Texas Jail Deaths by County — Previous 3 Years
Texas jail deaths by county are listed below for the previous three years of available jail records, covering July 26, 2022 through July 26, 2025. Counties are ranked from highest to lowest total, and every Texas county is included.
Date Range: July 26, 2022 – July 26, 2025
This report is limited to jail deaths only. Prison/TDCJ records are excluded. Counties with zero reported jail deaths in this three-year window are listed at the bottom.
Texas Jail Deaths by County Index
- Harris County — 170
- Bexar County — 117
- Dallas County — 75
- Tarrant County — 65
- Travis County — 41
- El Paso County — 32
- Bell County — 25
- Hidalgo County — 24
- Galveston County — 23
- Nueces County — 22
- Lubbock County — 21
- Collin County — 19
- Montgomery County — 19
- Jefferson County — 16
- Fort Bend County — 15
- Potter County — 14
- Smith County — 13
- Denton County — 11
- Cameron County — 10
- Ector County — 10
- Taylor County — 10
- Gregg County — 9
- Midland County — 9
- Williamson County — 9
- Brazoria County — 8
- McLennan County — 8
- Randall County — 8
- Comal County — 7
- Grayson County — 7
- Guadalupe County — 7
- Hays County — 7
- Henderson County — 7
- Brazos County — 6
- Kaufman County — 6
- Angelina County — 5
- Atascosa County — 5
- Bastrop County — 5
- Hardin County — 5
- Kerr County — 5
- Orange County — 5
- San Patricio County — 5
- Walker County — 5
- Wise County — 5
- Donley County — 4
- Hood County — 4
- Johnson County — 4
- Liberty County — 4
- Victoria County — 4
- Bowie County — 3
- Ellis County — 3
- Freestone County — 3
- Hardeman County — 3
- Houston County — 3
- Howard County — 3
- Jim Wells County — 3
- Limestone County — 3
- Matagorda County — 3
- Parker County — 3
- Polk County — 3
- Rusk County — 3
- Starr County — 3
- Webb County — 3
- Wichita County — 3
- Wood County — 3
- Austin County — 2
- Bee County — 2
- Brown County — 2
- Burleson County — 2
- Chambers County — 2
- Cherokee County — 2
- Dawson County — 2
- DeWitt County — 2
- Fannin County — 2
- Garza County — 2
- Gillespie County — 2
- Gray County — 2
- Harrison County — 2
- Hopkins County — 2
- Hunt County — 2
- Jasper County — 2
- Lamar County — 2
- Llano County — 2
- Lynn County — 2
- Madison County — 2
- Milam County — 2
- Newton County — 2
- Reeves County — 2
- Shelby County — 2
- Waller County — 2
- Young County — 2
- Anderson County — 1
- Andrews County — 1
- Archer County — 1
- Bailey County — 1
- Bandera County — 1
- Burnet County — 1
- Carson County — 1
- Castro County — 1