Texas Counties: Cattle Population in 2012

Cattle population (or inventory), including calves, in 2012.

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 2012

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4	250,000 to 499,999	82	10,000 to 24,999

12	100,000 to 249,999	20	5,000 to 9,999

54	50,000 to 99,999	12	2,500 to 4,999

67	25,000 to 49,999	3	1,000 to 2,499

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Cattle Population

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Rank	Name	Agricultural District	Number of Cattle, 2012 (including calves)
1	Deaf Smith	Northern High Plains	477,199
2	Castro	Northern High Plains	435,989
3	Parmer	Northern High Plains	413,269
4	Hartley	Northern High Plains	313,119
5	Hansford	Northern High Plains	246,871
6	Dallam	Northern High Plains	205,554
7	Lamb	Southern High Plains	185,147
8	Swisher	Northern High Plains	183,867
9	Randall	Northern High Plains	170,342
10	Sherman	Northern High Plains	160,934
11	Moore	Northern High Plains	152,532
12	Hale	Northern High Plains	147,622
13	Erath	Cross Timbers	120,843
14	Gonzales	South Central	114,100
15	Hopkins	East Texas North	110,278
16	Gray	Northern High Plains	103,014
17	Bailey	Southern High Plains	98,976
18	Lavaca	South Central	89,888
19	Ochiltree	Northern High Plains	88,529
20	Comanche	Cross Timbers	86,865
21	Falls	Blacklands	86,515
22	DeWitt	South Central	83,556
23	Brazoria	Upper Coast	78,907
24	Leon	East Texas South	78,102
25	Lamar	Blacklands	77,045
26	Wilson	South Central	76,972
27	Fayette	South Central	75,925
28	Clay	Cross Timbers	74,696
29	Limestone	Blacklands	73,462
30	Floyd	Northern High Plains	73,074
31	Atascosa	South Texas	73,016
32	Robertson	East Texas South	72,408
33	Fannin	Blacklands	71,809
34	Navarro	Blacklands	71,242
35	McLennan	Blacklands	70,925
36	Houston	East Texas North	70,714
37	Williamson	Blacklands	69,587
38	Van Zandt	East Texas North	68,357
39	Johnson	Blacklands	65,951
40	Hemphill	Northern High Plains	64,949
41	Archer	Cross Timbers	64,785
42	Milam	Blacklands	64,720
43	Wheeler	Northern Low Plains	64,716
44	Cooke	Blacklands	63,661
45	Red River	East Texas North	62,785
46	Parker	Cross Timbers	62,578
47	Freestone	East Texas South	61,656
48	Washington	South Central	61,192
49	Starr	Lower Valley	61,096
50	Austin	South Central	60,555
51	Colorado	South Central	60,408
52	Coryell	Blacklands	60,249
53	Kaufman	Blacklands	59,715
54	Wise	Cross Timbers	58,369
55	Montague	Cross Timbers	57,649
56	Wharton	Upper Coast	57,168
57	Grimes	East Texas South	57,061
58	Lee	South Central	57,048
59	Bowie	East Texas North	57,018
60	Oldham	Northern High Plains	55,328
61	Henderson	East Texas North	53,402
62	Matagorda	Upper Coast	53,283
63	Burleson	South Central	53,269
64	Hunt	Blacklands	53,035
65	Bastrop	South Central	52,612
66	Webb	South Texas	51,996
67	Hill	Blacklands	51,945
68	Anderson	East Texas North	51,523
69	Waller	East Texas South	50,767
70	Frio	South Texas	50,587
71	Liberty	Upper Coast	49,217
72	Victoria	Upper Coast	48,765
73	Brazos	East Texas South	47,492
74	Donley	Northern Low Plains	47,471
75	Cherokee	East Texas North	47,174
76	Hamilton	Blacklands	46,286
77	Wood	East Texas North	46,020
78	Grayson	Blacklands	45,912
79	Medina	South Central	44,069
80	Ellis	Blacklands	43,888
81	Madison	East Texas South	43,502
82	Uvalde	Edwards Plateau	43,084
83	Karnes	South Central	43,003
84	Smith	East Texas North	42,885
85	Palo Pinto	Cross Timbers	42,276
86	Eastland	Cross Timbers	41,452
87	Jackson	Upper Coast	41,429
88	Denton	Blacklands	41,369
89	Guadalupe	South Central	41,264
90	Jefferson	Upper Coast	41,254
91	Nacogdoches	East Texas North	40,852
92	Brown	Cross Timbers	40,541
93	Goliad	South Central	40,230
94	Jim Wells	South Texas	39,886
95	Baylor	Southern Low Plains	39,646
96	Upshur	East Texas North	39,271
97	San Saba	Edwards Plateau	39,106
98	Zavala	South Texas	38,767
99	Bosque	Blacklands	38,635
100	Walker	East Texas South	38,233
101	Shelby	East Texas North	38,099
102	Callahan	Cross Timbers	37,809
103	Jack	Cross Timbers	36,949
104	Rusk	East Texas North	36,731
105	Hidalgo	Lower Valley	36,433
106	Gillespie	Edwards Plateau	35,895
107	Caldwell	South Central	35,524
108	Lipscomb	Northern High Plains	35,472
109	Collin	Blacklands	35,463
110	Harris	Upper Coast	35,189
111	Bell	Blacklands	34,922
112	Kenedy	South Texas	34,911
113	Knox	Southern Low Plains	34,799
114	Live Oak	South Texas	34,736
115	Mason	Edwards Plateau	34,357
116	Panola	East Texas North	33,563
117	Coleman	Southern Low Plains	33,168
118	Llano	Edwards Plateau	32,742
119	Fort Bend	Upper Coast	32,731
120	Kleberg	Coastal Bend	32,724
121	Mills	Cross Timbers	32,663
122	Taylor	Southern Low Plains	32,336
123	Bexar	South Central	31,309
124	Duval	South Texas	31,294
125	Harrison	East Texas North	30,584
126	Bee	South Central	30,130
127	Young	Cross Timbers	29,880
128	Pecos	Trans-Pecos	29,389
129	Lubbock	Southern High Plains	28,478
130	Brooks	South Texas	28,431
131	Runnels	Southern Low Plains	28,413
132	Franklin	East Texas North	28,217
133	Shackelford	Cross Timbers	27,625
134	Wichita	Northern Low Plains	26,634
135	Chambers	Upper Coast	26,316
136	Jones	Southern Low Plains	25,852
137	Throckmorton	Cross Timbers	25,179
138	Reeves	Trans-Pecos	24,806
139	Jim Hogg	South Texas	24,733
140	Tom Green	Edwards Plateau	24,615
141	Potter	Northern High Plains	24,482
142	Titus	East Texas North	24,219
143	Wilbarger	Northern Low Plains	23,802
144	McCulloch	Edwards Plateau	23,768
145	Zapata	South Texas	23,403
146	Cochran	Southern High Plains	22,733
147	Burnet	Edwards Plateau	22,100
148	Maverick	South Texas	22,061
149	Lampasas	Edwards Plateau	21,636
150	Hood	Cross Timbers	21,035
151	Collingsworth	Northern Low Plains	21,023
152	Hockley	Southern High Plains	20,830
153	Refugio	Coastal Bend	20,637
154	Camp	East Texas North	20,424
155	Morris	East Texas North	19,898
156	Stephens	Cross Timbers	19,866
157	Fisher	Southern Low Plains	19,725
158	Scurry	Southern Low Plains	19,703
159	Rains	East Texas North	19,234
160	Hutchinson	Northern High Plains	19,147
161	Roberts	Northern High Plains	19,025
162	Montgomery	East Texas South	18,974
163	La Salle	South Texas	18,821
164	Delta	Blacklands	18,789
165	Dickens	Northern Low Plains	18,690
166	Hardeman	Northern Low Plains	18,458
167	Travis	South Central	18,449
168	Carson	Northern High Plains	18,239
169	Mitchell	Southern Low Plains	18,227
170	Terry	Southern High Plains	18,049
171	Cass	East Texas North	18,031
172	Hudspeth	Trans-Pecos	17,311
173	Stonewall	Southern Low Plains	17,152
174	Dimmit	South Texas	16,596
175	Motley	Northern Low Plains	16,493
176	Jeff Davis	Trans-Pecos	16,435
177	San Jacinto	East Texas South	16,396
178	Angelina	East Texas South	16,124
179	Haskell	Southern Low Plains	16,119
180	Trinity	East Texas South	16,053
181	Cottle	Northern Low Plains	15,900
182	Culberson	Trans-Pecos	15,896
183	Brewster	Trans-Pecos	15,764
184	Tarrant	Blacklands	15,451
185	Crockett	Edwards Plateau	15,370
186	Hays	South Central	14,853
187	Polk	East Texas South	14,839
188	Sutton	Edwards Plateau	14,790
189	Armstrong	Northern High Plains	14,772
190	Calhoun	Upper Coast	14,729
191	McMullen	South Texas	14,551
192	Concho	Edwards Plateau	14,525
193	Cameron	Lower Valley	14,424
194	Menard	Edwards Plateau	14,351
195	Hall	Northern Low Plains	14,311
196	San Patricio	Coastal Bend	13,883
197	Dallas	Blacklands	13,882
198	Kendall	Edwards Plateau	13,812
199	Blanco	Edwards Plateau	13,700
200	Presidio	Trans-Pecos	13,525
201	Foard	Northern Low Plains	13,361
202	Nolan	Southern Low Plains	13,257
203	Briscoe	Northern High Plains	13,175
204	Jasper	East Texas South	12,706
205	Nueces	Coastal Bend	12,306
206	Schleicher	Edwards Plateau	11,898
207	Kent	Northern Low Plains	11,865
208	Childress	Northern Low Plains	11,728
209	Edwards	Edwards Plateau	11,693
210	Comal	South Central	11,312
211	Howard	Southern High Plains	11,213
212	Sterling	Edwards Plateau	11,061
213	Kerr	Edwards Plateau	10,991
214	Tyler	East Texas South	10,982
215	Willacy	Lower Valley	10,668
216	San Augustine	East Texas South	10,555
217	Kimble	Edwards Plateau	10,297
218	Coke	Edwards Plateau	10,179
219	Andrews	Southern High Plains	10,177
220	Galveston	Upper Coast	9,772
221	Kinney	Edwards Plateau	9,566
222	Irion	Edwards Plateau	8,607
223	Hardin	East Texas South	8,484
224	Midland	Southern High Plains	8,450
225	Bandera	Edwards Plateau	8,409
226	Crosby	Southern High Plains	8,361
227	Orange	Upper Coast	8,268
228	King	Northern Low Plains	7,952
229	Val Verde	Edwards Plateau	7,471
230	Reagan	Edwards Plateau	7,404
231	Gaines	Southern High Plains	7,129
232	Borden	Northern Low Plains	6,820
233	Upton	Edwards Plateau	6,690
234	Garza	Northern Low Plains	6,507
235	Somervell	Cross Timbers	6,440
236	Rockwall	Blacklands	6,084
237	Glasscock	Southern High Plains	5,894
238	Gregg	East Texas North	5,640
239	Sabine	East Texas South	5,354
240	Newton	East Texas South	4,783
241	Winkler	Trans-Pecos	4,697
242	Yoakum	Southern High Plains	4,459
243	Terrell	Trans-Pecos	4,357
244	Martin	Southern High Plains	4,168
245	El Paso	Trans-Pecos	3,592
246	Ector	Trans-Pecos	3,482
247	Crane	Trans-Pecos	3,423
248	Lynn	Southern High Plains	3,418
249	Ward	Trans-Pecos	2,926
250	Aransas	Coastal Bend	2,693
251	Marion	East Texas North	2,669
252	Real	Edwards Plateau	2,425
253	Dawson	Southern High Plains	2,287
254	Loving	Trans-Pecos	1,751
Total			11,159,747

Sources:

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