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Jim Wells County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 84 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48249

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

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Population
38,804
-84 (-0.2%) since 2020
Land area
865.2
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
44.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Alice
Seat of county government.
Established
1911
114 years ago
Largest city
Alice city
Population 17,550.

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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells 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 440 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 Jim Wells 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
Population38,80484th of 2541,214th of 3,144
Land area865.2 sq mi180th of 254954th of 3,144
Population density44.9 per sq mi86th of 2541,574th of 3,144
Median household income$51,896220th of 2542,668th of 3,143

Full data for Jim Wells County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,804Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,888Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,902Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area865.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area868.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?44.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,896American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$123,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,279American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,229American 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
+68
525 births, 457 deaths
Net migration
-93
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Jim Wells 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
Duval CountyTexas55 mi9,402
Kleberg CountyTexas33 mi30,315
Nueces CountyTexas28 mi352,992
Live Oak CountyTexas22 mi11,929
San Patricio CountyTexas12 mi72,053
Brooks CountyTexas11 mi6,579

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.