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Reeves County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 152 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48389

Within Texas
Reeves County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
12,138
-2,631 (-17.8%) since 2020
Land area
2,635
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
4.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Pecos
Seat of county government.
Established
1883
142 years ago
Largest city
Town of Pecos city
Population 10,386.

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 Reeves 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 Reeves 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 625 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 Reeves 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
Population12,138152nd of 2542,274th of 3,144
Land area2,635 sq mi9th of 254201st of 3,144
Population density4.6 per sq mi201st of 2542,788th of 3,144
Median household income$64,297132nd of 2541,684th of 3,143

Full data for Reeves County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,138Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,769Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,743Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,635 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,642 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?4.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,297American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,224American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,167American 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
+71
196 births, 125 deaths
Net migration
-59
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 Reeves 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
Ward CountyTexas84 mi11,125
Culberson CountyTexas62 mi2,267
Loving CountyTexas55 mi52
Pecos CountyTexas54 mi14,560
Jeff Davis CountyTexas39 mi1,711
Eddy CountyNew Mexico2.6 mi62,509

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.