Denton County, Texas Map & Profile
Explore Denton County, Texas with an interactive county map, FIPS code, county seat, population, household income, home value, age, poverty, land area, and population density.
Denton County facts
Boundary and land area: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb current county geography. Demographic and housing figures: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
About Denton County, Texas
Denton County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth region, and the city of Denton is its county seat. Its five-digit county FIPS code is 48121.
This profile combines current Census county geography with consistent ACS 5-year estimates so the figures can be compared with other CountyMapPro county profiles.
Useful Denton County comparisons
Useful regional comparisons include Collin County, Tarrant County, and Dallas County. Compare Denton and Collin directly in the County Comparison Tool.
How to use this county profile
Use the map to understand the county boundary, then review the key statistics for population, income, housing, age, poverty, land area, and density. For a side-by-side comparison, open the County Comparison Tool and choose another county.
Data notes
ACS values are survey estimates and include margins of error. Income and home-value estimates are reported in the ACS release’s inflation-adjusted dollars. County geography can be updated on a different schedule from ACS demographic data.
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