Nacogdoches hosts the Blueberry Festival in June.

It tagged itself as the "Capital of the Texas Forest Country".[3][importance?]

[6] As of the census[12] of 2000, 59,203 people, 22,006 households, and 14,039 families resided in the county.

The racial makeup of the county was 75.00% White, 16.74% African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 5.70% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races.

[15] Etoile Independent School District, which formerly served parts of the county,[16] merged into Woden ISD in 2022.