[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), all land.

[6] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 933 people, 457 households, and 327 families residing in the town.

[9] The Coke County Juvenile Justice Center, located in unincorporated Coke County, south of Bronte,[10] was a 200-bed secure facility operated by the GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections Corp.) and contracted by the Texas Youth Commission (TYC).

[12] During the life of the Coke County facility, Wackenhut received criticism from the media for how it operated the center.

During that year, Alan Richey, the superintendent of Bronte ISD, estimated 40% of the enrollment in the school district consisted of children who were incarcerated in the center.

The superintendent said the district lost $2 million in funding as a result of the closure of the juvenile facility.