Hood County is part of the Granbury micropolitan area.

[4] As of the census[10] of 2000, 41,100 people, 16,176 households, and 12,099 families were residing in the county.

As of the 2010 census, about 3.4 same-sex couples per 1,000 households were in the county.

The median income for a household in the county was $43,668, and for a family was $50,111.

Hood County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth television media market in North Central Texas.

Local news media outlets are KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV.