Bee County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 91 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48025

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

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Population
32,515
+1,472 (+4.7%) since 2020
Land area
880.2
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
36.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Beeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Beeville city
Population 13,086.

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 Bee 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 Bee 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 757 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 Bee 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
Population32,51591st of 2541,384th of 3,144
Land area880.2 sq mi170th of 254909th of 3,144
Population density36.9 per sq mi97th of 2541,750th of 3,144
Median household income$57,673192nd of 2542,291st of 3,143

Full data for Bee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population32,515Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202031,043Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?31,055Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area880.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.10 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area880.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?36.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,673American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$111,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,807American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,650American 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
-1
299 births, 300 deaths
Net migration
-136
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 5 areas bordering Bee 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
Goliad CountyTexas46 mi7,208
Live Oak CountyTexas43 mi11,929
San Patricio CountyTexas19 mi72,053
Refugio CountyTexas18 mi6,657
Karnes CountyTexas18 mi15,018

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.