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Welcome to Matagorda County ...

Time Zone: Matagorda County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Bay City is the Seat for Matagorda County.

Matagorda County is one of the original counties of Texas and was founded in 1836.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Matagorda had a population of 36,643 people. This is a decrease of 0.18% since the last Census (which gave a population of 36,709 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Matagorda represented 0.15% of the total population of Texas.

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.