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Counties in Texas by real GDP growth

Loving County had the highest real GDP growth of 254 counties in 2016, at 77.4%. Jim Wells County had the lowest, at -26.3%. The median was -2.5% and the figure for Texas was 0%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest77.4Loving County
Lowest-26.3Jim Wells County
Median-2.5254 counties
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Top 40 counties, 2016

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Loving CountyLoving County: 77.4 %77.4Hutchinson CountyHutchinson County: 56.8 %56.8Briscoe CountyBriscoe County: 53.2 %53.2Culberson CountyCulberson County: 33.1 %33.1Floyd CountyFloyd County: 31 %31Martin CountyMartin County: 25.2 %25.2King CountyKing County: 23.3 %23.3Reeves CountyReeves County: 22.9 %22.9Reagan CountyReagan County: 18.2 %18.2Howard CountyHoward County: 17.7 %17.7Upton CountyUpton County: 17.5 %17.5Borden CountyBorden County: 17 %17Hunt CountyHunt County: 15.5 %15.5Lynn CountyLynn County: 15.4 %15.4Delta CountyDelta County: 15 %15San Saba CountySan Saba County: 14.7 %14.7San Augustine CountySan Augustine County: 11.7 %11.7Chambers CountyChambers County: 10.9 %10.9Oldham CountyOldham County: 10.4 %10.4Carson CountyCarson County: 9.6 %9.6Uvalde CountyUvalde County: 8.7 %8.7Deaf Smith CountyDeaf Smith County: 8.5 %8.5Yoakum CountyYoakum County: 8.5 %8.5Glasscock CountyGlasscock County: 8.4 %8.4Presidio CountyPresidio County: 7.9 %7.9Coryell CountyCoryell County: 7.4 %7.4Marion CountyMarion County: 7.3 %7.3Kent CountyKent County: 7.1 %7.1Dickens CountyDickens County: 6.9 %6.9Mills CountyMills County: 6.8 %6.8Rockwall CountyRockwall County: 6.7 %6.7Collin CountyCollin County: 6.4 %6.4Lamar CountyLamar County: 5.8 %5.8Stonewall CountyStonewall County: 5.7 %5.7Childress CountyChildress County: 5.5 %5.5Denton CountyDenton County: 5.4 %5.4Crosby CountyCrosby County: 5.3 %5.3Kendall CountyKendall County: 5.2 %5.2Travis CountyTravis County: 4.7 %4.7Polk CountyPolk County: 4.6 %4.6
%. Source: BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Loving County77.4+11.8 pts
2Hutchinson County56.8+79.9 pts
3Briscoe County53.2-36.5 pts
4Culberson County33.1-23.8 pts
5Floyd County31+14.6 pts
6Martin County25.2-10.2 pts
7King County23.3-2.7 pts
8Reeves County22.9-34.9 pts
9Reagan County18.2-21.6 pts
10Howard County17.7+3.7 pts
11Upton County17.5-12.9 pts
12Borden County17+9.8 pts
13Hunt County15.5+18.4 pts
14Lynn County15.4+16.8 pts
15Delta County15+9.9 pts
16San Saba County14.7+8.5 pts
17San Augustine County11.7-6.7 pts
18Chambers County10.9-6.8 pts
19Oldham County10.4+5.5 pts
20Carson County9.6-0.2 pts
21Uvalde County8.7-3.8 pts
22Deaf Smith County8.5-10.8 pts
22Yoakum County8.5+2.9 pts
24Glasscock County8.4-16.1 pts
25Presidio County7.9+13.5 pts
26Coryell County7.4+2.1 pts
27Marion County7.3+10.3 pts
28Kent County7.1+1.5 pts
29Dickens County6.9+11.9 pts
30Mills County6.8+9.3 pts
31Rockwall County6.7+0.6 pts
32Collin County6.4-1.8 pts
33Lamar County5.8+0.7 pts
34Stonewall County5.7-2.6 pts
35Childress County5.5-1 pts
36Denton County5.4-2.5 pts
37Crosby County5.3+2.1 pts
38Kendall County5.2-2.2 pts
39Travis County4.7-4.3 pts
40Polk County4.6+2.4 pts
41Comanche County4.3+15.7 pts
41Hays County4.3-3.2 pts
43Pecos County4.2-3.2 pts
44Fannin County4.1-1.1 pts
45Walker County4+5.2 pts
46Hudspeth County3.8-3.1 pts
46Jefferson County3.8+4.9 pts
48Waller County3.7+5 pts
49Somervell County3.5-4.6 pts
50Calhoun County3.4+12.9 pts
50Ellis County3.4+0.6 pts
52Kaufman County3.3-1.1 pts
53Montgomery County3.1-0.2 pts
54Galveston County2.9-5.2 pts
55Van Zandt County2.7+2.5 pts
56Clay County2.6-3.5 pts
56Comal County2.6-5.3 pts
58Wilbarger County2.5+10.2 pts
59Dallas County2.4-2.9 pts
59Williamson County2.4+0.1 pts
61Cochran County2.3+0.7 pts
61Jim Hogg County2.3-0.6 pts
63Bexar County2.1-3.3 pts
63Cameron County2.1+1.9 pts
65Collingsworth County2+2.2 pts
66Hamilton County1.9+8.5 pts
67Brazoria County1.8-2.9 pts
67Matagorda County1.8+1.3 pts
67Nolan County1.8+3.9 pts
70Anderson County1.7+5 pts
71Grayson County1.6-1.5 pts
71Maverick County1.6-1.9 pts
71McLennan County1.6+3.4 pts
74Cherokee County1.5+1.1 pts
74Llano County1.5-25.8 pts
76Cottle County1.4-9.6 pts
77Burnet County1.3+1.1 pts
77Henderson County1.3+4.5 pts
77Moore County1.3-13.3 pts
80Hardin County1.2+6.4 pts
80Robertson County1.2-7.3 pts
82Jeff Davis County1+9.2 pts
82Lubbock County1-2.1 pts
84El Paso County0.9-0.5 pts
85Bastrop County0.5-4.3 pts
85Bowie County0.5-0.9 pts
87Andrews County0.4-5 pts
88Brown County0.3-2.9 pts
89Rains County0.2+5.9 pts
90Hopkins County0.1+2.4 pts
91Brazos County0-3.8 pts
92Tarrant County-0.1-2.7 pts
93Val Verde County-0.3-4.2 pts
94Hidalgo County-0.4-1.5 pts
95Callahan County-0.5+4.2 pts
95Liberty County-0.5+1.4 pts
95Wichita County-0.5+2.1 pts
98Gillespie County-0.6-4.2 pts
99Sterling County-0.7+12.8 pts
99Titus County-0.7+6.1 pts
101Bandera County-0.8-2.7 pts
101Garza County-0.8+2.6 pts
101Harrison County-0.8-0.8 pts
101Milam County-0.8+1.7 pts
105Fisher County-0.9-0.1 pts
105Knox County-0.9+15.6 pts
105Smith County-0.9-3.4 pts
108Dawson County-1-0.4 pts
109Gaines County-1.1-10 pts
109Webb County-1.1-12.2 pts
111Cass County-1.2+0.7 pts
112Randall County-1.3-6.8 pts
113Blanco County-1.4-7.8 pts
113Red River County-1.4-7.3 pts
113San Patricio County-1.4+0.4 pts
113Wood County-1.4-6.9 pts
117Bosque County-1.6-3.9 pts
117Jones County-1.6+5.9 pts
119Coleman County-1.7-0.1 pts
120Orange County-1.8-1.9 pts
121Starr County-1.9-6.8 pts
122Harris County-2-7.1 pts
123Austin County-2.1-2.2 pts
123Houston County-2.1-12.7 pts
125Taylor County-2.2-0.9 pts
126Winkler County-2.3-7.3 pts
127Nacogdoches County-2.4-10.4 pts
128Real County-2.5-4.9 pts
128Trinity County-2.5-3.5 pts
130Goliad County-2.6+21.5 pts
131Brewster County-2.7-1.6 pts
131Wilson County-2.7+5.8 pts
133Bell County-2.8-6.9 pts
134Nueces County-2.9-2.3 pts
134Potter County-2.9-4.9 pts
136Franklin County-3-13.1 pts
136Kerr County-3-6.3 pts
138Mitchell County-3.1+1.4 pts
139San Jacinto County-3.4-5.9 pts
140Tyler County-3.5-6.8 pts
141Sabine County-3.6-3.8 pts
142Hill County-3.8-9.1 pts
143Crockett County-4-11.8 pts
143Erath County-4+1.5 pts
145Hartley County-4.1-42.5 pts
145Johnson County-4.1+0.4 pts
147Lampasas County-4.3-1.4 pts
147Upshur County-4.3-3.2 pts
147Ward County-4.3-5.6 pts
150Jackson County-4.5-1.6 pts
150Terry County-4.5-6.9 pts
152Kinney County-4.6-8 pts
153Castro County-5-24.6 pts
153Fayette County-50 pts
153Midland County-5-10.9 pts
153Stephens County-5-2.7 pts
157Caldwell County-5.1-1 pts
158Gonzales County-5.2-4.6 pts
159Wharton County-5.3-3.8 pts
160Medina County-5.4-6.7 pts
160Rusk County-5.4-2 pts
162Colorado County-5.6+3.9 pts
162McMullen County-5.6-11.8 pts
162Palo Pinto County-5.6+4 pts
165Jasper County-5.7-4.1 pts
165Terrell County-5.7-14.6 pts
167Hale County-5.8-4.3 pts
168Kleberg County-5.9-3.3 pts
168Limestone County-5.9-1.8 pts
170Haskell County-6-10.7 pts
171Aransas County-6.1-8.8 pts
171Falls County-6.1-14.9 pts
171Navarro County-6.1-7 pts
171Tom Green County-6.1-7.9 pts
175Runnels County-6.2-5.2 pts
176Baylor County-6.3-23.4 pts
177Angelina County-6.4-3.9 pts
177Burleson County-6.4-33.4 pts
177Karnes County-6.4-30.5 pts
177Lamb County-6.4-5.3 pts
181Swisher County-6.9-54.4 pts
182Hockley County-7-5.4 pts
183Dallam County-7.2-34.4 pts
184Bee County-7.3-0.9 pts
184Coke County-7.3-6.8 pts
186Hood County-7.4+1.5 pts
187Zavala County-7.5-49.2 pts
188Concho County-8-2.5 pts
189Hardeman County-8.2-14.1 pts
190Bailey County-8.5-10.7 pts
190Cooke County-8.5-11.5 pts
190Grimes County-8.5-2.7 pts
190Kimble County-8.5-3.9 pts
190Lee County-8.5-10.5 pts
195Gregg County-8.7-0.5 pts
196Young County-8.8-8.2 pts
197Crane County-8.9-10.5 pts
197Parker County-8.9-6.3 pts
199Washington County-9.1-3.5 pts
200Mason County-9.2-21.8 pts
201McCulloch County-9.3-3.4 pts
202Victoria County-9.4-3 pts
203Schleicher County-9.6-3.9 pts
204Willacy County-9.9-11.7 pts
205Lavaca County-10.2-23.8 pts
205Morris County-10.2-4.3 pts
205Motley County-10.2-9.7 pts
205Scurry County-10.2-5 pts
209Archer County-10.5-2.2 pts
210Shelby County-11-24.4 pts
211Guadalupe County-11.1-20.1 pts
211Lipscomb County-11.1-20 pts
213Kenedy County-11.2+6 pts
214Donley County-11.3-34.9 pts
215Refugio County-11.7+1.4 pts
216Freestone County-11.9-17.5 pts
217Camp County-12-26 pts
217Live Oak County-12-14.3 pts
219Dimmit County-12.3-33.9 pts
220Wise County-12.8-7.4 pts
221Atascosa County-12.9-24.1 pts
222DeWitt County-13.1-58 pts
223Armstrong County-13.3-14.5 pts
223Irion County-13.3-23.1 pts
223Panola County-13.3-16.8 pts
226Duval County-13.7-2.9 pts
227Eastland County-13.8-0.7 pts
227Hansford County-13.8-45.4 pts
229Fort Bend County-14-26.1 pts
230Ector County-14.4-3.6 pts
231Frio County-15.3-13.2 pts
232Sherman County-15.4-72.2 pts
233Edwards County-15.5-28 pts
234Foard County-15.6+1.9 pts
235Hall County-15.7-16.3 pts
235Shackelford County-15.7+3.9 pts
237Montague County-15.8-14.9 pts
238Ochiltree County-15.9-14.6 pts
239Menard County-16.1-19.9 pts
240Parmer County-16.3-41.9 pts
241Gray County-16.5-10.5 pts
241Leon County-16.5-18.3 pts
243Madison County-17.2-22.7 pts
243Roberts County-17.2-26.1 pts
245Brooks County-17.4-10.6 pts
246Jack County-17.8-10.2 pts
247Hemphill County-18.1-25.1 pts
248Wheeler County-18.4-5 pts
249Sutton County-19.5-7.4 pts
250La Salle County-19.6-33.7 pts

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Annual percentage change of GDP in chain-linked volumes, or at constant prices in the World Bank series.

Each value comes from one official source for that place: national statistics offices, Eurostat, for the United States the Bureau of Economic Analysis or, for other countries and the World, the World Bank. Annual values compare one calendar year with the previous one; quarterly values compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. Past values can be revised. United States figures come from BEA tables SAGDP11 for the nation and states and CAGDP11 for counties. Growth in small counties can swing widely from year to year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP11.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which county has the highest real GDP growth?

Loving County, with 77.4% in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest real GDP growth?

Jim Wells County, with -26.3% in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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