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Uvalde County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 103 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48463

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

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Population
24,963
+398 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,552
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
16.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Uvalde
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Uvalde city
Population 15,455.

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 Uvalde 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 Uvalde 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 719 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 Uvalde 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
Population24,963103rd of 2541,625th of 3,144
Land area1,552 sq mi16th of 254389th of 3,144
Population density16.1 per sq mi145th of 2542,357th of 3,144
Median household income$53,801210th of 2542,545th of 3,143

Full data for Uvalde County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,963Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,565Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,565Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,552 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,559 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,801American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,417American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,095American 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
+61
379 births, 318 deaths
Net migration
-66
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 8 areas bordering Uvalde 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
Zavala CountyTexas42 mi9,037
Kinney CountyTexas37 mi3,128
Medina CountyTexas37 mi56,881
Real CountyTexas25 mi2,745
Bandera CountyTexas12 mi22,876
Edwards CountyTexas5.9 mi1,370
Frio CountyTexasa single point18,823
Maverick CountyTexasa single point58,823

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.