Texas Counties: Cotton Produced in 2017

Cotton is Texas's top field crop. It 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.

Map of Texas Counties By Cotton Production in 2017

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10	250,000 or more	19	5,000 to 9,999

17	100,000 to 249,999	8	2,500 to 4,999

21	50,000 to 99,999	7	1,000 to 2,499

25	25,000 to 49,999	3	1 to 1,000

18	10,000 to 24,999	126	None

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Cotton Production

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Rank	Name	Agricultural District	Bales of Cotton Produced, 2017	Change From 2012
1	Lubbock	Southern High Plains	415,871	173,832
2	Hale	Northern High Plains	365,894	145,282
3	Lynn	Southern High Plains	359,583	172,476
4	Floyd	Northern High Plains	323,467	162,423
5	Dawson	Southern High Plains	314,844	138,687
6	Gaines	Southern High Plains	312,727	60,310
7	Terry	Southern High Plains	290,740	144,775
8	Nueces	Coastal Bend	289,469	228,946
9	Lamb	Southern High Plains	273,568	121,225
10	Crosby	Southern High Plains	270,513	81,734
11	Hockley	Southern High Plains	233,521	44,554
12	San Patricio	Coastal Bend	232,509	152,089
13	Cochran	Southern High Plains	189,612	111,687
14	Swisher	Northern High Plains	189,255	118,412
15	Yoakum	Southern High Plains	169,701	78,444
16	Martin	Southern High Plains	165,294	117,407
17	Glasscock	Southern High Plains	162,971	101,480
18	Wharton	Upper Coast	157,263	-30,899
19	Hidalgo	Lower Valley	146,612	49,328
20	Carson	Northern High Plains	143,430	98,940
21	Hall	Northern Low Plains	140,136	93,549
22	Cameron	Lower Valley	135,431	47,331
23	Hansford	Northern High Plains	122,438	99,911
24	Bailey	Southern High Plains	118,408	88,056
25	Willacy	Lower Valley	117,017	64,188
26	Nolan	Southern Low Plains	108,219	73,241
27	Parmer	Northern High Plains	101,477	35,034
28	Castro	Northern High Plains	93,083	9,443
29	Fort Bend	Upper Coast	90,437	-1,868
30	Jones	Southern Low Plains	89,483	53,886
31	Collingsworth	Northern Low Plains	88,075	33,100
32	Haskell	Southern Low Plains	86,759	65,516
33	Ochiltree	Northern High Plains	85,295	68,516
34	Runnels	Southern Low Plains	77,086	52,493
35	Jackson	Upper Coast	75,650	38,296
36	Sherman	Northern High Plains	75,466	31,056
37	Scurry	Southern Low Plains	71,525	40,326
38	Fisher	Southern Low Plains	71,013	24,416
39	Wilbarger	Northern Low Plains	70,058	61,563
40	Moore	Northern High Plains	69,830	35,299
41	Tom Green	Edwards Plateau	69,204	14,136
42	Deaf Smith	Northern High Plains	68,084	54,393
43	Howard	Southern High Plains	65,942	53,519
44	Childress	Northern Low Plains	58,640	39,657
45	Borden	Northern Low Plains	56,010	46,176
46	Garza	Northern Low Plains	55,443	31,193
47	Matagorda	Upper Coast	54,073	13,892
48	Briscoe	Northern High Plains	53,897	26,927
49	Gray	Northern High Plains	48,145	33,646
50	Hartley	Northern High Plains	47,016	31,341
51	Williamson	Blacklands	46,472	23,176
52	Jim Wells	South Texas	42,797	30,631
53	Medina	South Central	41,141	-3,108
54	Upton	Edwards Plateau	41,139	22,518
55	Ellis	Blacklands	40,985	-1,867
56	Navarro	Blacklands	40,942	15,890
57	Kleberg	Coastal Bend	40,798	17,930
58	Dallam	Northern High Plains	40,764	32,076
59	Dickens	Northern Low Plains	40,752	19,392
60	Hutchinson	Northern High Plains	40,295	16,382
61	Mitchell	Southern Low Plains	39,983	4,077
62	Refugio	Coastal Bend	39,714	-3,142
63	Victoria	Upper Coast	37,131	18,312
64	Reagan	Edwards Plateau	35,984	16,683
65	Bee	South Central	35,572	34,502
66	Uvalde	Edwards Plateau	34,735	-7,451
67	El Paso	Trans-Pecos	33,569	9,138
68	Donley	Northern Low Plains	31,721	15,479
69	Hill	Blacklands	31,676	5,672
70	Calhoun	Upper Coast	30,877	8,932
71	Cottle	Northern Low Plains	29,876	23,029
72	Concho	Edwards Plateau	29,619	11,870
73	Brazos	East Texas South	25,489	8,082
74	Wichita	Northern Low Plains	24,389	22,280
75	Knox	Southern Low Plains	23,020	4,370
76	Stonewall	Southern Low Plains	22,259	19,158
77	Milam	Blacklands	20,936	9,962
78	Robertson	East Texas South	20,767	-15,850
79	Burleson	South Central	20,068	-10,430
80	Zavala	South Texas	19,746	7,225
81	McLennan	Blacklands	19,722	9,058
82	Wheeler	Northern Low Plains	18,910	5,944
83	Taylor	Southern Low Plains	18,696	12,848
84	Frio	South Texas	16,549	6,996
85	Randall	Northern High Plains	15,702	12,831
86	Midland	Southern High Plains	13,565	98
87	Armstrong	Northern High Plains	12,353	12,353
88	Falls	Blacklands	12,031	-3,185
89	Bell	Blacklands	10,669	-1,351
90	Andrews	Southern High Plains	10,336	4,147
91	Baylor	Southern Low Plains	10,196	6,893
92	Caldwell	South Central	9,096	2,152
93	Hunt	Blacklands	8,548	8,548
94	Lamar	Blacklands	8,426	7,292
95	Wilson	South Central	8,379	5,315
96	Schleicher	Edwards Plateau	8,339	3,869
97	McCulloch	Edwards Plateau	8,332	5,796
98	Starr	Lower Valley	7,860	-3,203
99	Comanche	Cross Timbers	7,690	4,601
100	Pecos	Trans-Pecos	7,320	-3,687
101	Hardeman	Northern Low Plains	7,007	4,101
102	Bosque	Blacklands	6,646	5,494
103	Coleman	Southern Low Plains	6,513	4,504
104	Motley	Northern Low Plains	6,495	2,389
105	Karnes	South Central	6,166	-1,444
106	Denton	Blacklands	5,806	5,806
107	Hudspeth	Trans-Pecos	5,725	-1,969
108	Limestone	Blacklands	5,677	2,594
109	Atascosa	South Texas	5,517	-2,315
110	Fannin	Blacklands	5,468	4,729
111	Austin	South Central	4,688	1,413
112	Brown	Cross Timbers	4,045	4,045
113	Johnson	Blacklands	3,631	3,002
114	Throckmorton	Cross Timbers	3,625	3,625
115	Hays	South Central	3,335	3,335
116	Clay	Cross Timbers	2,931	2,931
117	Live Oak	South Texas	2,817	2,817
118	Bexar	South Central	2,570	291
119	Oldham	Northern High Plains	1,972	1,972
120	Guadalupe	South Central	1,686	-4,495
121	Coke	Edwards Plateau	1,597	972
122	Travis	South Central	1,462	-1,007
123	Kent	Northern Low Plains	1,318	42
124	Young	Cross Timbers	1,131	635
125	Hopkins	East Texas North	1,052	1,052
126	Shackelford	Cross Timbers	946	946
127	Hamilton	Blacklands	934	934
128	Collin	Blacklands	788	788
129	Anderson	East Texas North	0	-1,512
130	Angelina	East Texas South	0	0
131	Aransas	Coastal Bend	0	0
132	Archer	Cross Timbers	0	0
133	Bandera	Edwards Plateau	0	0
134	Bastrop	South Central	0	-671
135	Blanco	Edwards Plateau	0	0
136	Bowie	East Texas North	0	0
137	Brazoria	Upper Coast	0	-5,437
138	Brewster	Trans-Pecos	0	0
139	Brooks	South Texas	0	0
140	Burnet	Edwards Plateau	0	0
141	Callahan	Cross Timbers	0	0
142	Camp	East Texas North	0	0
143	Cass	East Texas North	0	0
144	Chambers	Upper Coast	0	0
145	Cherokee	East Texas North	0	0
146	Colorado	South Central	0	-4,767
147	Comal	South Central	0	0
148	Cooke	Blacklands	0	0
149	Coryell	Blacklands	0	-586
150	Crane	Trans-Pecos	0	0
151	Crockett	Edwards Plateau	0	0
152	Culberson	Trans-Pecos	0	-2,737
153	Dallas	Blacklands	0	0
154	Delta	Blacklands	0	-6,232
155	DeWitt	South Central	0	-338
156	Dimmit	South Texas	0	-2,334
157	Duval	South Texas	0	0
158	Eastland	Cross Timbers	0	0
159	Ector	Trans-Pecos	0	0
160	Edwards	Edwards Plateau	0	0
161	Erath	Cross Timbers	0	-1,125
162	Fayette	South Central	0	0
163	Foard	Northern Low Plains	0	0
164	Franklin	East Texas North	0	0
165	Freestone	East Texas South	0	0
166	Galveston	Upper Coast	0	0
167	Gillespie	Edwards Plateau	0	0
168	Goliad	South Central	0	-1,015
169	Gonzales	South Central	0	0
170	Grayson	Blacklands	0	0
171	Gregg	East Texas North	0	0
172	Grimes	East Texas South	0	-2,179
173	Hardin	East Texas South	0	0
174	Harris	Upper Coast	0	0
175	Harrison	East Texas North	0	0
176	Hemphill	Northern High Plains	0	0
177	Henderson	East Texas North	0	0
178	Hood	Cross Timbers	0	0
179	Houston	East Texas North	0	-4,776
180	Irion	Edwards Plateau	0	0
181	Jack	Cross Timbers	0	0
182	Jasper	East Texas South	0	0
183	Jeff Davis	Trans-Pecos	0	0
184	Jefferson	Upper Coast	0	0
185	Jim Hogg	South Texas	0	0
186	Kaufman	Blacklands	0	0
187	Kendall	Edwards Plateau	0	0
188	Kenedy	South Texas	0	0
189	Kerr	Edwards Plateau	0	0
190	Kimble	Edwards Plateau	0	0
191	King	Northern Low Plains	0	0
192	Kinney	Edwards Plateau	0	-1,118
193	La Salle	South Texas	0	0
194	Lampasas	Edwards Plateau	0	0
195	Lavaca	South Central	0	0
196	Lee	South Central	0	0
197	Leon	East Texas South	0	0
198	Liberty	Upper Coast	0	0
199	Lipscomb	Northern High Plains	0	0
200	Llano	Edwards Plateau	0	0
201	Loving	Trans-Pecos	0	0
202	Madison	East Texas South	0	0
203	Marion	East Texas North	0	0
204	Mason	Edwards Plateau	0	0
205	Maverick	South Texas	0	0
206	McMullen	South Texas	0	0
207	Menard	Edwards Plateau	0	0
208	Mills	Cross Timbers	0	0
209	Montague	Cross Timbers	0	0
210	Montgomery	East Texas South	0	-962
211	Morris	East Texas North	0	0
212	Nacogdoches	East Texas North	0	0
213	Newton	East Texas South	0	0
214	Orange	Upper Coast	0	0
215	Palo Pinto	Cross Timbers	0	0
216	Panola	East Texas North	0	0
217	Parker	Cross Timbers	0	0
218	Polk	East Texas South	0	0
219	Potter	Northern High Plains	0	-825
220	Presidio	Trans-Pecos	0	0
221	Rains	East Texas North	0	0
222	Real	Edwards Plateau	0	0
223	Red River	East Texas North	0	0
224	Reeves	Trans-Pecos	0	-2,860
225	Roberts	Northern High Plains	0	-1,542
226	Rockwall	Blacklands	0	0
227	Rusk	East Texas North	0	0
228	Sabine	East Texas South	0	0
229	San Augustine	East Texas South	0	0
230	San Jacinto	East Texas South	0	0
231	San Saba	Edwards Plateau	0	0
232	Shelby	East Texas North	0	0
233	Smith	East Texas North	0	0
234	Somervell	Cross Timbers	0	0
235	Stephens	Cross Timbers	0	0
236	Sterling	Edwards Plateau	0	0
237	Sutton	Edwards Plateau	0	0
238	Tarrant	Blacklands	0	0
239	Terrell	Trans-Pecos	0	0
240	Titus	East Texas North	0	0
241	Trinity	East Texas South	0	0
242	Tyler	East Texas South	0	0
243	Upshur	East Texas North	0	0
244	Val Verde	Edwards Plateau	0	0
245	Van Zandt	East Texas North	0	0
246	Walker	East Texas South	0	0
247	Waller	East Texas South	0	0
248	Ward	Trans-Pecos	0	0
249	Washington	South Central	0	-2,152
250	Webb	South Texas	0	0
251	Winkler	Trans-Pecos	0	0
252	Wise	Cross Timbers	0	0
253	Wood	East Texas North	0	0
254	Zapata	South Texas	0	0
Total			8,807,667	4,085,616

Sources:

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