County Population, 54,900

Everyone who lives in Hood County has known for some time that the county was growing at a fast rate. Now NCTCOG (North Central Texas Council of Governments) has furnished updated population figures providing the proof. In late June they released the population of Hood County as 54,900. At the close of 2007, the population number used by statistician was 49,176 with an estimated growth for 2011 as 55,576. This means Hood County is virtually at the 2011 population estimate right now! We are growing at an annual rate of 2.66%, which equates to a population just below 60,000 in 5 years.