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Shelby County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 104 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48419

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

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Population
24,286
+244 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
795.6
square miles. A further 4.7% of the total area is water
Population density
30.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Center
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Center city
Population 5,246.

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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 567 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 Shelby 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
Population24,286104th of 2541,645th of 3,144
Land area795.6 sq mi198th of 2541,077th of 3,144
Population density30.5 per sq mi108th of 2541,913th of 3,144
Median household income$49,776224th of 2542,782nd of 3,143

Full data for Shelby County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,286Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,042Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,137Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area795.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area39.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area834.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,776American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$101,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,366American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,584American 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
+39
386 births, 347 deaths
Net migration
-78
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 7 areas bordering Shelby 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
Sabine ParishLouisiana30 mi21,834
Nacogdoches CountyTexas30 mi66,035
Panola CountyTexas29 mi23,018
San Augustine CountyTexas26 mi7,722
De Soto ParishLouisiana21 mi27,381
Rusk CountyTexas17 mi54,854
Sabine CountyTexas14 mi10,012

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.