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Refugio County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 187 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48391

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

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Population
6,657
-85 (-1.3%) since 2020
Land area
770.5
square miles. A further 5.8% of the total area is water
Population density
8.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Refugio
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Refugio town
Population 2,752.

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 Refugio 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 Refugio 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 601 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 Refugio 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
Population6,657187th of 2542,686th of 3,144
Land area770.5 sq mi205th of 2541,127th of 3,144
Population density8.6 per sq mi176th of 2542,616th of 3,144
Median household income$60,181164th of 2542,064th of 3,143

Full data for Refugio County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,657Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,742Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,741Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area770.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area47.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area818.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,181American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$99,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,495American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,359American 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
-36
73 births, 109 deaths
Net migration
-25
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 Refugio 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
Aransas CountyTexas52 mi26,146
San Patricio CountyTexas41 mi72,053
Victoria CountyTexas38 mi92,656
Calhoun CountyTexas24 mi19,599
Bee CountyTexas18 mi32,515
Goliad CountyTexas17 mi7,208

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.