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Abilene, TX Metro Area Demographics

Abilene, TX Metro Area is the 252nd most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 176,579 residents across 2,744 square miles. That is about 64 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 176,579
Land area 2,744 sq mi
Density 64 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Abilene, TX Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Taylor County 143,208 915.5 156
Jones County 19,663 928.6 21
Callahan County, TX 13,708 899.4 15

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