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Medina County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 65 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48325

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

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Population
56,881
+5,823 (+11.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,325
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
42.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hondo
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Hondo city
Population 9,130.

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 Medina 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 Medina 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 717 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 Medina 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
Population56,88165th of 254938th of 3,144
Land area1,325 sq mi30th of 254450th of 3,144
Population density42.9 per sq mi90th of 2541,610th of 3,144
Median household income$78,07442nd of 254669th of 3,143

Full data for Medina County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population56,881Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202051,058Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?50,861Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,325 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,335 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,074American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$239,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,804American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,890American 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
+43
591 births, 548 deaths
Net migration
+1,243
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 Medina 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 CountyTexas46 mi22,876
Uvalde CountyTexas37 mi24,963
Frio CountyTexas37 mi18,823
Bexar CountyTexas30 mi2,160,088
Atascosa CountyTexas11 mi53,590
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.