economy

Regional Economic Data - 2018

Alamo

Alamo Region Counties

• Atascosa
• Bandera
• Bexar
• Calhoun
• Comal
• Dewitt
• Frio
• Gillespie
• Goliad
• Gonzales
• Guadalupe
• Jackson
• Karnes
• Kendall
• Kerr
• Lavaca
• Medina
• Victoria
• Wilson

The 19-county Alamo Region covers about 18,000 square miles in south central Texas, stretching from Fredericksburg and Kerrville in the Hill Country to Port Lavaca on the Gulf Coast.

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Capital

Capital Region Counties

• Bastrop
• Blanco
• Burnet
• Caldwell
• Fayette
• Hays
• Lee
• Llano
• Travis
• Williamson

The 10-county Capital Region covers about 8,600 square miles in central Texas, stretching from Llano to San Marcos and from La Grange to Georgetown.

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Central Texas

Central Texas Region Counties

• Bell
• Bosque
• Brazos
• Burleson
• Coryell
• Falls
• Freestone
• Grimes
• Hamilton
• Hill
• Lampasas
• Leon
• Limestone
• Madison
• Mclennan
• Milam
• Mills
• Robertson
• San Saba
• Washington

The 20-county Central Texas Region covers about 17,400 square miles in the heart of Texas, stretching from Hillsboro on the north to Interstate 45 on the east to East Yegua Creek on the south to the conjunction of the San Saba and Colorado rivers.

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Gulf Coast

Gulf Coast Region Counties

• Austin
• Brazoria
• Chambers
• Colorado
• Fort Bend
• Galveston
• Harris
• Liberty
• Matagorda
• Montgomery
• Walker
• Waller
• Wharton

The 13-county Gulf Coast Region covers about 13,900 square miles in eastern coastal Texas, stretching from Huntsville on the north to Matagorda Bay and Galveston along the Gulf Coast.

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High Plains

High Plains Region Counties

• Armstrong
• Bailey
• Briscoe
• Carson
• Castro
• Childress
• Cochran
• Collingsworth
• Crosby
• Dallam
• Deaf Smith
• Dickens
• Donley
• Floyd
• Garza
• Gray
• Hale
• Hall
• Hansford
• Hartley
• Hemphill
• Hockley
• Hutchinson
• King
• Lamb
• Lipscomb
• Lubbock
• Lynn
• Moore
• Motley
• Ochiltree
• Oldham
• Parmer
• Potter
• Randall
• Roberts
• Sherman
• Swisher
• Terry
• Wheeler
• Yoakum

The 41-county High Plains Region covers about 39,500 square miles in north Texas, stretching from the Oklahoma state line on the east and north and the New Mexico state line on the west to the Lubbock metro area on the south.

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Metroplex

Metroplex Region Counties

• Collin
• Cooke
• Dallas
• Denton
• Ellis
• Erath
• Fannin
• Grayson
• Hood
• Hunt
• Johnson
• Kaufman
• Navarro
• Palo Pinto
• Parker
• Rockwall
• Somervell
• Tarrant
• Wise

The 19-county Metroplex Region covers about 15,600 square miles in northern Texas, stretching from Oklahoma south to the Brazos River and from the Cedar Creek Reservoir on the east to Possum Kingdom Lake on the west.

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Northwest

Northwest Region Counties

• Archer
• Baylor
• Brown
• Callahan
• Clay
• Coleman
• Comanche
• Cottle
• Eastland
• Fisher
• Foard
• Hardeman
• Haskell
• Jack
• Jones
• Kent
• Knox
• Mitchell
• Montague
• Nolan
• Runnels
• Scurry
• Shackelford
• Stephens
• Stonewall
• Taylor
• Throckmorton
• Wichita
• Wilbarger
• Young

The 30-county Northwest Region covers about 27,600 square miles in northern Texas, stretching from Oklahoma on the north to the Colorado River on the south and abutting Big Spring on the west and the Fort Worth metro on the east.

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Southeast

Southeast Region Counties

• Angelina
• Hardin
• Houston
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Nacogdoches
• Newton
• Orange
• Polk
• Sabine
• San Augustine
• San Jacinto
• Shelby
• Trinity
• Tyler

The 15-county Southeast Region covers about 12,800 square miles in easternmost Texas, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Nacogdoches along the Louisiana border.

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South Texas

South Texas Region Counties

• Aransas
• Bee
• Brooks
• Cameron
• Dimmit
• Duval
• Edwards
• Hidalgo
• Jim Hogg
• Jim Wells
• Kenedy
• Kinney
• Kleberg
• La Salle
• Live Oak
• Maverick
• McMullen
• Nueces
• Real
• Refugio
• San Patricio
• Starr
• Uvalde
• Val Verde
• Webb
• Willacy
• Zapata
• Zavala

The 28-county South Texas Region covers about 37,800 square miles in southernmost Texas, stretching along the Mexican border from Del Rio to Brownsville and up the Gulf coast past Rockport to Aransas Pass and San Antonio Bay.

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Upper East

Upper East Region Counties

• Anderson
• Bowie
• Camp
• Cass
• Cherokee
• Delta
• Franklin
• Gregg
• Harrison
• Henderson
• Hopkins
• Lamar
• Marion
• Morris
• Panola
• Rains
• Red River
• Rusk
• Smith
• Titus
• Upshur
• Van Zandt
• Wood

The 23-county Upper East Region encompasses about 16,000 square miles in the northeast corner of Texas, stretching from the Arkansas and Louisiana borders on the east to Cedar Creek Reservoir in the west.

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Upper Rio Grande

Upper Rio Grande Region Counties

• Brewster
• Culberson
• El Paso
• Hudspeth
• Jeff Davis
• Presidio

The six-county Upper Rio Grande Region covers about 21,700 square miles in westernmost Texas. It stretches from the extreme western part of the state, where it meets Mexico and New Mexico, along the Rio Grande past Big Bend and up to the New Mexico border around the area of Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

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West Texas

West Texas Region Counties

• Andrews
• Borden
• Coke
• Concho
• Crane
• Crockett
• Dawson
• Ector
• Gaines
• Glasscock
• Howard
• Irion
• Kimble
• Loving
• Martin
• Mason
• McCulloch
• Menard
• Midland
• Pecos
• Reagan
• Reeves
• Schleicher
• Sterling
• Sutton
• Terrell
• Tom Green
• Upton
• Ward
• Winkler

The 30-county West Texas Region covers about 39,800 square miles in western Texas, stretching from the cities of Mason and Brady on the east, to the Rio Grande just south of Dryden and north to the city of Seminole.

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