Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Aransas County, Texas, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Aransas County is held at the county jail, run by the Aransas County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Aransas County
The county jail, run by the Aransas County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Aransas County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Aransas County Sheriff's Office at aransascounty.org/detentioncenter (page title: Aransas County Detention Center), 308 N Live Oak St, Rockport, TX 78382-2745, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Aransas County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 160 people on an average day, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 212 beds, and it is running at 76 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Aransas County has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 63 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Aransas County Jail
The Aransas County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Rockport and Fulton make the arrests that end in a booking in Aransas County.
The Aransas Pass Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Aransas County, so its arrests are not broken out for Aransas County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Aransas County Sheriff's Office's 1,255 for 2019, Rockport's 266 for 2025 and Fulton's 12 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Aransas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 278 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Aransas County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Aransas County serves the sentence in a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, whose inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Aransas County?
Ask the Aransas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at aransascounty.org/detentioncenter.
How many people are in the Aransas County jail?
About 160 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 212 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Aransas County go?
To a facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; its inmate locator is at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/start.
Is this the official Aransas County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.