Crane County, Texas
County seat: Crane · Population 4,554 (2025) · 785 sq mi
Crane County is the 205th most populous of Texas's 254 counties, with 4,554 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Crane. It is part of the West Texas region, one of the 12 Texas Comptroller economic regions. The map shows its 1 city or town and the 5 neighboring counties.
Crane County facts
- County seat
- Crane
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 4,554 −2.6% since 2020
- Land area
- 785 sq mi 201st largest of 254
- Water area
- 1 sq mi
- Population density
- 6 per sq mi
- Established
- 1887
- Named after
- William Carey Crane American baptist minister, educator and president of Baylor University
- Largest city
- Crane 3,303
- Median household income
- $62,212
- Cities and towns
- 1
- ZIP codes
- 2
- Time zone
- Central
- FIPS code
- 48103
Cities and towns in Crane County
Crane County has 1 incorporated place. Populations count the people living inside Crane County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crane (county seat) | City | 3,303 |
ZIP codes in Crane County
2 ZIP codes reach into Crane County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 79731
- 79766 also Ector and Midland counties
Population of Crane County, 2020–2025
Crane County shrank by 119 people (−2.6%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 105 more births than deaths and a net loss of 229 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,671 |
| 2021 | 4,630 |
| 2022 | 4,552 |
| 2023 | 4,574 |
| 2024 | 4,591 |
| 2025 | 4,554 |
Neighboring counties
- Pecos County south · 14,560 people
- Upton County east · 3,131 people
- Ector County north · 173,801 people
- Ward County west · 11,125 people
- Crockett County southeast · 2,769 people
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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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