Most Densely Populated Cities in Texas: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Texas in our data is Cameron Park, TX, with about 11,489 people per square mile, followed by Cloverleaf, TX (8,348) and Mission Bend, TX (8,179). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 427 Texas communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Texas?

How dense are the cities in Texas?

The densest place is about 8 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 1,500 people per square mile. At the other end, Hitchcock, TX has about 129. Under our scale, 13 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 301 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Tarrant County contributes 11 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 13 counties of Texas. Tarrant County has 11 (Watauga, Bedford, Sansom Park, Arlington, North Richland Hills, Hurst, River Oaks, Haltom ); Dallas County has 10 (University Park, Richardson, Garland, Farmers Branch, Highland Park, Dallas, Carrollton, A); Harris County has 7 (Cloverleaf, West University Place, South Houston, Jacinto City, Bellaire, Houston, Pasaden). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Texas compare with the rest of the country?

The median Texas place with a page has about 14,149 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is about the same size as the national typical place. The state has 1,679 communities in total, of which 427 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Texas cities

• Which is the densest city in Texas? Cameron Park (11,489 per square mile).
• How many Texas cities have more than 100,000 people? 47 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 84.
• What is the typical size? About 14,149 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.