Childress County, Texas
County seat: Childress · Population 6,643 (2025) · 697 sq mi
Childress County is the 188th most populous of Texas's 254 counties, with 6,643 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Childress. It is part of the High Plains region, one of the 12 Texas Comptroller economic regions. The map shows its 1 city or town and the 5 neighboring counties.
Childress County facts
- County seat
- Childress
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 6,643 −0.4% since 2020
- Land area
- 697 sq mi 216th largest of 254
- Water area
- 17 sq mi
- Population density
- 10 per sq mi
- Established
- 1876
- Named after
- George Childress American revolutionary (1804–1841)
- Largest city
- Childress 5,650
- Median household income
- $58,654
- Cities and towns
- 1
- ZIP codes
- 5
- Time zone
- Central
- FIPS code
- 48075
Cities and towns in Childress County
Childress County has 1 incorporated place. Populations count the people living inside Childress County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childress (county seat) | City | 5,650 |
ZIP codes in Childress County
5 ZIP codes reach into Childress County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 79095 also Collingsworth County
- 79201 also Cottle, Hall and Motley counties
- 79230 also Collingsworth County
- 79245 also Hall, Collingsworth and Donley counties
- 79259 also Hall County
Population of Childress County, 2020–2025
Childress County shrank by 23 people (−0.4%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 76 more deaths than births and a net gain of 58 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6,657 |
| 2021 | 6,787 |
| 2022 | 6,837 |
| 2023 | 6,765 |
| 2024 | 6,690 |
| 2025 | 6,643 |
Neighboring counties
- Hall County west · 2,737 people
- Cottle County south · 1,224 people
- Collingsworth County north · 2,487 people
- Hardeman County southeast · 3,292 people
- Harmon County, Oklahoma northeast · 2,327 people
Printable Childress County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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