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Jack County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 167 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48237

Within Texas
Jack County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Jacksboro, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
9,563
+1,079 (+12.7%) since 2020
Land area
911
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
10.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jacksboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Jacksboro city
Population 4,735.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Jack County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Jack County, Texas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 738 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Jack County ranks

Position among the 254 counties of Texas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TexasNationally
Population9,563167th of 2542,442nd of 3,144
Land area911 sq mi124th of 254820th of 3,144
Population density10.5 per sq mi165th of 2542,549th of 3,144
Median household income$68,07999th of 2541,336th of 3,143

Full data for Jack County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,563Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,484Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,471Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area911 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area920.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,079American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$251,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,986American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,811American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-23
88 births, 111 deaths
Net migration
+166
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Jack County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wise CountyTexas30 mi83,778
Young CountyTexas27 mi18,154
Clay CountyTexas26 mi10,764
Palo Pinto CountyTexas22 mi30,791
Parker CountyTexas7.8 mi184,767
Montague CountyTexas5.8 mi21,966
Archer CountyTexas4.9 mi9,129

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 254 counties of Texas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.