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Webb County, Texas

Webb County had 272,823 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,361.5 square miles of land. It ranks 20th of 254 in Texas by population and 6th by land area.

Population
272,823
#20 of 254 in Texas · #269 in US
Area
3,361.5 sq mi
#6 of 254 in Texas · #149 in US
Density
81 / sq mi
#56 of 254 in Texas · #1,063 in US
Median household income
$57,899
#153 of 254 in Texas · #2,041 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Webb County within Texas. Pin: Austin.

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Webb County population, land area and income

Webb County had 272,823 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,361.5 square miles of land. It ranks 20th of 254 in Texas by population and 6th by land area. That works out to 81.2 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Texas has 19,267 residents, so Webb County is 14.2 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,899 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

272,823

3144th1st

269th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

3,362 sq mi

3144th1st

149th of 3,144 (US)

Density

81.2 / sq mi

3144th1st

1063rd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$57,899

3143rd1st

2041st of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Texas (254)

Population

272,823

254th1st

20th of 254 (TX)

Land area

3,362 sq mi

254th1st

6th of 254 (TX)

Density

81.2 / sq mi

254th1st

56th of 254 (TX)

Median household income

$57,899

254th1st

153rd of 254 (TX)

How Webb County's population changed since 2020

Webb County gained 5,455 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.0%. That ranks 130th of 254 in Texas for growth. The median Texas county changed by +2.1%, and the state as a whole by +7.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Webb County recorded 18,529 births and 8,013 deaths, a natural change of +10,516. Net international migration added +5,315 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -10,333. The largest single component was natural change, which added 10,516 people.

267.4k2020267.5k2021268.3k2022270.5k2023272.8k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
18,529
Deaths
8,013
Net international migration
+5,315
Net domestic migration
-10,333
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+2,285

Where Webb County is

The Census internal point of Webb County is at 27.760800, -99.340800. It sits in UTM zone 14N. The map shades Texas's 254 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Webb County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Cass County: +0.6%Jackson County: +1.9%Lipscomb County: -5.2%Hall County: +1.0%Hemphill County: -6.9%Kent County: -7.4%Dallam County: +5.4%Bandera County: +8.7%Culberson County: +3.1%Howard County: -11.4%Lavaca County: +1.2%Zavala County: -4.7%Taylor County: +3.7%Ellis County: +19.6%McLennan County: +3.5%Parker County: +20.2%Kinney County: +2.1%Uvalde County: +2.3%Haskell County: -0.0%Coke County: +2.3%Dickens County: -2.0%Colorado County: +4.0%Hansford County: -4.7%Collingsworth County: -1.2%Comanche County: +5.4%Crosby County: -1.3%Andrews County: +1.6%Atascosa County: +7.1%Brooks County: -5.0%Burnet County: +12.6%La Salle County: +0.4%Terry County: -1.6%Throckmorton County: +5.6%Yoakum County: -1.2%Hockley County: +0.0%Rockwall County: +25.5%Schleicher County: -5.8%Swisher County: -1.0%Motley County: -4.6%Hale County: -1.6%King County: -19.5%Hays County: +19.7%Irion County: +0.9%Bastrop County: +17.2%Blanco County: +16.6%Kimble County: +2.5%Dawson County: -5.7%Loving County: -28.4%Scurry County: -4.2%Sterling County: +0.2%Garza County: -20.1%Shackelford County: +1.9%Stonewall County: -0.8%Titus County: +0.8%Hopkins County: +5.3%Callahan County: +6.3%Childress County: +0.3%Lubbock County: +5.1%Dimmit County: -4.7%Donley County: -2.7%Baylor County: +2.1%Johnson County: +16.4%Glasscock County: +3.2%Sutton County: -2.6%Runnels County: -1.7%Ector County: +2.7%Kaufman County: +34.4%Jack County: +10.7%Mitchell County: -0.5%Falls County: +4.7%Castro County: +0.6%Palo Pinto County: +6.3%Limestone County: +1.9%Kerr County: +2.3%Franklin County: +5.2%Roberts County: +1.7%Young County: +2.2%Erath County: +4.2%Cochran County: +0.7%Hutchinson County: -4.2%Floyd County: -6.2%Mason County: +0.5%Parmer County: -1.9%Eastland County: +2.8%McMullen County: -5.4%Randall County: +6.5%Armstrong County: -2.3%Hamilton County: +4.8%Hartley County: -6.4%Nolan County: -3.7%Lynn County: +6.2%Menard County: -2.5%Karnes County: +2.2%Cottle County: -7.4%Winkler County: -4.8%Jeff Davis County: -10.4%Stephens County: +4.2%Bell County: +7.3%Borden County: -13.2%Madison County: +3.1%Fisher County: -0.3%Camp County: +5.9%Gillespie County: +5.2%Liberty County: +24.4%Upton County: -5.3%Waller County: +13.7%Fort Bend County: +15.6%Montgomery County: +19.9%Crockett County: -9.5%Sherman County: -0.7%Rusk County: +2.2%Wichita County: +0.3%Moore County: +2.8%Pecos County: -3.1%Webb County: +2.0%Kleberg County: -1.8%Fayette County: +4.0%Aransas County: +6.9%Presidio County: -6.9%Archer County: +7.0%Cherokee County: +5.2%Galveston County: +4.5%Comal County: +23.2%Concho County: +0.3%Jim Hogg County: -5.4%DeWitt County: +2.1%Brewster County: -0.6%Tarrant County: +5.4%Caldwell County: +14.1%Hardin County: +4.1%Fannin County: +7.4%Guadalupe County: +12.4%Clay County: +4.6%Coryell County: +3.9%Medina County: +8.9%Potter County: -3.1%Brown County: +1.5%Marion County: -1.7%Denton County: +14.3%Bee County: +0.6%Wise County: +17.9%Leon County: +5.8%Zapata County: -0.4%Coleman County: +4.0%Reagan County: -8.3%Mills County: +2.5%Reeves County: -19.0%Live Oak County: +5.5%Gaines County: +5.5%Oldham County: +3.4%Trinity County: +6.2%Williamson County: +18.2%San Saba County: -3.8%Wilson County: +10.7%Van Zandt County: +9.3%Lamar County: +2.2%Willacy County: -0.6%Brazos County: +6.4%Llano County: +8.7%Refugio County: -0.0%Martin County: -1.6%Midland County: +7.5%Wilbarger County: -3.0%Briscoe County: +5.1%Gonzales County: +1.8%Kenedy County: -5.7%Cameron County: +2.4%Gregg County: +1.9%Hidalgo County: +4.8%Hunt County: +18.4%Jefferson County: -0.9%Delta County: +8.1%Harris County: +5.8%Carson County: +0.5%Hill County: +7.8%Shelby County: +0.6%Hood County: +11.4%Grayson County: +10.6%Walker County: +9.4%McCulloch County: -1.8%Orange County: +1.6%Lee County: +5.4%Houston County: +0.6%San Jacinto County: +6.5%Robertson County: +5.3%Real County: +0.8%Red River County: +1.2%Sabine County: +1.7%Starr County: +1.1%Lamb County: -2.5%Goliad County: +2.8%El Paso County: +1.0%Wharton County: +1.1%Wheeler County: -3.1%Bexar County: +5.6%Lampasas County: +8.5%Calhoun County: -0.6%Maverick County: +1.7%Henderson County: +6.1%Freestone County: +6.2%Hardeman County: -4.0%Tom Green County: -0.1%Tyler County: +3.7%Chambers County: +19.5%Morris County: +1.8%Burleson County: +14.1%Newton County: -2.1%Upshur County: +7.3%Deaf Smith County: -0.2%Edwards County: -2.6%Bosque County: +4.2%Bowie County: -1.0%Matagorda County: +0.3%Terrell County: -4.3%Knox County: -2.9%Milam County: +5.6%Bailey County: +2.4%Nueces County: -0.1%Victoria County: +0.7%Dallas County: +1.7%Jones County: +5.9%Angelina County: +1.8%Washington County: +5.6%Gray County: -1.4%Grimes County: +13.6%Ochiltree County: -2.4%San Patricio County: +3.8%Val Verde County: +0.8%Foard County: -3.4%Frio County: +6.0%Kendall County: +16.3%Somervell County: +9.7%Panola County: +2.3%Nacogdoches County: +1.7%Ward County: -5.5%Wood County: +8.2%Montague County: +9.2%Duval County: -2.3%Navarro County: +6.9%Anderson County: +2.7%Jim Wells County: -0.0%Cooke County: +6.0%Rains County: +9.3%Austin County: +8.0%Brazoria County: +10.6%Polk County: +7.4%Travis County: +5.2%Collin County: +16.6%San Augustine County: -2.0%Harrison County: +3.7%Smith County: +6.4%Hudspeth County: +13.0%Crane County: -1.7%Jasper County: -0.0%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -2.0%
  2. < +0.8%
  3. < +3.7%
  4. < +6.9%
  5. ≥ +6.9%
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Orange pin: Webb County internal point. Dark pin: Austin.

Internal point

Decimal
27.760800, -99.340800
DMS
27°45'38.88"N 99°20'26.88"W
UTM
14N 466417.9E 3070751.9N
Geohash
9ucmgmwnr
Plus code
76V2QM65+8M

Towns in Webb County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Webb County, 268,129 people together, or 98% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Webb County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Laredo with 261,260.

  1. 01Laredo261,260
  2. 02Rio Bravo4,436
  3. 03El Cenizo2,433
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Webb County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Webb County. The most populous is Maverick County, TX, with 58,829 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Austin and the nearest big city

Austin is 198.8 miles NNE of Webb County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Laredo, TX (population 261,260), 16.5 miles away.

Webb County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Webb County is 48479: state code 48 for Texas plus county code 479. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,899.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Webb County, Texas?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 272,823. That is up 5,455 people (2.0%) from the July 2020 estimate of 267,368.

What is the FIPS code of Webb County?

48479. The first two digits (48) are Texas; the last three (479) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Webb County?

Laredo, with 261,260 residents inside Webb County in 2024.

Which counties border Webb County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Maverick County, TX; Zapata County, TX; Duval County, TX; Dimmit County, TX; La Salle County, TX; Jim Hogg County, TX; McMullen County, TX.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.