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Bandera County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 109 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48019

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

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Population
22,876
+1,889 (+9.0%) since 2020
Land area
791
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
28.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bandera
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Bandera city
Population 891.

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 Bandera 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 Bandera 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 441 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 Bandera 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
Population22,876109th of 2541,690th of 3,144
Land area791 sq mi199th of 2541,089th of 3,144
Population density28.9 per sq mi111th of 2541,957th of 3,144
Median household income$75,81349th of 254787th of 3,143

Full data for Bandera County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,876Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,987Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,836Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area791 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area797.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,813American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$278,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age53.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,255American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,585American 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
-169
152 births, 321 deaths
Net migration
+258
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 6 areas bordering Bandera 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
Medina CountyTexas46 mi56,881
Kerr CountyTexas43 mi54,037
Real CountyTexas19 mi2,745
Uvalde CountyTexas12 mi24,963
Kendall CountyTexas9.4 mi53,289
Bexar CountyTexas2.6 mi2,160,088

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.