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Basic Texas County Data

Advanced Search. Need to find out which Texas counties meet certain basic criteria? Then this is the place to start. Search on population, demographics, county property tax rates, etc. Call us if you need help with this feature or if you need more complex searches performed.

County Profiles. Select a county to see the most asked for county data elements such as tax rates, 2000 Census population and population estimates, county road miles and expenditures and more.

Civil Service [Back to top]

Texas Counties with Civil Service Systems - 1999. Includes those counties that have civil service systems as of 1999, a complete list of all eligible counties, and references to relevant statutes.

Texas Counties with Civil Service Systems - 2004. Includes those counties that have civil service systems as of January 2004, a complete list of all eligible counties, and references to relevant statutes.

Texas Counties with Civil Service Systems - 2007. Includes those counties that have civil service systems as of October 2007, a complete list of all eligible counties, and references to relevant statutes.

Texas Counties with Civil Service Systems - 2009. Includes those counties that have civil service systems as of October 2009, a complete list of all eligible counties, and references to relevant statutes.

County Roads [Back to top]

1999 County Roads - Lane Miles. The number of lane miles by surface type. The data in this document was compiled from the Texas Department of Transportation's Texas County Road Inventory received April 2000. The date of the data varies from 1996 to 1999 depending upon the year that the inventory was completed.

1999 County Roads - Lineal Miles. The number of lineal miles by surface type. The data in this document was compiled from the Texas Department of Transportation's Texas County Road Inventory received April 2000. The date of the data varies from 1996 to 1999 depending upon the year that the inventory was completed.

2002 County Roads - Lane Miles. The number of county road lane miles by surface type. The data in this document is from the Texas Department of Transportation.

2002 County Roads - Lineal Miles. The number of county road lineal miles by surface type. The data in this document is from the Texas Department of Transportation.

2004 County Roads - Lane Miles. The number of county road lane miles by surface type. The data in this document is from the Texas Department of Transportation.

2004 County Roads - Lineal Miles. The number of county road lineal miles by surface type. The data in this document is from the Texas Department of Transportation.

2003 County Road Expenditures. County road expenditure data compiled by the Comptroller of Public Accounts from the reports submitted by individual counties as required by law. The report contains total expenditures, right of way costs, utility relocation, as well as separate categories for road and bridge construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation. This file is a text file.

2004 County Road Expenditures. County road expenditure data compiled by the Comptroller of Public Accounts from the reports submitted by individual counties as required by law. The report contains total expenditures, right of way costs, utility relocation, as well as separate categories for road and bridge construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation. This file is a text file.

Number of County Bridges. A MS Excel spreadsheet showing the number of off-system bridges in each county for 2003 and the number of county bridges in 2004. Also available in a space delimited text document Number of County Bridges.txt

Unit Road System Report. This report lists the counties in Texas that use the Optional County Road System, a.k.a. the Unit Road System. Be sure to see the documentation / methodology.

Unit Road System Report Update. This PDF document provides an updated list of Texas counties using the Optional County Road System, a.k.a. the Unit Road System. In addition, it includes those counties known to no longer use the Unit Road System.

Unit Road System Survey Summary. Check the progress of the CIP's 2009 unit road survey.

County Property Taxes [Back to top]

Revenue Cap Levy Loss Calculator. A calculator to help you understand the fiscal impact of revenue caps on your county. The model is designed to calculate each fund one year at a time.

2001 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2001 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2001 data.

2002 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2002 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2002 data.

2003 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2003 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2003 data.

2004 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2004 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2004 data.

2005 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2005 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2005 data.

2006 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2006 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2006 data.

2007 Tax Rates Map. Locate your 2007 Total County Property Tax Rates using this interactive map. Just move your mouse over the counties to reveal the 2007 data.

2004 Tax Rates. Preliminary 2004 Total and General Fund County Property Tax Rates.

County General Fund Tax Rates 1991 - 2008. The General Fund county property tax rates for every year from 1991 to 2007 as reported to the Texas Comptroller Public Accounts.

County Tax Rates 1991 - 2008. Total county property tax rates for every year from 1991 to 2007 as reported to the Texas Comptroller Public Accounts.

County Property Tax Levy Versus County Lottery Sales 2003. A side by side comparison of the property taxes levied by the counties in 2003 and the total lottery sales for all counties with a statewide total at the bottom of this text document. March 21, 2005.

Texas Counties Granting Tax Ceiling for Over 65/Disabled in 2004 for 2005. HJR16, 78th Legislature amended Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution to allow counties to freeze the ad valorem taxes imposed on certain residential homesteads. This is a list of those counties known to have granted the freeze on 2005 taxes.

Texas Counties with a Property Tax Ceiling for Over 65/Disabled Homeowners. HJR16, 78th Legislature amended Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution to allow counties to freeze the ad valorem (property) taxes imposed on certain residential homesteads.

Texas Counties with a Property Tax Ceiling for Over 65/Disabled Homeowners. Based on information provided in the 2007 County Report of Property Value submitted by the counties.

County Maps [Back to top]

Health Districts. A map showing the location of the Health Districts, as well as the county boundaries, in PDF format.

Texas County Map. A PDF map of the state with the county boundaries and names. You'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.

Texas County Locator Map. Need to know where a county can be found? Try this interactive map from the CIP.

Texas County and Highway Map. Includes county boundaries, major highways and county seats in PDF format (536 KB).

Texas County Formation Maps. Shows development of the counties from the Mexican municipalities of 1834 to the present.

Demographics [Back to top]

Population in Group Quarters by County. Number of persons living in group quarters in Texas by county per the 2000 Census. Includes the data for people in all group quarters as well as more detailed data for those people in correctional facilities. From the County Information Project.

Technical Documentation for Population in Group Quarters by County. Data source and definitions for the County Information Project's report on "Population in Group Quarters by County."

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas with Component Counties. Based on the Office of Management and Budget's 2003 bulletin revising definitions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas and establishing definitions for two new sets of statistical areas: Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas.

Other Reports [Back to top]

Autopsy Costs in Various Counties. This is a County Information Project report on certain operating costs in the various Medical Examiners' Offices (ME's) in Texas, in PDF format.

County Expenditures Survey Report 2006. Results of TAC's 2006 survey on selected county expenditures, in PDF format.

County Expenditures Survey Report 2007. Results of TAC's 2007 survey on selected county expenditures, in PDF format.

County Expenditures Survey Report 2008. Results of TAC's 2008 survey on selected county expenditures, in PDF format.

County Jail Survey Report 2008. Results of TAC's 2008 survey on illegal immigrants in Texas county jails, in PDF format.

Effects of Property Tax Caps on Jasper County. Financial analysis of the effects of hypothetical property tax caps on Jasper County.

Election Worker Payments. Are election workers employees or contractors? Do they receive a 1099 or a W-2? For answers, see this short document from TAC. In PDF format.

Hurricane Survey Report 2005. Results of TAC's 2005 survey of selected counties covering their expenditures due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in PDF format.

Towns & Cities [Back to top]

Population of Texas Cities and Towns Sorted by County. A list of cities and towns in Texas sorted by county along with their populations.

"How Texas Compares to Other States" and Other Presentations
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State Comparisons. This MS PowerPoint presentation was delivered to the County Judges & Commissioners Association on September 21, 2006. Left click to open, right click to save it. If you save it, be sure to look in the Notes for specific percentages, ranks, amounts, etc. At 1.4 MB, it may take a little while to download if you are not using a broadband connection.

Texas Demographics. This is the MS PowerPoint 97 presentation shown by then CIP Director Stan Reid at various conferences and meetings. It has been updated to include data from the 2000 Census and is reproduced here in Adobe's PDF format. (907 kb)

49th Annual County Judges and Commissioners’ Continuing Education Seminar. The following two MS PowerPoint presentations were shown at the conference on February 14, 2007. The last item was discussed but not presented. It shows the amount of sales tax revenue that would have been generated in 2005 had an additional quarter cent county sales tax been in place.

• Appraisal and Revenue Caps. The potential impact of proposed appraisal and revenue caps by Julie Marks.
• County Revenue Sources. How counties are funded in selected other states by Tim Brown.
• Estimated Sales Taxes. This table uses the amount of sales reported by the Comptroller as subject to the state sales tax in 2005 multiplied by a proposed quarter cent tax rate to arrive at an estimate of how much sales tax counties could have collected in that year if the proposed tax had been in effect. Certain counties, although not all of them, already have the option of collecting a half cent sales tax to offset the property tax. This estimated amount would have been in addition to any sales tax actually collected in the counties for that year.

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