County · Texas

Cooke County, Texas

Cooke County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 38 out of 100 (low), ranking #1,952 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #89 of 254 counties. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), child care cost burden (low) and average weekly wage (high). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and hot days (high).

38Low

Quality-of-life score: #1,952 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #89 of 254 in TX
Population: 44,461 (2025)
Land area: 875 mi²
Density: 50.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 48097

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety50#1,542/3,096
Economy80#628/3,143
Housing32#2,151/3,140
Health61#1,226/3,144
Healthcare21#2,471/3,143
Environment26#2,301/3,108
Education42#1,831/3,144
Infrastructure48#1,631/3,144
Community35#2,042/3,144
Leisure & amenities23#2,410/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cooke County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
96/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Child care cost burden · low19.5%
92/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,245
84/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Income adjusted for local prices · high$73,920
79/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
79/100Texas 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
77/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high8 days
2/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.2%
4/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Hot days · high89 days
11/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Traffic deaths · high30.2 /100k
21/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
21/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
22/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
41,751 (2020) → 44,461 (2025)
+6.5%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
42.3% (2010 & 2021) → 62.4% (2022 & 2024)
+20 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
7.5 /1k (2020) → 14.3 /1k (2025)
+91%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.2 /10k (2020) → 0.4 /10k (2025)
+88%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Property crime rateImproving
1,674 /100k (2020) → 754 /100k (2025)
−55%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.2% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cooke County, Texas improved on 8 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Weekly wage+34%$928 → $1,245
New businesses+91%7.5 /1k → 14.3 /1k
Property crime−55%1,674 /100k → 754 /100k
Violent crime−35%275 /100k → 179 /100k
Unemployment−3.3 points7.0% → 3.7%

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.7× → 3.3×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Cooke County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.2 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+4.3%	Within the margin of error	49%
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	42%
Average weekly wage	$9282020	$1,2452025	+34%	Improved	93%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%2015-2019	23.7%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	76.2%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	48%
Child poverty rate	18.4%2019	15.3%2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Distance to an airport	50 mi2020	50 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.5 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+39%	Within the margin of error	7%
Effective property tax rate	1.40%2015-2019	1.06%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	26.3 /100k2020	18.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Within the margin of error	89%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+17%	Within the margin of error	84%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.2 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	+88%	Within the margin of error	92%
High school diploma or higher	86.1%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	31%
Homicide rate	7.2 /100k2020	3.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−49%	Within the margin of error	71%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,1262019	$73,9202024	+27%	Improved	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4502020-2024	+0.014	Within the margin of error	30%
Median household income	$61,1862019	$77,5012024	+27%	Improved	59%
New business applications	7.5 /1k2020	14.3 /1k2025	+91%	Improved	89%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	47%
Poverty rate	12.7%2019	11.2%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Property crime rate	1,674 /100k2020	754 /100k2025	−55%	Improved	82%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent as share of income	27.1%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent-burdened households	42.1%2015-2019	43.1%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	7.2 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+0.2%	Within the margin of error	49%
Students per teacher	13.8×2019	13.9×2024	+0.1×	Little change	22%
Suicide rate	24.0 /100k2020	18.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	88%
Traffic deaths	23.5 /100k2015-2019	30.2 /100k2020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	25%
Unemployment rate	7.0%2020	3.7%2025	−3.3 points	Improved	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.0%2019	20.2%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Violent crime rate	275 /100k2020	179 /100k2025	−35%	Improved	73%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Cooke County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cooke County, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cooke County, Texas itself moved +3.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

43,046 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

16,528 households (±353)

Cooke County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k14%2,232
$25k–50k19%3,070
$50k–75k19%3,062

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

16,528 households (±353)

Cooke County, Texas
Texas share

Own72%11,873
Rent28%4,655

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

20,447 workers (±651)

Cooke County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone80%16,417
Carpool8.6%1,765
Public transit0.3%†56

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Gainesville, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Cooke County has 1,040 employer establishments, 238 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Texas's), with 13,433 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,817. The Census Bureau also counts 4,426 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,040; 4,426 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 238; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 13,433
Average annual pay: $52,817; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cooke County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	84	19.2	1.24×About typical	487	$54,639	553
Restaurants and other eating places	81	18.5	1.01×About typical	1,885	$21,201	23
Ambulatory health care services	66	15.1	0.72×Fewer than typical	410	$49,771	133
Building equipment contractors	41	9.4	1.56×More than typical	173	$52,503	94
Full-service restaurants	35	8	1.04×About typical	615	$21,268	10
Limited-service restaurants	35	8	1.00×About typical	1,167	$21,215	6
Religious organizations	35	8	1.44×More than typical	189	$21,513	—
Lessors of real estate	32	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	66	$33,136	406
Automotive repair and maintenance	29	6.6	1.32×More than typical	173	$49,064	87
Construction of buildings	28	6.4	0.85×About typical	54	$59,815	165
Other specialty trade contractors	25	5.7	2.28×More than typical	159	$49,774	224
Gasoline stations	24	5.5	1.69×More than typical	246	$27,541	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 43,773 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$12.5M on contracts performed in Cooke County, Texas: -$281 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$12.5M; −6,254% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$281; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$33.3K0.0%
Drug Enforcement Administration$23.4K

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $301.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cooke County, Texas: $6,779 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $301.4M; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,779; US $12,955
Loan face value: $29.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$181.5M60%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$23.4M7.8%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$21.7M7.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16.9M5.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$15.8M5.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$12.7M4.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.7M1.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$26.3M8.7%
AUSTIN, TX
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE$14.3M4.7%
GAINESVILLE, TX
GAINESVILLE HOUSING AUTHORTY$3.1M1.0%
GAINESVILLE, TX
GAINESVILLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$1.1M0.4%
GAINESVILLE, TX
RESILIENT INTELLIGENT NETWORKS, LLC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$218.8M73%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$26.4M8.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$26.3M8.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$14.3M4.8%
Railroad Retirement Board$4M

Assistance by fiscal year

292.2MFY2021
266.7MFY2022
249.9MFY2023
475.4MFY2024
411.7MFY2025
301.4MFY2026

County aggregates

83%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Cooke County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Cooke County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cooke County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$14.46	$1,436
FY2018	$8.62	$1,552
FY2019	$16.17	$1,654
FY2020	$11.15	$1,880
FY2021	$23.31	$1,810
FY2022	$246	$1,917
FY2023	$664	$2,079
FY2024	$24.85	$2,047
FY2025	$4.57	$2,165
FY2026	-$281 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cooke County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,923	$5,748
FY2022	$1,494	$5,221
FY2023	$1,053	$5,364
FY2024	$5,060	$5,501
FY2025	$2,799	$5,732
FY2026	$324

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cooke County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,256	$298
FY2022	$1,194	$357
FY2023	$348	$301
FY2024	$4,140	$319
FY2025	$2,764	$360
FY2026	$591

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cooke County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$128	$239
FY2022	$103	$185
FY2023	$116	$229
FY2024	$148	$229
FY2025	$156	$249
FY2026	$138

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cooke County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1.17	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$2.67

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cooke County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,371	$1,186
FY2022	$374	$465
FY2023	$210	$76.52
FY2024	$368	$120
FY2025	$244	$148
FY2026	$181

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Cooke County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cooke County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	1.4%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2024

$5,060 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $1,490 (3.4× that).

Compared with 17 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48097

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cooke County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Brandon GillR-TX-26 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Cooke County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Gainesville, TX30Central county

Cities and towns in Cooke County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cooke County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/48097

Year

Cooke County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−4.0 points

−4.2 points

−5.8 points to −2.3 points

Year −2

+0.6 points

−2.4 points

−4.3 points to +0.7 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+0.1 points

−4.5 points

−7.0 points to −2.2 points

Year +1

−4.4 points

−5.0 points

−7.2 points to −1.5 points

Year

Cooke County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Cooke County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−22.6%

−20.7%

Year

Cooke County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

+0.5 points

+0.4 points

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	+8.9%	−4.2%
2015	+4.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+8.8%	+6.8%
2019	+11.9%	+10.5%
2020	+11.9%	+19.4%
2021	+18.6%	+26.1%
2022	+27.3%	+30.6%
2023	+37.6%	+35.0%
2024	+45.8%	+41.0%
2025	+50.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	+14.3%	−5.5%
2015	+6.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.4%	+4.1%
2018	+10.7%	+8.9%
2019	+14.2%	+13.5%
2020	+19.2%	+20.8%
2021	+28.7%	+32.1%
2022	+32.1%	+35.4%
2023	+37.3%	+42.9%
2024	+42.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	0.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	−3.1%	−6.9%
2015	−7.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.1%	+4.7%
2018	−12.1%	+7.5%
2019	+3.3%	+14.0%
2020	+12.0%	+16.9%
2021	−2.0%	+21.0%
2022	+12.2%	+29.7%
2023	+26.6%	+34.9%
2024	+30.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	15.3%	15.5%
2015	13.2%	14.7%
2016	13.8%	14.0%
2017	13.0%	13.4%
2018	14.8%	13.1%
2019	12.7%	12.3%
2020	11.3%	11.9%
2021	13.0%	12.8%
2022	12.5%	12.6%
2023	12.5%	12.5%
2024	11.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	3.9%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	7.0%	8.1%
2021	5.1%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.3%	3.6%
2024	3.6%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	−13.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+12.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+21.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+30.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+44.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+69.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+85.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+83.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+91.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+89.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	22.1%	13.5%
2015	19.6%	10.9%
2016	20.4%	10.0%
2017	20.7%	10.2%
2018	20.4%	10.4%
2019	22.0%	10.8%
2020	22.6%	10.4%
2021	22.1%	10.2%
2022	18.4%	9.5%
2023	19.8%	9.5%
2024	20.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cooke County, Texas	United States
2014	6.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Cooke County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−4.0 points	−4.6 points	−6.1 points to −2.3 points
Year −2	+0.6 points	−1.7 points	−4.7 points to +6.9 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.1 points	−2.6 points	−7.0 points to +1.7 points
Year +1	−4.4 points	−5.3 points	−7.2 points to −2.0 points

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