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 on September 23, 2026.
Hill County, Texas, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hill County is held at the county jail, run by the Hill 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.
Related guides: Hill County public records, Hill County arrest records, Hill County warrants, Hill County criminal records, Hill County court records, Texas arrest records and Texas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Hill County
The county jail, run by the Hill County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Hill County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hill County Sheriff's Office at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.CountyJail (page title: Hill County, Texas), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Hill County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 110 people on an average day, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 203 beds, and it is running at 54 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hill County has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hill County Jail
The Hill County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hillsboro, Whitney, Itasca and Hubbard make the arrests that end in a booking in Hill County.
The FBI's agency list also places four other agencies in Hill County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Hubbard's 1,188 for 2025, Hillsboro's 290 for 2025 and the Hill County Sheriff's Office's 248 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Hill County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,760 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 Hill 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 Hill 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 Hill County?
Ask the Hill County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.hill.tx.us/page/hill.CountyJail.
How many people are in the Hill County jail?
About 110 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 203 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hill 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 Hill 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.