Counties in Texas

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Texas
* A list and map of counties in Texas
* An overview of local elections in Texas
* An overview of the initiative process in Texas

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2024
* 2.2 2023
* 2.3 2022
* 2.4 2021
* 2.5 2020
* 2.6 2019
* 2.7 2018
* 2.8 2017
* 2.9 2016
* 2.10 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Bexar County
* Government of Collin County
* Government of Dallas County
* Government of Denton County
* Government of El Paso County
* Government of Fort Bend County
* Government of Harris County
* Government of Lubbock County
* Government of Nueces County
* Government of Tarrant County
* Government of Travis County
* Government of Webb County
* Government of Williamson County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 254 counties, 1,225 cities, towns, and villages, and 2,984 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Anderson
Andrews
Angelina
Aransas
Archer
Armstrong
Atascosa
Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee
Bell
Bexar
Blanco
Borden
Bosque
Bowie
Brazoria
Brazos
Brewster
Briscoe
Brooks
Brown
Burleson
Burnet
Caldwell
Calhoun
Callahan
Cameron
Camp
Carson
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Childress
Clay
Cochran
Coke
Coleman
Collin
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comal
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Cottle
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallam
Dallas
Dawson
DeWitt
Deaf Smith
Delta
Denton
Dickens
Dimmit
Donley
Duval
Eastland
Ector
Edwards
El Paso
Ellis
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Fayette
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Franklin
Freestone
Frio
Gaines
Galveston
Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Gonzales
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Grimes
Guadalupe
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Hardin
Harrison
Hartley
Haskell
Hays
Hemphill
Henderson
Hidalgo
Hill
Hockley
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hunt
Hutchinson
Irion
Jack
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Johnson
Jones
Kaufman
Kendall
Kenedy
Kent
Kerr
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
La Salle
Lamar
Lamb
Lampasas
Lavaca
Lee
Leon
Liberty
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Madison
Marion
Martin
Mason
Matagorda
Maverick
McCulloch
McLennan
McMullen
Medina
Menard
Midland
Milam
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
Montgomery
Moore
Morris
Motley
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Newton
Nolan
Nueces
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
Palo Pinto
Panola
Parker
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Potter
Presidio
Rains
Randall
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Robertson
Rockwall
Runnels
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
Shelby
Sherman
Smith
Somervell
Starr
Stephens
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Tarrant
Taylor
Terrell
Terry
Throckmorton
Titus
Tom Green
Travis
Trinity
Tyler
Upshur
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
Victoria
Walker
Waller
Ward
Washington
Webb
Wharton
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger
Willacy
Williamson
Winkler
Wise
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala
Harris
Wilson
Karnes
Goliad
Fort Bend
Austin

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Arlington, Texas
* Austin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Lubbock, Texas
* Bexar County, Texas
* Collin County, Texas
* Dallas County, Texas
* Denton County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Fort Bend County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Lubbock County, Texas
* Nueces County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Travis County, Texas
* Webb County, Texas
* Williamson County, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Arlington, Texas
* Dallas, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Plano, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* Bexar County, Texas
* Collin County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Bexar County, Texas
* Collin County, Texas
* Dallas County, Texas
* Denton County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Fort Bend County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Lubbock County, Texas
* Nueces County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Travis County, Texas
* Webb County, Texas
* Williamson County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Austin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Lubbock, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Collin County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Dallas, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Plano, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Bexar County, Texas
* Collin County, Texas
* Dallas County, Texas
* Denton County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Fort Bend County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Lubbock County, Texas
* Nueces County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Travis County, Texas
* Webb County, Texas
* Williamson County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Austin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Lubbock, Texas
* Texas school board elections

Past elections

* Click here for past election information

### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Bexar County, Texas
* Collin County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Dallas, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Plano, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Bexar County, Texas
* Collin County, Texas
* Dallas County, Texas
* Denton County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Fort Bend County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Lubbock County, Texas
* Nueces County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Travis County, Texas
* Webb County, Texas
* Williamson County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Austin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* Dallas, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Lubbock, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Collin County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Harris County, Texas
* Tarrant County, Texas
* Travis County, Texas
* Williamson County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* Dallas, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Plano, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Harris County, Texas
* Travis County, Texas
* Williamson County, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Austin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* Garland, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Lubbock, Texas
* Texas school board elections

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Arlington, Texas
* Dallas, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Plano, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* Texas school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Texas

There is no statewide initiative process set for general law cities. As creatures of state statute, general law cities do not have authority to adopt initiative elections on their own.

Initiative is only available in charter cities. State statutes mandate an initiative process for citizens to propose charter amendments through petition. Charter cities also have authority to permit an initiative process for ordinances. The top 10 most populated cities in Texas all operate under a home rule charter. 9 of the 10 (all except Arlington) authorize initiative for ordinances.[2][3]

## See also[edit]

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## External links[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Texas Municipal League, "Chapter One, Local Government in Texas," accessed August 23, 2013 (archived)
3. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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