 Since January 2013, Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster in Cooke County, has represented Jack County in the Texas House of Representatives.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water.As of the 2000 census, there were 8,763 people, 3,047 households, and 2,227 families residing in Jack County.