Farm Census

Scurry County, Texas

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

685 farms569,946 acres in farms$30.6 million in farm sales

Scurry County's cotton acreage shrank between 2017 and 2022, the fifth-steepest decline among the 100 leading cotton counties of 2017 with figures in both years.

Its largest product group with a published figure, cotton, makes up 13.5% of farm sales, against 4.4% across Texas.

Withheld groups: 71.0%Withheld groups71.0%Cotton: 13.5%Cotton13.5%Hay and other crops: 10.0%Hay and other crops10.0%Grains and oilseeds: 3.0%3.0%Sheep and goats: 1.2%1.2%Horses and mules: 0.8%0.8%Poultry and eggs: 0.3%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%Withheld groups: 71.0%Withheld groups71.0%Cotton: 13.5%Cotton13.5%Hay and other crops: 10.0%10.0%Grains and oilseeds: 3.0%3.0%Sheep and goats: 1.2%Horses and mules: 0.8%Poultry and eggs: 0.3%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: fruit and nuts, nursery and greenhouse crops, cattle and calves and milk.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cotton and cottonseed$4.1 million71st of 116
Hay and other crops$3.1 million100th of 213
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$930,000130th of 173
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$381,00081st of 201
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$258,000123rd of 207
Poultry and eggs$83,000104th of 168
Hogs and pigs$13,00079th of 103
Other animals and animal products$13,000146th of 161

What the fields held

Scurry County harvested 21,513 acres of cropland in 2022, 147th of 220 counties in Texas. Cotton covered acreage equal to 43% of that, hay and haylage 26%.

CropAcresShare of US
Cotton9,3380.12%
Hay and haylage5,600under 0.1%
Wheat3,487under 0.1%
Grain sorghum486under 0.1%
Orchard land57under 0.1%
of which pecans57under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for grain, corn for silage and berries.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms98.4%

Scurry County ranks 55th of 250 counties in Texas on this measure.

  • 234,128 acres of cropland, 41% of farmland
  • 337,681 acres of pastureland, 59% of farmland
  • 4,303 acres of woodland, 1% of farmland
  • 5,342 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Scurry County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 167 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 832 acres, 97th-largest of 242 in Texas. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 37.8% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 15.2% of the total.

1–93%10–4914%50–17938%180–49922%500–9999%1,000–1,9997%2,000+9%
Scurry County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Goats1,6790.07%
Sheep and lambs1,584under 0.1%
Horses and ponies487under 0.1%
Cattle and calves13,554under 0.1%
Laying hens1,634under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs77under 0.1%
Turkeys11under 0.1%
Broilers sold in 202230under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows and milk cows.

Who farms here

Decisions on Scurry County's 685 farms are made by 1,290 producers. Their average age is 59.0, 0.9 years below the Texas average. Women are 35.6% of them.

Under 358%35–4414%45–5411%55–6427%65–7428%75+12%
Scurry County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms560+22.3%
Land in farms, acres530,804+7.4%
Average farm size, acres948−12.2%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$45.2 million−32.2%
Cotton, acres67,194−86.1%
Goats, head791+100%
Sheep and lambs, head1,152+37.5%
Horses and ponies, head567−14.1%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Scurry County accounts for 0.1% of farm sales in Texas and 0.3% of the farms in Texas. Rank Texas counties for cotton.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.