Texas Counties: Cotton Produced in 2022

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 2022

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7	100,000 to 249,999	8	2,500 to 4,999

14	50,000 to 99,999	11	1,000 to 2,499

20	25,000 to 49,999	12	1 to 1,000

36	10,000 to 24,999	45	withheld

17	5,000 to 9,999	84	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, 2022	Change From 2017
1	Nueces	Coastal Bend	170,175	-119,294
2	Hale	Northern High Plains	129,516	-236,378
3	Gaines	Southern High Plains	115,018	-197,709
4	San Patricio	Coastal Bend	114,643	-117,866
5	Floyd	Northern High Plains	107,914	-215,553
6	Hockley	Southern High Plains	103,516	-130,005
7	Crosby	Southern High Plains	100,669	-169,844
8	Wharton	Upper Coast	93,674	-63,589
9	Willacy	Lower Valley	93,055	-23,962
10	Lynn	Southern High Plains	86,673	-272,910
11	Hidalgo	Lower Valley	82,347	-64,265
12	Hansford	Northern High Plains	81,249	-41,189
13	Sherman	Northern High Plains	79,276	3,810
14	Cameron	Lower Valley	75,519	-59,912
15	Lamb	Southern High Plains	71,477	-202,091
16	Carson	Northern High Plains	69,961	-73,469
17	Howard	Southern High Plains	69,213	3,271
18	Lubbock	Southern High Plains	66,751	-349,120
19	Dawson	Southern High Plains	61,535	-253,309
20	Cochran	Southern High Plains	58,426	-131,186
21	Haskell	Southern Low Plains	55,869	-30,890
22	Swisher	Northern High Plains	46,473	-142,782
23	Matagorda	Upper Coast	45,895	-8,178
24	Collingsworth	Northern Low Plains	44,882	-43,193
25	Yoakum	Southern High Plains	44,786	-124,915
26	Uvalde	Edwards Plateau	41,659	6,924
27	Childress	Northern Low Plains	41,303	-17,337
28	Hartley	Northern High Plains	40,473	-6,543
29	Parmer	Northern High Plains	39,773	-61,704
30	Fisher	Southern Low Plains	38,165	-32,848
31	Refugio	Coastal Bend	37,109	-2,605
32	Concho	Edwards Plateau	36,311	6,692
33	Castro	Northern High Plains	36,059	-57,024
34	Moore	Northern High Plains	34,645	-35,185
35	Terry	Southern High Plains	32,546	-258,194
36	Borden	Northern Low Plains	32,081	-23,929
37	Jackson	Upper Coast	30,403	-45,247
38	Hall	Northern Low Plains	28,342	-111,794
39	Bailey	Southern High Plains	27,894	-90,514
40	Victoria	Upper Coast	26,078	-11,053
41	Fort Bend	Upper Coast	25,907	-64,530
42	Wilbarger	Northern Low Plains	24,474	-45,584
43	Tom Green	Edwards Plateau	24,467	-44,737
44	Donley	Northern Low Plains	24,433	-7,288
45	Motley	Northern Low Plains	23,546	17,051
46	Mitchell	Southern Low Plains	22,325	-17,658
47	Cottle	Northern Low Plains	22,303	-7,573
48	Kleberg	Coastal Bend	21,660	-19,138
49	Ochiltree	Northern High Plains	21,368	-63,927
50	Dallam	Northern High Plains	21,023	-19,741
51	Martin	Southern High Plains	20,822	-144,472
52	Glasscock	Southern High Plains	20,316	-142,655
53	Bee	South Central	18,576	-16,996
54	Armstrong	Northern High Plains	16,421	4,068
55	Briscoe	Northern High Plains	16,114	-37,783
56	Jim Wells	South Texas	15,940	-26,857
57	Runnels	Southern Low Plains	15,704	-61,382
58	Hutchinson	Northern High Plains	15,464	-24,831
59	Robertson	East Texas South	15,445	-5,322
60	Randall	Northern High Plains	15,370	-332
61	Gray	Northern High Plains	15,004	-33,141
62	El Paso	Trans-Pecos	14,954	-18,615
63	Garza	Northern Low Plains	14,793	-40,650
64	Deaf Smith	Northern High Plains	14,542	-53,542
65	Hill	Blacklands	14,220	-17,456
66	Knox	Southern Low Plains	14,115	-8,905
67	Wichita	Northern Low Plains	14,037	-10,352
68	Ellis	Blacklands	13,427	-27,558
69	Upton	Edwards Plateau	13,421	-27,718
70	Frio	South Texas	12,602	-3,947
71	Hudspeth	Trans-Pecos	12,198	6,473
72	Jones	Southern Low Plains	11,522	-77,961
73	Calhoun	Upper Coast	11,480	-19,397
74	Nolan	Southern Low Plains	11,409	-96,810
75	Hunt	Blacklands	11,188	2,640
76	Scurry	Southern Low Plains	10,748	-60,777
77	Andrews	Southern High Plains	10,028	-308
78	Williamson	Blacklands	9,315	-37,157
79	Medina	South Central	9,107	-32,034
80	Burleson	South Central	8,713	-11,355
81	Navarro	Blacklands	8,364	-32,578
82	Wheeler	Northern Low Plains	8,266	-10,644
83	Pecos	Trans-Pecos	8,065	745
84	Hardeman	Northern Low Plains	7,456	449
85	Taylor	Southern Low Plains	7,302	-11,394
86	Milam	Blacklands	6,203	-14,733
87	Falls	Blacklands	6,193	-5,838
88	Starr	Lower Valley	6,160	-1,700
89	Dickens	Northern Low Plains	6,105	-34,647
90	Bell	Blacklands	5,878	-4,791
91	Stonewall	Southern Low Plains	5,622	-16,637
92	Colorado	South Central	5,371	5,371
93	Delta	Blacklands	5,210	5,210
94	Midland	Southern High Plains	5,021	-8,544
95	Baylor	Southern Low Plains	4,857	-5,339
96	Brazoria	Upper Coast	4,612	4,612
97	McLennan	Blacklands	4,239	-15,483
98	Throckmorton	Cross Timbers	4,198	573
99	Comanche	Cross Timbers	4,009	-3,681
100	Lipscomb	Northern High Plains	3,868	3,868
101	Atascosa	South Texas	3,298	-2,219
102	Caldwell	South Central	2,808	-6,288
103	Wilson	South Central	2,498	-5,881
104	Schleicher	Edwards Plateau	2,367	-5,972
105	Zavala	South Texas	2,126	-17,620
106	Johnson	Blacklands	2,092	-1,539
107	Lamar	Blacklands	2,072	-6,354
108	Reagan	Edwards Plateau	2,058	-33,926
109	Oldham	Northern High Plains	1,967	-5
110	Austin	South Central	1,904	-2,784
111	Archer	Cross Timbers	1,837	1,837
112	Erath	Cross Timbers	1,173	1,173
113	Coleman	Southern Low Plains	1,055	-5,458
114	Houston	East Texas North	908	908
115	Brown	Cross Timbers	848	-3,197
116	Kent	Northern Low Plains	810	-508
117	Potter	Northern High Plains	788	788
118	Travis	South Central	760	-702
119	Guadalupe	South Central	751	-935
120	Waller	East Texas South	414	414
121	Eastland	Cross Timbers	362	362
122	Brewster	Trans-Pecos	294	294
123	Maverick	South Texas	186	186
124	Red River	East Texas North	164	164
125	Franklin	East Texas North	108	108
126	Bastrop	South Central	(withheld)	0
127	Bexar	South Central	(withheld)	-2,570
128	Bosque	Blacklands	(withheld)	-6,646
129	Bowie	East Texas North	(withheld)	0
130	Brazos	East Texas South	(withheld)	-25,489
131	Brooks	South Texas	(withheld)	0
132	Chambers	Upper Coast	(withheld)	0
133	Clay	Cross Timbers	(withheld)	-2,931
134	Coke	Edwards Plateau	(withheld)	-1,597
135	Collin	Blacklands	(withheld)	-788
136	Comal	South Central	(withheld)	0
137	Coryell	Blacklands	(withheld)	0
138	Culberson	Trans-Pecos	(withheld)	0
139	Denton	Blacklands	(withheld)	-5,806
140	DeWitt	South Central	(withheld)	0
141	Duval	South Texas	(withheld)	0
142	Fayette	South Central	(withheld)	0
143	Foard	Northern Low Plains	(withheld)	0
144	Goliad	South Central	(withheld)	0
145	Grayson	Blacklands	(withheld)	0
146	Grimes	East Texas South	(withheld)	0
147	Hamilton	Blacklands	(withheld)	-934
148	Hays	South Central	(withheld)	-3,335
149	Jack	Cross Timbers	(withheld)	0
150	Jasper	East Texas South	(withheld)	0
151	Karnes	South Central	(withheld)	-6,166
152	Kaufman	Blacklands	(withheld)	0
153	King	Northern Low Plains	(withheld)	0
154	Liberty	Upper Coast	(withheld)	0
155	Limestone	Blacklands	(withheld)	-5,677
156	Live Oak	South Texas	(withheld)	-2,817
157	Madison	East Texas South	(withheld)	0
158	Marion	East Texas North	(withheld)	0
159	McCulloch	Edwards Plateau	(withheld)	-8,332
160	Mills	Cross Timbers	(withheld)	0
161	Montague	Cross Timbers	(withheld)	0
162	Reeves	Trans-Pecos	(withheld)	0
163	Roberts	Northern High Plains	(withheld)	0
164	San Jacinto	East Texas South	(withheld)	0
165	Shackelford	Cross Timbers	(withheld)	-946
166	Shelby	East Texas North	(withheld)	0
167	Sutton	Edwards Plateau	(withheld)	0
168	Walker	East Texas South	(withheld)	0
169	Webb	South Texas	(withheld)	0
170	Young	Cross Timbers	(withheld)	-1,131
171	Anderson	East Texas North	0	0
172	Angelina	East Texas South	0	0
173	Aransas	Coastal Bend	0	0
174	Bandera	Edwards Plateau	0	0
175	Blanco	Edwards Plateau	0	0
176	Burnet	Edwards Plateau	0	0
177	Callahan	Cross Timbers	0	0
178	Camp	East Texas North	0	0
179	Cass	East Texas North	0	0
180	Cherokee	East Texas North	0	0
181	Cooke	Blacklands	0	0
182	Crane	Trans-Pecos	0	0
183	Crockett	Edwards Plateau	0	0
184	Dallas	Blacklands	0	0
185	Dimmit	South Texas	0	0
186	Ector	Trans-Pecos	0	0
187	Edwards	Edwards Plateau	0	0
188	Fannin	Blacklands	0	-5,468
189	Freestone	East Texas South	0	0
190	Galveston	Upper Coast	0	0
191	Gillespie	Edwards Plateau	0	0
192	Gonzales	South Central	0	0
193	Gregg	East Texas North	0	0
194	Hardin	East Texas South	0	0
195	Harris	Upper Coast	0	0
196	Harrison	East Texas North	0	0
197	Hemphill	Northern High Plains	0	0
198	Henderson	East Texas North	0	0
199	Hood	Cross Timbers	0	0
200	Hopkins	East Texas North	0	-1,052
201	Irion	Edwards Plateau	0	0
202	Jeff Davis	Trans-Pecos	0	0
203	Jefferson	Upper Coast	0	0
204	Jim Hogg	South Texas	0	0
205	Kendall	Edwards Plateau	0	0
206	Kenedy	South Texas	0	0
207	Kerr	Edwards Plateau	0	0
208	Kimble	Edwards Plateau	0	0
209	Kinney	Edwards Plateau	0	0
210	La Salle	South Texas	0	0
211	Lampasas	Edwards Plateau	0	0
212	Lavaca	South Central	0	0
213	Lee	South Central	0	0
214	Leon	East Texas South	0	0
215	Llano	Edwards Plateau	0	0
216	Loving	Trans-Pecos	0	0
217	Mason	Edwards Plateau	0	0
218	McMullen	South Texas	0	0
219	Menard	Edwards Plateau	0	0
220	Montgomery	East Texas South	0	0
221	Morris	East Texas North	0	0
222	Nacogdoches	East Texas North	0	0
223	Newton	East Texas South	0	0
224	Orange	Upper Coast	0	0
225	Palo Pinto	Cross Timbers	0	0
226	Panola	East Texas North	0	0
227	Parker	Cross Timbers	0	0
228	Polk	East Texas South	0	0
229	Presidio	Trans-Pecos	0	0
230	Rains	East Texas North	0	0
231	Real	Edwards Plateau	0	0
232	Rockwall	Blacklands	0	0
233	Rusk	East Texas North	0	0
234	Sabine	East Texas South	0	0
235	San Augustine	East Texas South	0	0
236	San Saba	Edwards Plateau	0	0
237	Smith	East Texas North	0	0
238	Somervell	Cross Timbers	0	0
239	Stephens	Cross Timbers	0	0
240	Sterling	Edwards Plateau	0	0
241	Tarrant	Blacklands	0	0
242	Terrell	Trans-Pecos	0	0
243	Titus	East Texas North	0	0
244	Trinity	East Texas South	0	0
245	Tyler	East Texas South	0	0
246	Upshur	East Texas North	0	0
247	Val Verde	Edwards Plateau	0	0
248	Van Zandt	East Texas North	0	0
249	Ward	Trans-Pecos	0	0
250	Washington	South Central	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			3,390,501	-5,417,166

Data for some counties is withheld by the USDA "to avoid disclosing data for individual operations."

Sources:

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