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Newton County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 154 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48351

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

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Population
11,954
-209 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
933.7
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
12.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Newton
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Newton city
Population 1,595.

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 Newton 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 Newton 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 348 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 Newton 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
Population11,954154th of 2542,284th of 3,144
Land area933.7 sq mi94th of 254766th of 3,144
Population density12.8 per sq mi158th of 2542,469th of 3,144
Median household income$42,618245th of 2543,012th of 3,143

Full data for Newton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,954Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,163Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,220Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area933.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area939.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,618American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$103,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,841American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,492American 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
-48
127 births, 175 deaths
Net migration
+13
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 Newton 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
Jasper CountyTexas63 mi33,075
Beauregard ParishLouisiana60 mi36,673
Vernon ParishLouisiana43 mi45,091
Calcasieu ParishLouisiana25 mi208,466
Sabine CountyTexas18 mi10,012
Orange CountyTexas12 mi86,266
Sabine ParishLouisiana3.7 mi21,834

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.