The index
The 254 counties
Texas has 254 counties, more than any other state. This is the running index of our reporting from all of them. A county is linked when a piece has run. The rest are on the list, and the list is the plan.
- County name Report published
- County name Not yet reported
Panhandle Plains
81 counties
The Panhandle, the South Plains, the Big Country and the oil belt above it.
- Andrews
- Archer
- Armstrong
- Bailey
- Baylor
- Borden
- Briscoe
- Brown
- Callahan
- Carson
- Castro
- Childress
- Clay
- Cochran
- Coke
- Coleman
- Collingsworth
- Concho
- Cottle
- Crosby
- Dallam
- Dawson
- Deaf Smith
- Dickens
- Donley
- Eastland
- Fisher
- Floyd
- Foard
- Gaines
- Garza
- Glasscock
- Gray
- Hale
- Hall
- Hansford
- Hardeman
- Hartley
- Haskell
- Hemphill
- Hockley
- Howard
- Hutchinson
- Jack
- Jones
- Kent
- King
- Knox
- Lamb
- Lipscomb
- Lubbock
- Lynn
- Martin
- Mitchell
- Moore
- Motley
- Nolan
- Ochiltree
- Oldham
- Palo Pinto
- Parmer
- Potter
- Randall
- Roberts
- Runnels
- Scurry
- Shackelford
- Sherman
- Stephens
- Sterling
- Stonewall
- Swisher
- Taylor
- Terry
- Throckmorton
- Tom Green
- Wheeler
- Wichita
- Wilbarger
- Yoakum
- Young
Prairies and Lakes
52 counties
North and central Texas, from the Metroplex down through the Brazos valley.
- Austin
- Bastrop
- Bell
- Bosque
- Brazos
- Burleson
- Caldwell
- Collin
- Colorado
- Comanche
- Cooke
- Coryell
- Dallas
- DeWitt
- Delta
- Denton
- Ellis
- Erath
- Falls
- Fannin
- Fayette
- Franklin
- Freestone
- Gonzales
- Grayson
- Grimes
- Hamilton
- Henderson
- Hill
- Hood
- Hopkins
- Hunt
- Johnson
- Kaufman
- Lamar
- Lavaca
- Lee
- Limestone
- McLennan
- Milam
- Montague
- Navarro
- Parker
- Rains
- Red River
- Robertson
- Rockwall
- Somervell
- Tarrant
- Van Zandt
- Washington
- Wise
Piney Woods
33 counties
East Texas, from the Red River to the edge of the coastal plain.
- Anderson
- Angelina
- Bowie
- Camp
- Cass
- Cherokee
- Gregg
- Hardin
- Harrison
- Houston
- Jasper
- Leon
- Liberty
- Madison
- Marion
- Montgomery
- Morris
- Nacogdoches
- Newton
- Panola
- Polk
- Rusk
- Sabine
- San Augustine
- San Jacinto
- Shelby
- Smith
- Titus
- Trinity
- Tyler
- Upshur
- Walker
- Wood
Gulf Coast
21 counties
The coast and the lower valley, from Orange to Brownsville.
- Aransas
- Brazoria
- Calhoun
- Cameron
- Chambers
- Fort Bend
- Galveston
- Harris
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Kenedy
- Kleberg
- Matagorda
- Nueces
- Orange
- Refugio
- San Patricio
- Victoria
- Waller
- Wharton
- Willacy
South Texas Plains
22 counties
San Antonio and the brush country south and west of it.
- Atascosa
- Bee
- Bexar
- Brooks
- Dimmit
- Duval
- Frio
- Goliad
- Guadalupe
- Hidalgo
- Jim Hogg
- Jim Wells
- Karnes
- La Salle
- Live Oak
- Maverick
- McMullen
- Starr
- Webb
- Wilson
- Zapata
- Zavala
Hill Country
28 counties
The Edwards Plateau and the counties around Austin.
- Bandera
- Blanco
- Burnet
- Comal
- Crockett
- Edwards
- Gillespie
- Hays
- Irion
- Kendall
- Kerr
- Kimble
- Kinney
- Lampasas
- Llano
- Mason
- McCulloch
- Medina
- Menard
- Mills
- Reagan
- Real
- San Saba
- Schleicher
- Sutton
- Travis
- Uvalde
- Williamson
Big Bend Country
17 counties
Far west Texas, the Permian Basin and the Trans-Pecos.
About this grouping
- The seven region names follow the Texas Parks and Wildlife travel and tourism regions. The county-by-county list on this page is a draft. It has not been checked line by line against the Texas Almanac or a Parks and Wildlife region map.
- Some counties are claimed by two regions, depending on the source. This index picks one region so each county appears once. That pick is not a finding about the county's economy. A county report, when one exists, is the place that says what the county runs on.