Counties in Texas by female population share
Falls County had the highest female population share of 254 counties in 2018, at 55.4%. Concho County had the lowest, at 36%. The median was 50.4% and the figure for Texas was 50.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under 48
- 48 to 50
- 50 to 51
- 51 and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 (%) | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falls County | 55.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 2 | King County | 55.2 | +1 pts |
| 3 | Throckmorton County | 53.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 4 | San Saba County | 53.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 5 | Stonewall County | 53.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 6 | Kenedy County | 52.7 | +1 pts |
| 7 | Nacogdoches County | 52.3 | -0 pts |
| 8 | Collingsworth County | 52.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 9 | Shackelford County | 52.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 10 | Starr County | 52 | +0.1 pts |
| 11 | Morris County | 51.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 12 | Smith County | 51.9 | 0 pts |
| 13 | Lamar County | 51.9 | -0 pts |
| 14 | Baylor County | 51.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 15 | Gillespie County | 51.8 | 0 pts |
| 16 | Cameron County | 51.8 | -0 pts |
| 17 | Waller County | 51.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 18 | Maverick County | 51.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 19 | Gregg County | 51.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 20 | Kerr County | 51.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 21 | Armstrong County | 51.6 | 0 pts |
| 22 | Cass County | 51.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 23 | Cottle County | 51.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 24 | Zavala County | 51.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 25 | Cochran County | 51.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 26 | Somervell County | 51.4 | 0 pts |
| 27 | Marion County | 51.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 28 | Kendall County | 51.4 | 0 pts |
| 29 | McLennan County | 51.4 | 0 pts |
| 30 | Erath County | 51.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | El Paso County | 51.4 | -0 pts |
| 32 | Camp County | 51.4 | -0 pts |
| 33 | Hidalgo County | 51.3 | 0 pts |
| 34 | Webb County | 51.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 35 | Fort Bend County | 51.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 36 | Fayette County | 51.3 | -0 pts |
| 37 | Kaufman County | 51.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 38 | Crosby County | 51.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 39 | San Augustine County | 51.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 40 | Franklin County | 51.2 | -0 pts |
| 40 | Grayson County | 51.2 | 0 pts |
| 42 | Lavaca County | 51.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 43 | Delta County | 51.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 44 | Titus County | 51.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 45 | Taylor County | 51.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 46 | Victoria County | 51.1 | 0 pts |
| 47 | Angelina County | 51.1 | -0 pts |
| 48 | Bell County | 51.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 49 | Tarrant County | 51.1 | 0 pts |
| 50 | Kent County | 51.1 | -1 pts |
| 51 | Hood County | 51.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 52 | Jim Hogg County | 51.1 | -0 pts |
| 53 | Denton County | 51.1 | 0 pts |
| 53 | Llano County | 51.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 55 | Randall County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 56 | Harrison County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 57 | Bexar County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 57 | Williamson County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 59 | Dimmit County | 51 | -0.2 pts |
| 60 | Galveston County | 51 | +0.1 pts |
| 61 | Jim Wells County | 51 | -0 pts |
| 62 | Collin County | 51 | 0 pts |
| 63 | Hopkins County | 51 | +0.1 pts |
| 64 | Trinity County | 51 | +0.2 pts |
| 65 | Comal County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 66 | Coke County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 67 | Henderson County | 50.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 68 | Caldwell County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 69 | Montague County | 50.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 70 | Rockwall County | 50.9 | -0 pts |
| 71 | Fisher County | 50.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 72 | Presidio County | 50.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 73 | Guadalupe County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 74 | Panola County | 50.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 75 | Goliad County | 50.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 76 | Burleson County | 50.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 77 | Van Zandt County | 50.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 78 | Ellis County | 50.8 | 0 pts |
| 79 | Hardin County | 50.8 | 0 pts |
| 80 | Burnet County | 50.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 81 | Foard County | 50.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 82 | Young County | 50.8 | -0 pts |
| 83 | Lubbock County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 84 | Bandera County | 50.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 85 | Hays County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 86 | Hunt County | 50.8 | 0 pts |
| 87 | Jasper County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 88 | Jackson County | 50.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 89 | Uvalde County | 50.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 90 | Coleman County | 50.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 91 | Refugio County | 50.7 | 0 pts |
| 92 | Tom Green County | 50.7 | 0 pts |
| 93 | Montgomery County | 50.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 94 | Palo Pinto County | 50.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 95 | Hamilton County | 50.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 96 | Harris County | 50.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 97 | Eastland County | 50.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 98 | Dallas County | 50.6 | -0 pts |
| 98 | McCulloch County | 50.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 100 | Upshur County | 50.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 101 | Hockley County | 50.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 102 | Navarro County | 50.6 | 0 pts |
| 103 | Washington County | 50.6 | 0 pts |
| 104 | Milam County | 50.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 105 | Wood County | 50.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 106 | Crockett County | 50.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 107 | Red River County | 50.5 | -0 pts |
| 108 | Kimble County | 50.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 109 | Blanco County | 50.5 | -0 pts |
| 110 | Hutchinson County | 50.5 | -0 pts |
| 111 | Bosque County | 50.5 | 0 pts |
| 112 | Wharton County | 50.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 113 | Robertson County | 50.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 114 | Sabine County | 50.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 115 | Parker County | 50.5 | 0 pts |
| 116 | Clay County | 50.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 117 | Atascosa County | 50.4 | -0 pts |
| 118 | Nueces County | 50.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 119 | Knox County | 50.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 120 | Cooke County | 50.4 | 0 pts |
| 121 | Orange County | 50.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 122 | Shelby County | 50.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 123 | Liberty County | 50.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 124 | Newton County | 50.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 125 | Leon County | 50.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 126 | Callahan County | 50.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 127 | Austin County | 50.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 128 | Carson County | 50.4 | 0 pts |
| 129 | Lamb County | 50.4 | -0 pts |
| 130 | Archer County | 50.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 131 | Mills County | 50.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 132 | Coryell County | 50.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 133 | Schleicher County | 50.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 134 | Yoakum County | 50.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 135 | Wilbarger County | 50.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 136 | Brown County | 50.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 137 | Floyd County | 50.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 137 | Lampasas County | 50.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 139 | Mason County | 50.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 140 | Sutton County | 50.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 141 | Menard County | 50.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 142 | Nolan County | 50.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 143 | Colorado County | 50.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 144 | Runnels County | 50.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 145 | Aransas County | 50.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 146 | Hall County | 50.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 147 | Hill County | 50.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 148 | Johnson County | 50.1 | 0 pts |
| 149 | Crane County | 50.1 | -0 pts |
| 150 | Comanche County | 50.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 151 | San Jacinto County | 50.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 152 | Hemphill County | 50 | +0.1 pts |
| 153 | Matagorda County | 50 | -0 pts |
| 154 | Gonzales County | 50 | +0.1 pts |
| 155 | Wilson County | 50 | 0 pts |
| 156 | Lee County | 50 | +0.1 pts |
| 157 | Zapata County | 50 | 0 pts |
| 158 | Real County | 49.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 159 | Rains County | 49.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 160 | Wise County | 49.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 161 | Hardeman County | 49.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 162 | Val Verde County | 49.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 163 | Motley County | 49.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 164 | Chambers County | 49.9 | -0 pts |
| 165 | Martin County | 49.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 166 | Deaf Smith County | 49.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 167 | San Patricio County | 49.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 168 | Bowie County | 49.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 169 | Midland County | 49.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 170 | Lipscomb County | 49.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 171 | Brewster County | 49.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 172 | Brazoria County | 49.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 173 | Lynn County | 49.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 174 | Culberson County | 49.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 175 | Briscoe County | 49.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 176 | Hansford County | 49.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Wheeler County | 49.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 178 | Brazos County | 49.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 179 | Donley County | 49.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 180 | McMullen County | 49.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 181 | Travis County | 49.6 | -0 pts |
| 182 | Irion County | 49.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 183 | Ward County | 49.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 184 | Andrews County | 49.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 185 | Kleberg County | 49.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 186 | Gaines County | 49.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 187 | Ector County | 49.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 188 | Dickens County | 49.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 189 | Cherokee County | 49.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 190 | Limestone County | 49.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 191 | Ochiltree County | 49.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 192 | Bastrop County | 49.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 193 | Jeff Davis County | 49.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 194 | Jefferson County | 49.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 195 | Oldham County | 49 | 0 pts |
| 196 | Roberts County | 49 | +0.7 pts |
| 197 | Calhoun County | 48.9 | 0 pts |
| 198 | Reagan County | 48.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 199 | Castro County | 48.9 | -0 pts |
| 200 | Bailey County | 48.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 201 | Terry County | 48.8 | 0 pts |
| 202 | Wichita County | 48.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 203 | Moore County | 48.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 204 | Potter County | 48.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 205 | Winkler County | 48.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 206 | Brooks County | 48.7 | -0 pts |
| 207 | Upton County | 48.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 208 | Hale County | 48.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 209 | Edwards County | 48.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 210 | Medina County | 48.5 | 0 pts |
| 211 | Terrell County | 48.4 | -1 pts |
| 212 | Sherman County | 48.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 213 | Parmer County | 48.3 | 0 pts |
| 214 | Duval County | 48.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 215 | Freestone County | 48 | +0.1 pts |
| 216 | Sterling County | 47.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 217 | Hudspeth County | 47.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 218 | DeWitt County | 47.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 219 | Gray County | 47.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 220 | Stephens County | 47.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 221 | Haskell County | 47.3 | -0 pts |
| 222 | Borden County | 47.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 223 | Rusk County | 47.2 | -0 pts |
| 224 | Dallam County | 47 | -0.3 pts |
| 225 | Scurry County | 46.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 226 | Polk County | 46.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 227 | Swisher County | 46.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 228 | Fannin County | 46.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 229 | Willacy County | 46.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 230 | Glasscock County | 46.4 | 0 pts |
| 231 | Dawson County | 46 | +0.1 pts |
| 232 | Grimes County | 45.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 233 | Houston County | 45.8 | -0 pts |
| 234 | Tyler County | 45.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 235 | Kinney County | 45 | +0.2 pts |
| 236 | Live Oak County | 44.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 237 | Pecos County | 44.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 238 | Frio County | 44.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 239 | Jack County | 44.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 240 | Howard County | 43.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 241 | Loving County | 43.3 | -3.9 pts |
| 242 | Madison County | 43 | +0.3 pts |
| 243 | Hartley County | 42.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 244 | Childress County | 41.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 245 | Walker County | 41.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 246 | La Salle County | 41.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 247 | Karnes County | 40.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 248 | Anderson County | 39.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 249 | Mitchell County | 39.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 250 | Bee County | 39.1 | 0 pts |
Other periods
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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.
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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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@misc{census_counties_in_texas_by_2018,
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, 2018}},
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=2018. 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 55.4% in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest female population share?
Concho County, with 36% in 2018.
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.