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Webb County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 20 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48479

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

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Population
281,224
+13,888 (+5.2%) since 2020
Land area
3,361
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
83.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Laredo
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Laredo city
Population 269,515.

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 Webb 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 Webb 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 625 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 Webb 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
Population281,22420th of 254261st of 3,144
Land area3,361 sq mi6th of 254149th of 3,144
Population density83.7 per sq mi55th of 2541,042nd of 3,144
Median household income$63,058140th of 2541,791st of 3,143

Full data for Webb County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population281,224Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020267,336Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?267,114Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,361 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,376 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?83.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,058American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$189,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age30.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households81,373American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units88,176American 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
+2,640
4,289 births, 1,649 deaths
Net migration
-1,990
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 Webb 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
Duval CountyTexas48 mi9,402
La Salle CountyTexas48 mi6,517
Dimmit CountyTexas44 mi8,024
Zapata CountyTexas34 mi13,753
Jim Hogg CountyTexas16 mi4,555
Maverick CountyTexas6.0 mi58,823
McMullen CountyTexasa single point544

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.