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Wood County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 75 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48499

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

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Population
49,688
+4,646 (+10.3%) since 2020
Land area
645.2
square miles. A further 7.3% of the total area is water
Population density
77.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Quitman
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Mineola city
Population 5,537.

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 Wood 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 Wood 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 741 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 Wood 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
Population49,68875th of 2541,017th of 3,144
Land area645.2 sq mi225th of 2541,473rd of 3,144
Population density77.0 per sq mi62nd of 2541,109th of 3,144
Median household income$60,300162nd of 2542,058th of 3,143

Full data for Wood County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population49,688Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,042Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,852Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area645.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area50.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area695.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?77.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$216,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,672American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,388American 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
-303
442 births, 745 deaths
Net migration
+845
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Wood 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
Smith CountyTexas54 mi252,549
Upshur CountyTexas23 mi44,410
Hopkins CountyTexas21 mi39,063
Rains CountyTexas17 mi13,542
Franklin CountyTexas15 mi10,994
Camp CountyTexas7.7 mi13,380
Van Zandt CountyTexas5.9 mi66,130

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.