Nacogdoches County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 58 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48347

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

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Population
66,035
+1,393 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
946.3
square miles. A further 3.5% of the total area is water
Population density
69.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Nacogdoches
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Nacogdoches city
Population 32,500.

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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches 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 749 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 Nacogdoches 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
Population66,03558th of 254836th of 3,144
Land area946.3 sq mi86th of 254747th of 3,144
Population density69.8 per sq mi64th of 2541,184th of 3,144
Median household income$53,555211th of 2542,555th of 3,143

Full data for Nacogdoches County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population66,035Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202064,642Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?64,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area946.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area34.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area981 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?69.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,555American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$169,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age31.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,302American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,156American 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
+94
791 births, 697 deaths
Net migration
-26
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 Nacogdoches 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
Angelina CountyTexas74 mi88,154
San Augustine CountyTexas71 mi7,722
Cherokee CountyTexas51 mi53,337
Shelby CountyTexas30 mi24,286
Rusk CountyTexas29 mi54,854

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.