Gonzales County, Texas

Gonzales County
County
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 29°27′N 97°29′W / 29.45°N 97.49°W / 29.45; -97.49
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1837
Named for	City of Gonzales
Seat	Gonzales
Largest city	Gonzales
Area
• Total	1,070 sq mi (2,800 km2)
• Land	1,067 sq mi (2,760 km2)
• Water	3.2 sq mi (8 km2)  0.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	19,653
• Density	18/sq mi (7.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	27th
Website	www.co.gonzales.tx.us

Gonzales County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, adjacent to Greater Austin-San Antonio. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,653.^[1] The county is named for its county seat, the city of Gonzales.^[2] The county was created in 1836 and organized the following year.^[3][4] As of August 2020, under strict budgetary limitations, the County of Gonzales government-body is unique in that it claims to have no commercial paper, regarding it as "the absence of any county debt."^[5]

According to the census, all areas county-wide had $188,099,000 in total annual payroll (2016), $550,118,900 (±39,442,212; 2018) in aggregate annual income, and $238,574,000 in total annual retail sales (2012). In 2018, the census valued all real estate in the county at an aggregate $795,242,300 (±74,643,103); with an aggregate $29,058,000 of real estate being listed for sale and $173,100 listed for rent. In the same year, approximately, the top 5% of households made an average of $361,318; the top 20% averaged at $188,699; the fourth quintile at $79,601; the third quintile (median income) at $53,317; the second quintile at $31,238; and the lowest at $13,339.^[6] The Texas Almanac rated all categories of land in the county at an aggregate value of $5.6-billion.^[7]