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Gonzales County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 123 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48177

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

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Population
20,159
+489 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,067
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
18.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gonzales
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Gonzales city
Population 7,239.

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 Gonzales 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 Gonzales 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 757 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 Gonzales 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
Population20,159123rd of 2541,816th of 3,144
Land area1,067 sq mi54th of 254607th of 3,144
Population density18.9 per sq mi140th of 2542,282nd of 3,144
Median household income$58,672181st of 2542,208th of 3,143

Full data for Gonzales County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,159Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,670Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,648Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,067 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,070 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?18.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,672American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,926American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,020American 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
+68
277 births, 209 deaths
Net migration
-39
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 Gonzales 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
DeWitt CountyTexas29 mi20,309
Caldwell CountyTexas25 mi55,150
Guadalupe CountyTexas23 mi201,111
Lavaca CountyTexas19 mi20,651
Fayette CountyTexas16 mi25,459
Wilson CountyTexas14 mi56,139
Karnes CountyTexas10 mi15,018

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.