Counties in Texas by real GDP growth

Coke County had the highest real GDP growth of 254 counties in 2021, at 80.5%. Motley County had the lowest, at -21.1%. The median was 3.8% and the figure for Texas was 7.5%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest80.5Coke County
Lowest-21.1Motley County
Median3.8254 counties
Texas7.5History

Top 40 counties, 2021

CSVChart (SVG)

Coke CountyCoke County: 80.5 %80.5Throckmorton CountyThrockmorton County: 60.5 %60.5Moore CountyMoore County: 42.7 %42.7Hutchinson CountyHutchinson County: 42.2 %42.2Hall CountyHall County: 38.1 %38.1San Augustine CountySan Augustine County: 37.6 %37.6Briscoe CountyBriscoe County: 31.1 %31.1Knox CountyKnox County: 30.6 %30.6Fisher CountyFisher County: 29.1 %29.1Terrell CountyTerrell County: 25.7 %25.7Cottle CountyCottle County: 24.3 %24.3Kenedy CountyKenedy County: 24.2 %24.2Floyd CountyFloyd County: 23.8 %23.8Willacy CountyWillacy County: 23.5 %23.5Shelby CountyShelby County: 22.9 %22.9Panola CountyPanola County: 21.8 %21.8Calhoun CountyCalhoun County: 20.8 %20.8Lynn CountyLynn County: 17.1 %17.1Goliad CountyGoliad County: 16.6 %16.6Sherman CountySherman County: 16.2 %16.2Guadalupe CountyGuadalupe County: 15.3 %15.3Swisher CountySwisher County: 14.2 %14.2Orange CountyOrange County: 13.6 %13.6Washington CountyWashington County: 12.9 %12.9Austin CountyAustin County: 12.3 %12.3Kimble CountyKimble County: 12 %12Travis CountyTravis County: 11.8 %11.8Gillespie CountyGillespie County: 11.7 %11.7Harrison CountyHarrison County: 11.7 %11.7Young CountyYoung County: 11.5 %11.5Kaufman CountyKaufman County: 11.4 %11.4Galveston CountyGalveston County: 10.8 %10.8Zapata CountyZapata County: 10.8 %10.8Montgomery CountyMontgomery County: 10.6 %10.6Jeff Davis CountyJeff Davis County: 10.5 %10.5Crosby CountyCrosby County: 10.4 %10.4Hill CountyHill County: 10.4 %10.4Titus CountyTitus County: 10.4 %10.4Andrews CountyAndrews County: 10.3 %10.3Comal CountyComal County: 9.8 %9.8
%. Source: BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Coke County80.5+75.9 pts
2Throckmorton County60.5+68.9 pts
3Moore County42.7+59.4 pts
4Hutchinson County42.2+57.4 pts
5Hall County38.1+40.7 pts
6San Augustine County37.6+38.6 pts
7Briscoe County31.1+45.4 pts
8Knox County30.6+28.5 pts
9Fisher County29.1+24.1 pts
10Terrell County25.7+38.8 pts
11Cottle County24.3+13.4 pts
12Kenedy County24.2+49.1 pts
13Floyd County23.8+43.1 pts
14Willacy County23.5+28.3 pts
15Shelby County22.9+27.8 pts
16Panola County21.8+17 pts
17Calhoun County20.8+24.5 pts
18Lynn County17.1-4.3 pts
19Goliad County16.6+30.8 pts
20Sherman County16.2+27.7 pts
21Guadalupe County15.3+11.7 pts
22Swisher County14.2+24 pts
23Orange County13.6+13.4 pts
24Washington County12.9+9.2 pts
25Austin County12.3+11 pts
26Kimble County12+8.7 pts
27Travis County11.8+9.1 pts
28Gillespie County11.7+10.5 pts
28Harrison County11.7+15.3 pts
30Young County11.5+10.3 pts
31Kaufman County11.4+8.8 pts
32Galveston County10.8+14.1 pts
32Zapata County10.8+22.7 pts
34Montgomery County10.6+9.1 pts
35Jeff Davis County10.5+13 pts
36Crosby County10.4+17.2 pts
36Hill County10.4+14.1 pts
36Titus County10.4+17.8 pts
39Andrews County10.3+18.5 pts
40Comal County9.8+2.9 pts
41Denton County9.5-1 pts
41Hays County9.5+9.1 pts
41Shackelford County9.5+17.2 pts
44Jim Wells County9.3+34.7 pts
45Collin County9.2+5.7 pts
45Hunt County9.2+12.9 pts
47Brewster County9+12.4 pts
47Jones County9+8.9 pts
47Marion County9+9.8 pts
50Howard County8.9+7.1 pts
50Parker County8.9+9.3 pts
52Blanco County8.7+7.6 pts
52Colorado County8.7+11.7 pts
54Maverick County8.6+14.2 pts
55Johnson County8.5+9.7 pts
56Morris County8.4+16.4 pts
57Hardin County8.3+13 pts
57Kendall County8.3+13.6 pts
57Tarrant County8.3+12.3 pts
60Cochran County8.2+2.6 pts
61Edwards County8.1+16 pts
61Victoria County8.1+11.5 pts
61Williamson County8.1+1.2 pts
64Dallas County8+9.8 pts
64Grayson County8+9.5 pts
64Martin County8+2.6 pts
67Franklin County7.9+10 pts
67Runnels County7.9+14.4 pts
69Carson County7.7+14.3 pts
70Presidio County7.5+7.5 pts
70Real County7.5+3 pts
72Milam County7.3+12.3 pts
73Ellis County7.2+9.4 pts
73Harris County7.2+8.6 pts
75Cameron County7.1+9.9 pts
76Brazos County7+7 pts
76Wise County7+13.1 pts
78Liberty County6.9+12 pts
79Burnet County6.7+2.9 pts
79Lamar County6.7+14.6 pts
79McLennan County6.7+9.5 pts
79Nolan County6.7+9.5 pts
83Collingsworth County6.6+5.1 pts
84Cooke County6.5+21.1 pts
84Hood County6.5+16.4 pts
86El Paso County6.3+5.7 pts
86Fort Bend County6.3+7.2 pts
86Kerr County6.3+8.2 pts
89Fayette County6.2+8.2 pts
89Nueces County6.2+14.3 pts
91Val Verde County6.1+7.1 pts
92Childress County5.8-5.1 pts
93Cass County5.6-2.1 pts
93Leon County5.6+3.5 pts
93Nacogdoches County5.6+3.7 pts
96Red River County5.5-1.3 pts
96Waller County5.5+5.3 pts
98Hidalgo County5.4+7.1 pts
99Anderson County5.3+6.5 pts
99Jefferson County5.3+21.3 pts
101Kleberg County5.2+10 pts
101Rockwall County5.2+5.1 pts
101Upshur County5.2+6 pts
104Bastrop County5.1+0.6 pts
104Brazoria County5.1+5.9 pts
104Tyler County5.1+2 pts
107Bell County4.9+2.8 pts
107Concho County4.9-9.5 pts
109Bexar County4.7+5.9 pts
109Montague County4.7+15.6 pts
109Randall County4.7+2.7 pts
109Smith County4.7+6.8 pts
113Aransas County4.6+3.9 pts
113Gregg County4.6+11.9 pts
113Sabine County4.6+1.7 pts
113Uvalde County4.6+3.3 pts
117Webb County4.3+7 pts
118Caldwell County4.2-1.5 pts
118Fannin County4.2+6.4 pts
118Navarro County4.2+9.4 pts
121Live Oak County4+19.8 pts
121Potter County4+3.2 pts
121Wharton County4+8.5 pts
124Jasper County3.9+5.6 pts
124Van Zandt County3.90 pts
126Camp County3.8+1.6 pts
126Hardeman County3.8-14.1 pts
128Frio County3.7+16.5 pts
128Haskell County3.7+11.4 pts
128Hopkins County3.7+8.3 pts
131Bowie County3.6+4 pts
131Donley County3.6+0.2 pts
133Ochiltree County3.4+19.8 pts
134Foard County3.3-75.2 pts
135Robertson County3.20 pts
136Bandera County3.1+9.1 pts
136Coryell County3.1+4.6 pts
136Tom Green County3.1+1.5 pts
139Crane County3+4.8 pts
139Lubbock County3+2.6 pts
139Medina County3+4.8 pts
139Wilson County3+8.3 pts
143Brooks County2.9+8.1 pts
144Taylor County2.6+3.1 pts
145Gray County2.4+6.6 pts
146Coleman County2.3+3 pts
147Callahan County2+5.9 pts
148Eastland County1.9+10.5 pts
148Somervell County1.9+4 pts
150Hudspeth County1.8+3.5 pts
150Llano County1.8+1.2 pts
150Zavala County1.8+5.1 pts
153Garza County1.7+14.9 pts
154Delta County1.6+2.6 pts
155Bosque County1.5+1.7 pts
155Brown County1.5+4.9 pts
155Matagorda County1.5+3.8 pts
158Houston County1.4+2.2 pts
159Jack County1.2+2.1 pts
159Wichita County1.2+2.7 pts
161Madison County1.1+5.8 pts
162Lampasas County0.7-0.4 pts
162Parmer County0.7-4 pts
164McCulloch County0.4+7 pts
164Midland County0.4+7.8 pts
164Trinity County0.4+5.1 pts
164Wood County0.4-2.7 pts
168Newton County0.2+11.8 pts
169Clay County0.1-0.2 pts
169Polk County0.1+2.7 pts
171Atascosa County0+16.6 pts
171Gonzales County0+9 pts
173Duval County-0.1+1.6 pts
174Angelina County-0.2+1.9 pts
174Hockley County-0.2+13.5 pts
176Cherokee County-0.3-3.6 pts
176Deaf Smith County-0.3+1.1 pts
176Rains County-0.3-7.2 pts
179Limestone County-0.5+7.9 pts
179San Jacinto County-0.5+3.7 pts
179Scurry County-0.5+7.4 pts
179Sterling County-0.5+1.1 pts
183Hale County-0.6-1.7 pts
184Archer County-0.7-3.5 pts
184Culberson County-0.7-11.7 pts
184Walker County-0.7+2.2 pts
187Castro County-0.8-4.2 pts
187Ector County-0.8+14.6 pts
187Jackson County-0.8+13.6 pts
190Grimes County-0.9+5 pts
190Starr County-0.9-3.7 pts
190Ward County-0.9+12.4 pts
193Baylor County-1-9 pts
193Erath County-1+0.4 pts
193Rusk County-1-2.2 pts
196Henderson County-1.1-2.9 pts
197Mason County-1.2+2 pts
197Wilbarger County-1.2+6.5 pts
199Palo Pinto County-1.5+6.5 pts
200Hansford County-1.7+6.2 pts
201Bailey County-1.8-6.3 pts
201Dallam County-1.8-1.5 pts
201Lavaca County-1.8+6.8 pts
201Menard County-1.8-7.7 pts
205Lipscomb County-2+3.2 pts
206Upton County-2.1-9.6 pts
207Falls County-2.2-5.6 pts
207Hamilton County-2.2-8.1 pts
207Oldham County-2.2-14.5 pts
210Kinney County-2.3-5.5 pts
210Lamb County-2.3+0.9 pts
212Dickens County-2.4-0.2 pts
212Lee County-2.4+7.5 pts
214Refugio County-2.6+6.7 pts
215Mills County-2.7-4.2 pts
216Hartley County-3+0.1 pts
217Stonewall County-3.1+8.5 pts
218Chambers County-3.2-2.6 pts
219Loving County-3.5-9.4 pts
220San Saba County-3.6+11 pts
221Dawson County-3.7-7.4 pts
222La Salle County-3.8+16.1 pts
223Karnes County-3.9+9.3 pts
224Jim Hogg County-4.3-5.5 pts
224Reagan County-4.3+2.4 pts
226Borden County-4.5-2.3 pts
227Freestone County-4.7+2.5 pts
228Bee County-5.3-1.2 pts
229San Patricio County-5.5-32.7 pts
229Stephens County-5.5+0.9 pts
231Comanche County-5.8-11.6 pts
232Schleicher County-6-6 pts
233Mitchell County-6.1-1.8 pts
234Pecos County-6.8-7.2 pts
235Terry County-7.2+2 pts
236Crockett County-7.3-12.6 pts
236DeWitt County-7.3+4.1 pts
238Sutton County-7.4+6.7 pts
239Reeves County-8.3-0.1 pts
240Wheeler County-9.1-1.8 pts
241Gaines County-9.9-5.6 pts
242Winkler County-10.1-12.6 pts
243Roberts County-10.2-0.7 pts
244Kent County-12.3-1.6 pts
245King County-12.7+3.4 pts
246Yoakum County-13.9-5.7 pts
247Hemphill County-14-1.3 pts
248Irion County-14.3-8.6 pts
249Glasscock County-14.4-13.1 pts
250Burleson County-14.7-11.3 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?

Coke County, with 80.5% in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Motley County, with -21.1% in 2021.

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