | 50.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 100 | Presidio County | 50.6 | -0 pts |
| 101 | Washington County | 50.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 102 | Bosque County | 50.6 | -0 pts |
| 103 | Robertson County | 50.5 | 0 pts |
| 104 | Comanche County | 50.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 104 | Orange County | 50.5 | 0 pts |
| 106 | Hamilton County | 50.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 107 | Coleman County | 50.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 108 | Brown County | 50.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 109 | Hockley County | 50.5 | -0 pts |
| 109 | Liberty County | 50.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 111 | Burleson County | 50.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 112 | Yoakum County | 50.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 113 | Wood County | 50.5 | -0 pts |
| 114 | Harris County | 50.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 115 | Atascosa County | 50.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 116 | Nueces County | 50.5 | -0 pts |
| 117 | Red River County | 50.4 | -0 pts |
| 118 | Parker County | 50.4 | 0 pts |
| 119 | Shelby County | 50.4 | -0 pts |
| 120 | Blanco County | 50.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 121 | Armstrong County | 50.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 122 | Fisher County | 50.4 | -0 pts |
| 123 | Callahan County | 50.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 124 | Upshur County | 50.4 | 0 pts |
| 125 | Lamb County | 50.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 126 | Carson County | 50.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 127 | McCulloch County | 50.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 128 | Knox County | 50.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 129 | Hill County | 50.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 130 | Clay County | 50.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 131 | Cooke County | 50.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 132 | Hutchinson County | 50.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 133 | Runnels County | 50.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 134 | Wilbarger County | 50.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 135 | Aransas County | 50.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 136 | Sabine County | 50.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 137 | Coryell County | 50.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 138 | Kimble County | 50.2 | 0 pts |
| 139 | Floyd County | 50.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 140 | Hardeman County | 50.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 141 | Archer County | 50.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 142 | Leon County | 50.1 | -0 pts |
| 143 | Nolan County | 50.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 144 | Colorado County | 50.1 | -0 pts |
| 145 | Johnson County | 50.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 146 | Crane County | 50 | +0.2 pts |
| 147 | Deaf Smith County | 50 | -0.1 pts |
| 148 | Wilson County | 50 | +0.1 pts |
| 149 | Matagorda County | 50 | -0.1 pts |
| 150 | Lee County | 50 | -0.2 pts |
| 151 | San Jacinto County | 50 | 0 pts |
| 152 | Midland County | 50 | +0.1 pts |
| 153 | San Patricio County | 49.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 154 | Mason County | 49.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 155 | Rains County | 49.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 156 | Menard County | 49.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 157 | Zapata County | 49.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 158 | Chambers County | 49.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 159 | Bowie County | 49.8 | -0 pts |
| 160 | Gonzales County | 49.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 161 | Culberson County | 49.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 162 | Gaines County | 49.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 163 | Martin County | 49.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 164 | Wise County | 49.7 | -0 pts |
| 165 | Briscoe County | 49.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 166 | Ward County | 49.7 | 0 pts |
| 167 | Wheeler County | 49.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 168 | Brewster County | 49.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 169 | Crockett County | 49.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 170 | Schleicher County | 49.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 171 | Brazoria County | 49.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 172 | Ector County | 49.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 173 | Travis County | 49.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 173 | Val Verde County | 49.6 | -0 pts |
| 175 | Hansford County | 49.6 | 0 pts |
| 176 | Donley County | 49.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 177 | Sutton County | 49.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 178 | Real County | 49.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 179 | Newton County | 49.5 | -0 pts |
| 180 | Jeff Davis County | 49.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 181 | Lynn County | 49.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 182 | Brazos County | 49.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 183 | Irion County | 49.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 184 | Andrews County | 49.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 185 | McMullen County | 49.4 | +2.5 pts |
| 186 | Bastrop County | 49.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 187 | Castro County | 49.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 188 | Limestone County | 49.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 189 | Cherokee County | 49.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 190 | Kleberg County | 49.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 191 | Motley County | 49.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 192 | Calhoun County | 49.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 193 | Edwards County | 49 | -0.2 pts |
| 194 | Lipscomb County | 49 | +0.1 pts |
| 195 | Ochiltree County | 49 | +0.2 pts |
| 196 | Jefferson County | 48.9 | 0 pts |
| 197 | Terrell County | 48.9 | +1.8 pts |
| 198 | Sherman County | 48.8 | -0 pts |
| 199 | Brooks County | 48.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 200 | Reagan County | 48.7 | -0 pts |
| 201 | Oldham County | 48.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 202 | Bailey County | 48.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 203 | Moore County | 48.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 204 | Hale County | 48.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 205 | Winkler County | 48.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 206 | Wichita County | 48.5 | -0 pts |
| 207 | Parmer County | 48.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 208 | Potter County | 48.4 | -0 pts |
| 209 | Sterling County | 48.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 210 | Roberts County | 48.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 211 | Medina County | 48.3 | 0 pts |
| 212 | Hudspeth County | 48.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 213 | Rusk County | 48.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 214 | Borden County | 48 | +1.3 pts |
| 215 | Terry County | 48 | +0.3 pts |
| 216 | Upton County | 48 | -0.1 pts |
| 217 | Freestone County | 47.9 | -0 pts |
| 218 | Duval County | 47.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 219 | Gray County | 47.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 220 | DeWitt County | 47.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 221 | Dallam County | 47.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 222 | Stephens County | 47.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 223 | Dickens County | 47.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 224 | Haskell County | 47.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 225 | Polk County | 46.9 | 0 pts |
| 226 | Swisher County | 46.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 227 | Scurry County | 46.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 228 | Fannin County | 46.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 229 | Willacy County | 46.2 | 0 pts |
| 230 | Houston County | 46.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 231 | Tyler County | 45.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 232 | Dawson County | 45.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 233 | Grimes County | 45.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 234 | Glasscock County | 45.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 235 | Live Oak County | 45 | -0.3 pts |
| 236 | Kinney County | 45 | +0.5 pts |
| 237 | Pecos County | 43.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 238 | Howard County | 43.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 239 | Jack County | 43.8 | 0 pts |
| 240 | Frio County | 43.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 241 | Madison County | 42.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 242 | Childress County | 42.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 243 | Hartley County | 42 | -0.2 pts |
| 244 | Walker County | 41.3 | -0 pts |
| 245 | La Salle County | 41.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 246 | Loving County | 40.8 | +3.7 pts |
| 247 | Karnes County | 40.6 | 0 pts |
| 248 | Anderson County | 39.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 249 | Mitchell County | 39.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 250 | Bee County | 39.3 | -0.3 pts |
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About this ranking
Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Texas by female population share, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Texas by female population share, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/texas-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Texas by female population share, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/texas-counties?period=2016.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Texas by female population share, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/texas-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2016,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties: Counties in Texas by female population share, 2016}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/texas-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Questions
Which county has the highest female population share?
Falls County, with 54.8% in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest female population share?
Concho County, with 26.4% in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.