Texas Counties: Cattle Population in 2017

Cattle are Texas's biggest agricultural commodity. In 2017, cattle accounted for $12.3 billion of the state's total $24.9 billion in agricultural production. This page shows cattle population (or inventory), including calves, in 2017.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture groups counties in each state into agricultural districts according to factors such as soil type, elevation, temperature, and need for irrigation. Texas has 15 USDA agricultural districts.

Map of Texas Counties By Cattle Population in 2017

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1	500,000 and above	74	10,000 to 24,999

4	250,000 to 499,999	19	5,000 to 9,999

14	100,000 to 249,999	9	2,500 to 4,999

60	50,000 to 99,999	1	1,000 to 2,499

72	25,000 to 49,999

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Cattle Population

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Rank	Name	Agricultural District	Number of Cattle, 2017 (including calves)	Change from 2012
1	Deaf Smith	Northern High Plains	592,087	114,888
2	Castro	Northern High Plains	466,891	30,902
3	Hartley	Northern High Plains	396,629	83,510
4	Parmer	Northern High Plains	335,573	-77,696
5	Hansford	Northern High Plains	253,167	6,296
6	Dallam	Northern High Plains	237,612	32,058
7	Swisher	Northern High Plains	219,839	35,972
8	Randall	Northern High Plains	210,701	40,359
9	Sherman	Northern High Plains	205,470	44,536
10	Erath	Cross Timbers	183,469	62,626
11	Lamb	Southern High Plains	181,045	-4,102
12	Moore	Northern High Plains	132,649	-19,883
13	Hale	Northern High Plains	132,013	-15,609
14	Bailey	Southern High Plains	130,261	31,285
15	Hopkins	East Texas North	124,888	14,610
16	Gonzales	South Central	122,115	8,015
17	Comanche	Cross Timbers	118,048	31,183
18	Falls	Blacklands	115,649	29,134
19	Lavaca	South Central	102,317	12,429
20	Leon	East Texas South	97,402	19,300
21	Fayette	South Central	96,079	20,154
22	Robertson	East Texas South	93,789	21,381
23	Red River	East Texas North	91,253	28,468
24	DeWitt	South Central	90,780	7,224
25	Van Zandt	East Texas North	89,422	21,065
26	Lamar	Blacklands	89,005	11,960
27	Oldham	Northern High Plains	87,966	32,638
28	Wilson	South Central	86,875	9,903
29	McLennan	Blacklands	86,168	15,243
30	Ochiltree	Northern High Plains	85,530	-2,999
31	Cooke	Blacklands	84,764	21,103
32	Navarro	Blacklands	82,611	11,369
33	Montague	Cross Timbers	81,133	23,484
34	Kaufman	Blacklands	80,958	21,243
35	Wise	Cross Timbers	80,744	22,375
36	Milam	Blacklands	80,225	15,505
37	Gray	Northern High Plains	79,822	-23,192
38	Williamson	Blacklands	78,853	9,266
39	Archer	Cross Timbers	78,771	13,986
40	Limestone	Blacklands	77,749	4,287
41	Clay	Cross Timbers	77,572	2,876
42	Atascosa	South Texas	76,451	3,435
43	Bastrop	South Central	76,438	23,826
44	Lee	South Central	76,128	19,080
45	Fannin	Blacklands	75,049	3,240
46	Parker	Cross Timbers	72,650	10,072
47	Colorado	South Central	70,367	9,959
48	Freestone	East Texas South	69,423	7,767
49	Houston	East Texas North	68,987	-1,727
50	Brazoria	Upper Coast	68,515	-10,392
51	Washington	South Central	67,673	6,481
52	Hamilton	Blacklands	66,072	19,786
53	Hemphill	Northern High Plains	65,656	707
54	Anderson	East Texas North	65,048	13,525
55	Brazos	East Texas South	63,394	15,902
56	Austin	South Central	63,190	2,635
57	Bowie	East Texas North	62,971	5,953
58	Johnson	Blacklands	62,889	-3,062
59	Hunt	Blacklands	61,021	7,986
60	Hill	Blacklands	60,770	8,825
61	Wheeler	Northern Low Plains	59,431	-5,285
62	Henderson	East Texas North	59,076	5,674
63	Wharton	Upper Coast	57,475	307
64	Grimes	East Texas South	57,350	289
65	Medina	South Central	57,232	13,163
66	Floyd	Northern High Plains	56,790	-16,284
67	Donley	Northern Low Plains	56,647	9,176
68	Burleson	South Central	56,360	3,091
69	San Saba	Edwards Plateau	55,564	16,458
70	Baylor	Southern Low Plains	55,371	15,725
71	Coryell	Blacklands	54,847	-5,402
72	Cherokee	East Texas North	54,597	7,423
73	Frio	South Texas	54,219	3,632
74	Matagorda	Upper Coast	53,896	613
75	Grayson	Blacklands	53,391	7,479
76	Bosque	Blacklands	51,327	12,692
77	Ellis	Blacklands	50,563	6,675
78	Upshur	East Texas North	50,499	11,228
79	Zavala	South Texas	50,345	11,578
80	Callahan	Cross Timbers	49,682	11,873
81	Victoria	Upper Coast	49,146	381
82	Guadalupe	South Central	48,840	7,576
83	Waller	East Texas South	47,626	-3,141
84	Liberty	Upper Coast	47,597	-1,620
85	Karnes	South Central	47,296	4,293
86	Brown	Cross Timbers	47,183	6,642
87	Webb	South Texas	46,807	-5,189
88	Gillespie	Edwards Plateau	46,570	10,675
89	Madison	East Texas South	45,652	2,150
90	Starr	Lower Valley	45,557	-15,539
91	Wood	East Texas North	44,528	-1,492
92	Coleman	Southern Low Plains	44,438	11,270
93	Lipscomb	Northern High Plains	44,249	8,777
94	Eastland	Cross Timbers	43,876	2,424
95	Smith	East Texas North	43,874	989
96	Shelby	East Texas North	43,354	5,255
97	Wilbarger	Northern Low Plains	43,234	19,432
98	Palo Pinto	Cross Timbers	43,186	910
99	Uvalde	Edwards Plateau	42,944	-140
100	Throckmorton	Cross Timbers	41,715	16,536
101	Collin	Blacklands	41,427	5,964
102	Taylor	Southern Low Plains	41,163	8,827
103	Bexar	South Central	40,997	9,688
104	Rusk	East Texas North	40,801	4,070
105	Goliad	South Central	40,372	142
106	Lubbock	Southern High Plains	40,121	11,643
107	Tom Green	Edwards Plateau	39,973	15,358
108	Caldwell	South Central	39,939	4,415
109	Wichita	Northern Low Plains	39,811	13,177
110	Runnels	Southern Low Plains	39,752	11,339
111	Denton	Blacklands	38,843	-2,526
112	Mason	Edwards Plateau	38,329	3,972
113	Walker	East Texas South	38,271	38
114	Young	Cross Timbers	38,181	8,301
115	Jack	Cross Timbers	38,133	1,184
116	Jefferson	Upper Coast	37,189	-4,065
117	Bell	Blacklands	36,868	1,946
118	Kenedy	South Texas	36,529	1,618
119	Jackson	Upper Coast	36,372	-5,057
120	Jim Wells	South Texas	36,369	-3,517
121	Llano	Edwards Plateau	35,926	3,184
122	Franklin	East Texas North	35,254	7,037
123	Live Oak	South Texas	35,129	393
124	Nacogdoches	East Texas North	34,172	-6,680
125	Mills	Cross Timbers	34,067	1,404
126	Armstrong	Northern High Plains	32,511	17,739
127	Fort Bend	Upper Coast	31,605	-1,126
128	Panola	East Texas North	31,045	-2,518
129	Duval	South Texas	30,841	-453
130	Bee	South Central	30,815	685
131	McCulloch	Edwards Plateau	30,797	7,029
132	Hidalgo	Lower Valley	30,287	-6,146
133	Hall	Northern Low Plains	30,150	15,839
134	Shackelford	Cross Timbers	29,764	2,139
135	Pecos	Trans-Pecos	29,683	294
136	Titus	East Texas North	28,573	4,354
137	Concho	Edwards Plateau	28,305	13,780
138	Jeff Davis	Trans-Pecos	28,210	11,775
139	Harrison	East Texas North	27,839	-2,745
140	Lampasas	Edwards Plateau	27,589	5,953
141	Kleberg	Coastal Bend	27,575	-5,149
142	Presidio	Trans-Pecos	27,546	14,021
143	Brewster	Trans-Pecos	27,416	11,652
144	Potter	Northern High Plains	27,210	2,728
145	Knox	Southern Low Plains	27,010	-7,789
146	Burnet	Edwards Plateau	26,903	4,803
147	Refugio	Coastal Bend	26,898	6,261
148	Maverick	South Texas	26,838	4,777
149	Haskell	Southern Low Plains	26,684	10,565
150	Brooks	South Texas	25,593	-2,838
151	King	Northern Low Plains	25,199	17,247
152	Rains	East Texas North	24,885	5,651
153	Dickens	Northern Low Plains	24,878	6,188
154	Cass	East Texas North	24,471	6,440
155	Stonewall	Southern Low Plains	24,364	7,212
156	Hutchinson	Northern High Plains	24,046	4,899
157	Harris	Upper Coast	23,894	-11,295
158	Chambers	Upper Coast	23,700	-2,616
159	Stephens	Cross Timbers	23,196	3,330
160	Jim Hogg	South Texas	23,055	-1,678
161	Jones	Southern Low Plains	22,624	-3,228
162	Scurry	Southern Low Plains	22,615	2,912
163	Motley	Northern Low Plains	22,449	5,956
164	Hood	Cross Timbers	22,435	1,400
165	Reagan	Edwards Plateau	22,161	14,757
166	Briscoe	Northern High Plains	21,864	8,689
167	Cottle	Northern Low Plains	21,056	5,156
168	Foard	Northern Low Plains	20,931	7,570
169	Dimmit	South Texas	20,897	4,301
170	Camp	East Texas North	20,618	194
171	Roberts	Northern High Plains	20,510	1,485
172	Fisher	Southern Low Plains	19,981	256
173	Carson	Northern High Plains	19,944	1,705
174	Collingsworth	Northern Low Plains	19,812	-1,211
175	Trinity	East Texas South	19,464	3,411
176	Angelina	East Texas South	19,274	3,150
177	Blanco	Edwards Plateau	19,216	5,516
178	Travis	South Central	19,151	702
179	Delta	Blacklands	19,091	302
180	Schleicher	Edwards Plateau	18,290	6,392
181	Montgomery	East Texas South	18,214	-760
182	Terry	Southern High Plains	17,975	-74
183	Hardeman	Northern Low Plains	17,596	-862
184	Crockett	Edwards Plateau	17,516	2,146
185	Zapata	South Texas	17,188	-6,215
186	Kent	Northern Low Plains	17,095	5,230
187	Kendall	Edwards Plateau	16,601	2,789
188	Mitchell	Southern Low Plains	16,333	-1,894
189	Comal	South Central	16,274	4,962
190	Morris	East Texas North	15,892	-4,006
191	Hays	South Central	15,842	989
192	Menard	Edwards Plateau	15,839	1,488
193	McMullen	South Texas	15,677	1,126
194	San Patricio	Coastal Bend	15,545	1,662
195	Calhoun	Upper Coast	15,204	475
196	Kimble	Edwards Plateau	14,896	4,599
197	Culberson	Trans-Pecos	14,862	-1,034
198	Edwards	Edwards Plateau	14,708	3,015
199	Coke	Edwards Plateau	14,496	4,317
200	Childress	Northern Low Plains	14,343	2,615
201	Jasper	East Texas South	14,268	1,562
202	San Jacinto	East Texas South	14,139	-2,257
203	Tyler	East Texas South	14,052	3,070
204	Nolan	Southern Low Plains	13,935	678
205	Irion	Edwards Plateau	13,605	4,998
206	Cameron	Lower Valley	13,401	-1,023
207	Sutton	Edwards Plateau	13,325	-1,465
208	Borden	Northern Low Plains	13,299	6,479
209	Tarrant	Blacklands	13,186	-2,265
210	Polk	East Texas South	13,135	-1,704
211	Sterling	Edwards Plateau	12,835	1,774
212	Hudspeth	Trans-Pecos	12,242	-5,069
213	Kerr	Edwards Plateau	12,049	1,058
214	La Salle	South Texas	11,831	-6,990
215	Gaines	Southern High Plains	11,737	4,608
216	Garza	Northern Low Plains	11,656	5,149
217	Sabine	East Texas South	11,525	6,171
218	Andrews	Southern High Plains	11,405	1,228
219	Reeves	Trans-Pecos	11,270	-13,536
220	Kinney	Edwards Plateau	11,211	1,645
221	Willacy	Lower Valley	10,670	2
222	Howard	Southern High Plains	10,490	-723
223	Nueces	Coastal Bend	10,414	-1,892
224	Galveston	Upper Coast	10,374	602
225	Crosby	Southern High Plains	10,076	1,715
226	Cochran	Southern High Plains	9,927	-12,806
227	San Augustine	East Texas South	9,853	-702
228	Orange	Upper Coast	9,839	1,571
229	Hockley	Southern High Plains	9,188	-11,642
230	Val Verde	Edwards Plateau	9,165	1,694
231	Yoakum	Southern High Plains	9,112	4,653
232	Bandera	Edwards Plateau	9,080	671
233	Dallas	Blacklands	8,671	-5,211
234	Gregg	East Texas North	8,424	2,784
235	Ector	Trans-Pecos	8,377	4,895
236	Lynn	Southern High Plains	8,338	4,920
237	Hardin	East Texas South	8,005	-479
238	Somervell	Cross Timbers	7,347	907
239	Midland	Southern High Plains	6,520	-1,930
240	Winkler	Trans-Pecos	6,109	1,412
241	Glasscock	Southern High Plains	6,071	177
242	El Paso	Trans-Pecos	5,667	2,075
243	Dawson	Southern High Plains	5,584	3,297
244	Terrell	Trans-Pecos	5,022	665
245	Marion	East Texas North	4,782	2,113
246	Upton	Edwards Plateau	4,660	-2,030
247	Newton	East Texas South	4,212	-571
248	Rockwall	Blacklands	4,208	-1,876
249	Ward	Trans-Pecos	4,179	1,253
250	Martin	Southern High Plains	3,774	-394
251	Crane	Trans-Pecos	3,188	-235
252	Aransas	Coastal Bend	2,766	73
253	Loving	Trans-Pecos	2,545	794
254	Real	Edwards Plateau	2,371	-54
Total			12,573,876	1,414,129

Sources:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service Quick Stats Tools