Kerr County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 69 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48265

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

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Population
54,037
+1,341 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,103
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
49.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kerrville
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Kerrville city
Population 25,578.

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 Kerr 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 Kerr 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 800 by 586 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 Kerr 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
Population54,03769th of 254964th of 3,144
Land area1,103 sq mi48th of 254574th of 3,144
Population density49.0 per sq mi83rd of 2541,493rd of 3,144
Median household income$69,39593rd of 2541,243rd of 3,143

Full data for Kerr County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population54,037Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,696Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,595Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,103 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,107 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?49.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,395American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$321,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,615American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,632American 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
-402
475 births, 877 deaths
Net migration
+424
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 6 areas bordering Kerr 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
Bandera CountyTexas43 mi22,876
Gillespie CountyTexas33 mi28,527
Kimble CountyTexas27 mi4,438
Kendall CountyTexas25 mi53,289
Real CountyTexas21 mi2,745
Edwards CountyTexas15 mi1,370

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.