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Val Verde County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 76 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48465

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

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Population
47,835
+238 (+0.5%) since 2020
Land area
3,145
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
15.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Del Rio
Seat of county government.
Established
1885
140 years ago
Largest city
Del Rio city
Population 34,496.

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 Val Verde 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 Val Verde 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 712 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 Val Verde 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
Population47,83576th of 2541,040th of 3,144
Land area3,145 sq mi7th of 254164th of 3,144
Population density15.2 per sq mi151st of 2542,387th of 3,144
Median household income$66,100117th of 2541,530th of 3,143

Full data for Val Verde County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population47,835Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202047,597Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?47,587Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area3,145 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area87.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area3,233 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,810American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,711American 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
+342
742 births, 400 deaths
Net migration
-283
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 Val Verde 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
Crockett CountyTexas48 mi2,769
Edwards CountyTexas46 mi1,370
Terrell CountyTexas35 mi702
Kinney CountyTexas33 mi3,128
Sutton CountyTexas16 mi3,203

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.