Cotton grows best in warm or hot climates that receive moderate rainfall. With adquate irrigation, it can be grown in dry areas.
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.
1 | 250,000 or more | 14 | 5,000 to 9,999 | ||
10 | 100,000 to 249,999 | 15 | 2,500 to 4,999 | ||
14 | 50,000 to 99,999 | 16 | 1,000 to 2,499 | ||
22 | 25,000 to 49,999 | 9 | 1 to 1,000 | ||
33 | 10,000 to 24,999 | 120 | None | ||
Rank | Name | Agricultural District | Bales of Cotton Produced, 2012 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gaines | Southern High Plains | 252,417 |
2 | Lubbock | Southern High Plains | 242,039 |
3 | Hale | Northern High Plains | 220,612 |
4 | Hockley | Southern High Plains | 188,967 |
5 | Crosby | Southern High Plains | 188,779 |
6 | Wharton | Upper Coast | 188,162 |
7 | Lynn | Southern High Plains | 187,107 |
8 | Dawson | Southern High Plains | 176,157 |
9 | Floyd | Northern High Plains | 161,044 |
10 | Lamb | Southern High Plains | 152,343 |
11 | Terry | Southern High Plains | 145,965 |
12 | Hidalgo | Lower Valley | 97,284 |
13 | Fort Bend | Upper Coast | 92,305 |
14 | Yoakum | Southern High Plains | 91,257 |
15 | Cameron | Lower Valley | 88,100 |
16 | Castro | Northern High Plains | 83,640 |
17 | San Patricio | Coastal Bend | 80,420 |
18 | Cochran | Southern High Plains | 77,925 |
19 | Swisher | Northern High Plains | 70,843 |
20 | Parmer | Northern High Plains | 66,443 |
21 | Glasscock | Southern High Plains | 61,491 |
22 | Nueces | Coastal Bend | 60,523 |
23 | Tom Green | Edwards Plateau | 55,068 |
24 | Collingsworth | Northern Low Plains | 54,975 |
25 | Willacy | Lower Valley | 52,829 |
26 | Martin | Southern High Plains | 47,887 |
27 | Fisher | Southern Low Plains | 46,597 |
28 | Hall | Northern Low Plains | 46,587 |
29 | Carson | Northern High Plains | 44,490 |
30 | Sherman | Northern High Plains | 44,410 |
31 | Medina | South Central | 44,249 |
32 | Refugio | Coastal Bend | 42,856 |
33 | Ellis | Blacklands | 42,852 |
34 | Uvalde | Edwards Plateau | 42,186 |
35 | Matagorda | Upper Coast | 40,181 |
36 | Jackson | Upper Coast | 37,354 |
37 | Robertson | East Texas South | 36,617 |
38 | Mitchell | Southern Low Plains | 35,906 |
39 | Jones | Southern Low Plains | 35,597 |
40 | Nolan | Southern Low Plains | 34,978 |
41 | Moore | Northern High Plains | 34,531 |
42 | Scurry | Southern Low Plains | 31,199 |
43 | Burleson | South Central | 30,498 |
44 | Bailey | Southern High Plains | 30,352 |
45 | Briscoe | Northern High Plains | 26,970 |
46 | Hill | Blacklands | 26,004 |
47 | Navarro | Blacklands | 25,052 |
48 | Runnels | Southern Low Plains | 24,593 |
49 | El Paso | Trans-Pecos | 24,431 |
50 | Garza | Northern Low Plains | 24,250 |
51 | Hutchinson | Northern High Plains | 23,913 |
52 | Williamson | Blacklands | 23,296 |
53 | Kleberg | Coastal Bend | 22,868 |
54 | Hansford | Northern High Plains | 22,527 |
55 | Calhoun | Upper Coast | 21,945 |
56 | Dickens | Northern Low Plains | 21,360 |
57 | Haskell | Southern Low Plains | 21,243 |
58 | Reagan | Edwards Plateau | 19,301 |
59 | Childress | Northern Low Plains | 18,983 |
60 | Victoria | Upper Coast | 18,819 |
61 | Knox | Southern Low Plains | 18,650 |
62 | Upton | Edwards Plateau | 18,621 |
63 | Concho | Edwards Plateau | 17,749 |
64 | Brazos | East Texas South | 17,407 |
65 | Ochiltree | Northern High Plains | 16,779 |
66 | Donley | Northern Low Plains | 16,242 |
67 | Hartley | Northern High Plains | 15,675 |
68 | Falls | Blacklands | 15,216 |
69 | Gray | Northern High Plains | 14,499 |
70 | Deaf Smith | Northern High Plains | 13,691 |
71 | Midland | Southern High Plains | 13,467 |
72 | Wheeler | Northern Low Plains | 12,966 |
73 | Zavala | South Texas | 12,521 |
74 | Howard | Southern High Plains | 12,423 |
75 | Jim Wells | South Texas | 12,166 |
76 | Bell | Blacklands | 12,020 |
77 | Starr | Lower Valley | 11,063 |
78 | Pecos | Trans-Pecos | 11,007 |
79 | Milam | Blacklands | 10,974 |
80 | McLennan | Blacklands | 10,664 |
81 | Borden | Northern Low Plains | 9,834 |
82 | Frio | South Texas | 9,553 |
83 | Dallam | Northern High Plains | 8,688 |
84 | Wilbarger | Northern Low Plains | 8,495 |
85 | Atascosa | South Texas | 7,832 |
86 | Hudspeth | Trans-Pecos | 7,694 |
87 | Karnes | South Central | 7,610 |
88 | Caldwell | South Central | 6,944 |
89 | Cottle | Northern Low Plains | 6,847 |
90 | Delta | Blacklands | 6,232 |
91 | Andrews | Southern High Plains | 6,189 |
92 | Guadalupe | South Central | 6,181 |
93 | Taylor | Southern Low Plains | 5,848 |
94 | Brazoria | Upper Coast | 5,437 |
95 | Houston | East Texas North | 4,776 |
96 | Colorado | South Central | 4,767 |
97 | Schleicher | Edwards Plateau | 4,470 |
98 | Motley | Northern Low Plains | 4,106 |
99 | Baylor | Southern Low Plains | 3,303 |
100 | Austin | South Central | 3,275 |
101 | Stonewall | Southern Low Plains | 3,101 |
102 | Comanche | Cross Timbers | 3,089 |
103 | Limestone | Blacklands | 3,083 |
104 | Wilson | South Central | 3,064 |
105 | Hardeman | Northern Low Plains | 2,906 |
106 | Randall | Northern High Plains | 2,871 |
107 | Reeves | Trans-Pecos | 2,860 |
108 | Culberson | Trans-Pecos | 2,737 |
109 | McCulloch | Edwards Plateau | 2,536 |
110 | Travis | South Central | 2,469 |
111 | Dimmit | South Texas | 2,334 |
112 | Bexar | South Central | 2,279 |
113 | Grimes | East Texas South | 2,179 |
114 | Washington | South Central | 2,152 |
115 | Wichita | Northern Low Plains | 2,109 |
116 | Coleman | Southern Low Plains | 2,009 |
117 | Roberts | Northern High Plains | 1,542 |
118 | Anderson | East Texas North | 1,512 |
119 | Kent | Northern Low Plains | 1,276 |
120 | Bosque | Blacklands | 1,152 |
121 | Lamar | Blacklands | 1,134 |
122 | Erath | Cross Timbers | 1,125 |
123 | Kinney | Edwards Plateau | 1,118 |
124 | Bee | South Central | 1,070 |
125 | Goliad | South Central | 1,015 |
126 | Montgomery | East Texas South | 962 |
127 | Potter | Northern High Plains | 825 |
128 | Fannin | Blacklands | 739 |
129 | Bastrop | South Central | 671 |
130 | Johnson | Blacklands | 629 |
131 | Coke | Edwards Plateau | 625 |
132 | Coryell | Blacklands | 586 |
133 | Young | Cross Timbers | 496 |
134 | DeWitt | South Central | 338 |
135 | Angelina | East Texas South | 0 |
136 | Aransas | Coastal Bend | 0 |
137 | Archer | Cross Timbers | 0 |
138 | Armstrong | Northern High Plains | 0 |
139 | Bandera | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
140 | Blanco | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
141 | Bowie | East Texas North | 0 |
142 | Brewster | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
143 | Brooks | South Texas | 0 |
144 | Brown | Cross Timbers | 0 |
145 | Burnet | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
146 | Callahan | Cross Timbers | 0 |
147 | Camp | East Texas North | 0 |
148 | Cass | East Texas North | 0 |
149 | Chambers | Upper Coast | 0 |
150 | Cherokee | East Texas North | 0 |
151 | Clay | Cross Timbers | 0 |
152 | Collin | Blacklands | 0 |
153 | Comal | South Central | 0 |
154 | Cooke | Blacklands | 0 |
155 | Crane | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
156 | Crockett | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
157 | Dallas | Blacklands | 0 |
158 | Denton | Blacklands | 0 |
159 | Duval | South Texas | 0 |
160 | Eastland | Cross Timbers | 0 |
161 | Ector | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
162 | Edwards | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
163 | Fayette | South Central | 0 |
164 | Foard | Northern Low Plains | 0 |
165 | Franklin | East Texas North | 0 |
166 | Freestone | East Texas South | 0 |
167 | Galveston | Upper Coast | 0 |
168 | Gillespie | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
169 | Gonzales | South Central | 0 |
170 | Grayson | Blacklands | 0 |
171 | Gregg | East Texas North | 0 |
172 | Hamilton | Blacklands | 0 |
173 | Hardin | East Texas South | 0 |
174 | Harris | Upper Coast | 0 |
175 | Harrison | East Texas North | 0 |
176 | Hays | South Central | 0 |
177 | Hemphill | Northern High Plains | 0 |
178 | Henderson | East Texas North | 0 |
179 | Hood | Cross Timbers | 0 |
180 | Hopkins | East Texas North | 0 |
181 | Hunt | Blacklands | 0 |
182 | Irion | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
183 | Jack | Cross Timbers | 0 |
184 | Jasper | East Texas South | 0 |
185 | Jeff Davis | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
186 | Jefferson | Upper Coast | 0 |
187 | Jim Hogg | South Texas | 0 |
188 | Kaufman | Blacklands | 0 |
189 | Kendall | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
190 | Kenedy | South Texas | 0 |
191 | Kerr | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
192 | Kimble | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
193 | King | Northern Low Plains | 0 |
194 | La Salle | South Texas | 0 |
195 | Lampasas | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
196 | Lavaca | South Central | 0 |
197 | Lee | South Central | 0 |
198 | Leon | East Texas South | 0 |
199 | Liberty | Upper Coast | 0 |
200 | Lipscomb | Northern High Plains | 0 |
201 | Live Oak | South Texas | 0 |
202 | Llano | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
203 | Loving | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
204 | Madison | East Texas South | 0 |
205 | Marion | East Texas North | 0 |
206 | Mason | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
207 | Maverick | South Texas | 0 |
208 | McMullen | South Texas | 0 |
209 | Menard | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
210 | Mills | Cross Timbers | 0 |
211 | Montague | Cross Timbers | 0 |
212 | Morris | East Texas North | 0 |
213 | Nacogdoches | East Texas North | 0 |
214 | Newton | East Texas South | 0 |
215 | Oldham | Northern High Plains | 0 |
216 | Orange | Upper Coast | 0 |
217 | Palo Pinto | Cross Timbers | 0 |
218 | Panola | East Texas North | 0 |
219 | Parker | Cross Timbers | 0 |
220 | Polk | East Texas South | 0 |
221 | Presidio | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
222 | Rains | East Texas North | 0 |
223 | Real | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
224 | Red River | East Texas North | 0 |
225 | Rockwall | Blacklands | 0 |
226 | Rusk | East Texas North | 0 |
227 | Sabine | East Texas South | 0 |
228 | San Augustine | East Texas South | 0 |
229 | San Jacinto | East Texas South | 0 |
230 | San Saba | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
231 | Shackelford | Cross Timbers | 0 |
232 | Shelby | East Texas North | 0 |
233 | Smith | East Texas North | 0 |
234 | Somervell | Cross Timbers | 0 |
235 | Stephens | Cross Timbers | 0 |
236 | Sterling | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
237 | Sutton | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
238 | Tarrant | Blacklands | 0 |
239 | Terrell | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
240 | Throckmorton | Cross Timbers | 0 |
241 | Titus | East Texas North | 0 |
242 | Trinity | East Texas South | 0 |
243 | Tyler | East Texas South | 0 |
244 | Upshur | East Texas North | 0 |
245 | Val Verde | Edwards Plateau | 0 |
246 | Van Zandt | East Texas North | 0 |
247 | Walker | East Texas South | 0 |
248 | Waller | East Texas South | 0 |
249 | Ward | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
250 | Webb | South Texas | 0 |
251 | Winkler | Trans-Pecos | 0 |
252 | Wise | Cross Timbers | 0 |
253 | Wood | East Texas North | 0 |
254 | Zapata | South Texas | 0 |
Total | 4,722,051 |