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Kinney County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 221 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48271

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

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Population
3,128
+1 (0%) since 2020
Land area
1,361
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
2.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brackettville
Seat of county government.
Established
1874
151 years ago
Largest city
Brackettville city
Population 1,327.

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 Kinney 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 Kinney 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 731 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 Kinney 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
Population3,128221st of 2542,950th of 3,144
Land area1,361 sq mi28th of 254442nd of 3,144
Population density2.3 per sq mi224th of 2542,958th of 3,144
Median household income$70,00082nd of 2541,200th of 3,143

Full data for Kinney County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,128Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,127Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,133Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,361 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,365 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$82,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,152American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,482American 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
27 births, 50 deaths
Net migration
+29
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 5 areas bordering Kinney 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
Uvalde CountyTexas37 mi24,963
Edwards CountyTexas35 mi1,370
Maverick CountyTexas34 mi58,823
Val Verde CountyTexas33 mi47,835
Zavala CountyTexasa single point9,037

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.