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Jones County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 117 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48253

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

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Population
20,861
+1,194 (+6.1%) since 2020
Land area
928.6
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
22.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Anson
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Abilene city
Population 5,770 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Jones 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 Jones 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 793 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 Jones 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
Population20,861117th of 2541,782nd of 3,144
Land area928.6 sq mi99th of 254777th of 3,144
Population density22.5 per sq mi125th of 2542,143rd of 3,144
Median household income$59,464173rd of 2542,127th of 3,143

Full data for Jones County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,861Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,667Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area928.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area937.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$96,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,915American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,062American 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
-40
169 births, 209 deaths
Net migration
+100
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 Jones 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
Taylor CountyTexas31 mi150,077
Shackelford CountyTexas31 mi3,197
Fisher CountyTexas30 mi3,692
Haskell CountyTexas22 mi5,499
Stonewall CountyTexas9.0 mi1,186
Callahan CountyTexas1.0 mi14,491
Nolan CountyTexasa single point14,117

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.