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in West Texas in pink" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/West_Texas_Regional_Map.png/250px-West_Texas_Regional_Map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/West_Texas_Regional_Map.png/375px-West_Texas_Regional_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/West_Texas_Regional_Map.png/500px-West_Texas_Regional_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="2433" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">West Texas counties in red; counties sometimes included in West Texas in pink</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>West Texas</b> is a loosely defined <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">region</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, generally encompassing the <a href="/wiki/Desert_climate" title="Desert climate">arid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Semiarid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Semiarid climate">semiarid</a> lands west of a line drawn between the cities of <a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Del_Rio,_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>. </p><p>No consensus exists on the boundary between <a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a> and West Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While most Texans understand these terms, no boundaries are officially recognized and any two people are likely to describe the boundaries of these regions differently. The historian and geographer <a href="/wiki/Walter_Prescott_Webb" title="Walter Prescott Webb">Walter Prescott Webb</a> has suggested that the <a href="/wiki/98th_meridian_west" title="98th meridian west">98th meridian</a> separates East and West Texas;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> writer A.C. Greene proposed that West Texas extends west of the <a href="/wiki/Brazos_River" title="Brazos River">Brazos River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Use of a single line, though, seems to preclude the use of other separators, such as an area—<a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a>. Texas is part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a> and the American Southwest at the same time, while the semiarid and desert climates of West Texas are clearly characteristic of the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwest</a>. </p><p>West Texas is often subdivided according to distinct physiographic features. The portion of West Texas that lies west of the <a href="/wiki/Pecos_River" title="Pecos River">Pecos River</a> is often called "Far West Texas" or the "<a href="/wiki/Trans-Pecos" title="Trans-Pecos">Trans-Pecos</a>", a term introduced in 1887 by geologist <a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Hill" title="Robert T. Hill">Robert T. Hill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Trans-Pecos lies within the <a href="/wiki/Chihuahuan_Desert" title="Chihuahuan Desert">Chihuahuan Desert</a> and is the aridest part of the state. Another part of West Texas is the <a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a>, a vast region of high, level plains extending into <a href="/wiki/Eastern_New_Mexico" title="Eastern New Mexico">Eastern New Mexico</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Texas_panhandle" title="Texas panhandle">Texas Panhandle</a>. East of the Llano Estacado lies the "<a href="/wiki/Red_beds" title="Red beds">redbed country</a>" of the <a href="/wiki/Osage_Plains" title="Osage Plains">Rolling Plains</a>, and south of the Llano Estacado lies the <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau" title="Edwards Plateau">Edwards Plateau</a>. The Rolling Plains and Edwards Plateau subregions act as transitional zones between eastern and western Texas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West Texas receives much less rainfall than the rest of Texas and has an arid or semiarid climate, requiring most of its scant agriculture to depend heavily on irrigation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northern portions of the area are irrigated with water from underground sources, such as the <a href="/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer" title="Ogallala Aquifer">Ogallala Aquifer</a>. Irrigation withdrawal, and water taken out farther north for the needs of El Paso and <a href="/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez" title="Ciudad Juárez">Juarez, Mexico</a>, have reduced the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a> to a stream in some places, even dry at times. </p><p>Parts of West Texas have rugged terrain, including many small mountain ranges, while most parts of the state are closer to sea level. The northern parts of West Texas and the higher elevations of the mountain ranges of the Trans-Pecos region are prone to occasional heavy snowfall during winter, whereas snow is less common in other areas of West Texas. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guadalupe_Mountains_El_Capitan_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Guadalupe Mountains"><img alt="Guadalupe Mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Guadalupe_Mountains_El_Capitan_2006.jpg/180px-Guadalupe_Mountains_El_Capitan_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Guadalupe_Mountains_El_Capitan_2006.jpg/270px-Guadalupe_Mountains_El_Capitan_2006.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Big_Bend_National_Park_PB122635.jpg/321px-Big_Bend_National_Park_PB122635.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Chisos_Mountains" title="Chisos Mountains">Chisos Mountains</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Franklin Mountains"><img alt="Franklin Mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg/193px-North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg" decoding="async" width="193" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg/289px-North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg/385px-North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1088" data-file-height="679" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Mountains_(Texas)" title="Franklin Mountains (Texas)">Franklin Mountains</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Bend_National_Park_PB112564.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santa Elena Canyon"><img alt="Santa Elena Canyon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Big_Bend_National_Park_PB112564.jpg/161px-Big_Bend_National_Park_PB112564.jpg" decoding="async" width="161" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Big_Bend_National_Park_PB112564.jpg/241px-Big_Bend_National_Park_PB112564.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Monahans_Sandhills_at_Sunrise.jpg/271px-Monahans_Sandhills_at_Sunrise.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Monahans_Sandhills_at_Sunrise.jpg/362px-Monahans_Sandhills_at_Sunrise.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Monahans_Sandhills_State_Park" title="Monahans Sandhills State Park">Monahans Sandhills State Park</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Llano Estacado"><img alt="Llano Estacado" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg/180px-Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg/270px-Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg/360px-Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado">Llano Estacado</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counties">Counties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 72 counties of West Texas are <a href="/wiki/Andrews_County,_Texas" title="Andrews County, Texas">Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bailey_County,_Texas" title="Bailey County, Texas">Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borden_County,_Texas" title="Borden County, Texas">Borden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brewster_County,_Texas" title="Brewster County, Texas">Brewster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Texas" title="Brown County, Texas">Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Callahan_County,_Texas" title="Callahan County, Texas">Callahan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castro_County,_Texas" title="Castro County, Texas">Castro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cochran_County,_Texas" title="Cochran County, Texas">Cochran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coke_County,_Texas" title="Coke County, Texas">Coke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coleman_County,_Texas" title="Coleman County, Texas">Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Texas" title="Comanche County, Texas">Comanche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Concho_County,_Texas" title="Concho County, Texas">Concho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crane_County,_Texas" title="Crane County, Texas">Crane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Texas" title="Crockett County, Texas">Crockett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crosby_County,_Texas" title="Crosby County, Texas">Crosby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culberson_County,_Texas" title="Culberson County, Texas">Culberson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dawson_County,_Texas" title="Dawson County, Texas">Dawson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deaf_Smith_County,_Texas" title="Deaf Smith County, Texas">Deaf Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dickens_County,_Texas" title="Dickens County, Texas">Dickens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastland_County,_Texas" title="Eastland County, Texas">Eastland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fisher_County,_Texas" title="Fisher County, Texas">Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Texas" title="Floyd County, Texas">Floyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaines_County,_Texas" title="Gaines County, Texas">Gaines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garza_County,_Texas" title="Garza County, Texas">Garza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasscock_County,_Texas" title="Glasscock County, Texas">Glasscock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hale_County,_Texas" title="Hale County, Texas">Hale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Texas" title="Haskell County, Texas">Haskell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hockley_County,_Texas" title="Hockley County, Texas">Hockley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Texas" title="Howard County, Texas">Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hudspeth_County,_Texas" title="Hudspeth County, Texas">Hudspeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irion_County,_Texas" title="Irion County, Texas">Irion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_County,_Texas" title="Jeff Davis County, Texas">Jeff Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Texas" title="Jones County, Texas">Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Texas" title="Kent County, Texas">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kimble_County,_Texas" title="Kimble County, Texas">Kimble</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_County,_Texas" title="King County, Texas">King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Texas" title="Knox County, Texas">Knox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamb_County,_Texas" title="Lamb County, Texas">Lamb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas" title="Loving County, Texas">Loving</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas" title="Lubbock County, Texas">Lubbock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_County,_Texas" title="Lynn County, Texas">Lynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Texas" title="Martin County, Texas">Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Texas" title="Mason County, Texas">Mason</a>, <a href="/wiki/McCulloch_County,_Texas" title="McCulloch County, Texas">McCulloch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Texas" title="Menard County, Texas">Menard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Texas" title="Mitchell County, Texas">Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motley_County,_Texas" title="Motley County, Texas">Motley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nolan_County,_Texas" title="Nolan County, Texas">Nolan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pecos_County,_Texas" title="Pecos County, Texas">Pecos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presidio_County,_Texas" title="Presidio County, Texas">Presidio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reagan_County,_Texas" title="Reagan County, Texas">Reagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reeves_County,_Texas" title="Reeves County, Texas">Reeves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Runnels_County,_Texas" title="Runnels County, Texas">Runnels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schleicher_County,_Texas" title="Schleicher County, Texas">Schleicher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scurry_County,_Texas" title="Scurry County, Texas">Scurry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shackelford_County,_Texas" title="Shackelford County, Texas">Shackelford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephens_County,_Texas" title="Stephens County, Texas">Stephens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sterling_County,_Texas" title="Sterling County, Texas">Sterling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_County,_Texas" title="Stonewall County, Texas">Stonewall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sutton_County,_Texas" title="Sutton County, Texas">Sutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Texas" title="Taylor County, Texas">Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrell_County,_Texas" title="Terrell County, Texas">Terrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_County,_Texas" title="Terry County, Texas">Terry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Throckmorton_County,_Texas" title="Throckmorton County, Texas">Throckmorton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Green_County,_Texas" title="Tom Green County, Texas">Tom Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upton_County,_Texas" title="Upton County, Texas">Upton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ward_County,_Texas" title="Ward County, Texas">Ward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winkler_County,_Texas" title="Winkler County, Texas">Winkler</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yoakum_County,_Texas" title="Yoakum County, Texas">Yoakum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_cities">Major cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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td:nth-child(19),.mw-parser-output .col20right td:nth-child(20),.mw-parser-output .col21right td:nth-child(21),.mw-parser-output .col22right td:nth-child(22),.mw-parser-output .col23right td:nth-child(23),.mw-parser-output .col24right td:nth-child(24),.mw-parser-output .col25right td:nth-child(25),.mw-parser-output .col26right td:nth-child(26),.mw-parser-output .col27right td:nth-child(27),.mw-parser-output .col28right td:nth-child(28),.mw-parser-output .col29right td:nth-child(29){text-align:right}</style> <table class="wikitable sortable col1center col2center col6right"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" scope="colgroup" class="unsortable">Rank </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Image </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Texas" title="List of municipalities in Texas">City</a> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">County(ies)</a> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Population<br /><small>(2023 Estimate)</small><sup id="cite_ref-2023Population_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023Population-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">State </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg/150px-Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg/225px-Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg/300px-Downtown_El_Paso_at_sunset.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="681" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a> </td> <td>678,958 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>10 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LubbockSkyline2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/LubbockSkyline2013.jpg/150px-LubbockSkyline2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/LubbockSkyline2013.jpg/225px-LubbockSkyline2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/LubbockSkyline2013.jpg/300px-LubbockSkyline2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="2213" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lubbock_County,_Texas" title="Lubbock County, Texas">Lubbock</a> </td> <td>266,878 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland44_Skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Midland44_Skyline.jpg/150px-Midland44_Skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Midland44_Skyline.jpg/225px-Midland44_Skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Midland44_Skyline.jpg/300px-Midland44_Skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="302" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Texas" title="Martin County, Texas">Martin</a> </td> <td>138,397 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>29 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abilene-skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Abilene-skyline.jpg/150px-Abilene-skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Abilene-skyline.jpg/225px-Abilene-skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Abilene-skyline.jpg/300px-Abilene-skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="460" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Texas" title="Abilene, Texas">Abilene</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Texas" title="Taylor County, Texas">Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Texas" title="Jones County, Texas">Jones</a> </td> <td>129,043 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>34 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Odessa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Downtown_Odessa.jpg/150px-Downtown_Odessa.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Downtown_Odessa.jpg/225px-Downtown_Odessa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Downtown_Odessa.jpg/300px-Downtown_Odessa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odessa,_Texas" title="Odessa, Texas">Odessa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland</a> </td> <td>115,743 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>43 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg/150px-SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg/225px-SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg/300px-SanAngeloParkConcho.jpg 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="623" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Angelo,_Texas" title="San Angelo, Texas">San Angelo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Green_County,_Texas" title="Tom Green County, Texas">Tom Green</a> </td> <td>99,262 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>95 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Socorro_mission_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Socorro_mission_front.jpg/150px-Socorro_mission_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Socorro_mission_front.jpg/225px-Socorro_mission_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Socorro_mission_front.jpg/300px-Socorro_mission_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socorro,_Texas" title="Socorro, Texas">Socorro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a> </td> <td>38,238 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>133 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horizon_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Horizon_City.jpg/150px-Horizon_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Horizon_City.jpg/225px-Horizon_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Horizon_City.jpg/300px-Horizon_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horizon_City,_Texas" title="Horizon City, Texas">Horizon City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Texas" title="El Paso County, Texas">El Paso</a> </td> <td>24,168 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>140 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Spring_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Big_Spring_1.jpg/150px-Big_Spring_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Big_Spring_1.jpg/225px-Big_Spring_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Big_Spring_1.jpg/300px-Big_Spring_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Spring,_Texas" title="Big Spring, Texas">Big Spring</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Texas" title="Howard County, Texas">Howard</a> </td> <td>22,373 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>155 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg/150px-Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg/225px-Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg/300px-Plainview_Texas_City_Hall_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plainview,_Texas" title="Plainview, Texas">Plainview</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hale_County,_Texas" title="Hale County, Texas">Hale</a> </td> <td>19,420 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Smaller West Texas cities and towns include <a href="/wiki/Alpine,_Texas" title="Alpine, Texas">Alpine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrews,_Texas" title="Andrews, Texas">Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony,_Texas" title="Anthony, Texas">Anthony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brownfield,_Texas" title="Brownfield, Texas">Brownfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canutillo,_Texas" title="Canutillo, Texas">Canutillo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coyanosa,_Texas" title="Coyanosa, Texas">Coyanosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crane,_Texas" title="Crane, Texas">Crane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fabens,_Texas" title="Fabens, Texas">Fabens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Davis,_Texas" title="Fort Davis, Texas">Fort Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Stockton,_Texas" title="Fort Stockton, Texas">Fort Stockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hale_Center,_Texas" title="Hale Center, Texas">Hale Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horizon_City,_Texas" title="Horizon City, Texas">Horizon City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraan,_Texas" title="Iraan, Texas">Iraan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kermit,_Texas" title="Kermit, Texas">Kermit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lamesa,_Texas" title="Lamesa, Texas">Lamesa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Levelland,_Texas" title="Levelland, Texas">Levelland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Littlefield,_Texas" title="Littlefield, Texas">Littlefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathon,_Texas" title="Marathon, Texas">Marathon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marfa,_Texas" title="Marfa, Texas">Marfa</a>, <a href="/wiki/McCamey,_Texas" title="McCamey, Texas">McCamey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mertzon,_Texas" title="Mertzon, Texas">Mertzon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monahans,_Texas" title="Monahans, Texas">Monahans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ozona,_Texas" title="Ozona, Texas">Ozona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pecos,_Texas" title="Pecos, Texas">Pecos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post,_Texas" title="Post, Texas">Post</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rankin,_Texas" title="Rankin, Texas">Rankin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ransom_Canyon,_Texas" title="Ransom Canyon, Texas">Ransom Canyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Elizario,_Texas" title="San Elizario, Texas">San Elizario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seminole,_Texas" title="Seminole, Texas">Seminole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slaton,_Texas" title="Slaton, Texas">Slaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snyder,_Texas" title="Snyder, Texas">Snyder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweetwater,_Texas" title="Sweetwater, Texas">Sweetwater</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Van_Horn,_Texas" title="Van Horn, Texas">Van Horn</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major industries include <a href="/wiki/Livestock" title="Livestock">livestock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> production, <a href="/wiki/Textiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Textiles">textiles</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cereal" title="Cereal">grain</a>, and because of very large military installations such as <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bliss" title="Fort Bliss">Fort Bliss</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Defense_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense contractor">defense industry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Texas" title="Wind power in Texas">West Texas has become notable</a> for its numerous <a href="/wiki/Wind_turbine" title="Wind turbine">wind turbines</a> producing <a href="/wiki/Environmental_effects_of_wind_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental effects of wind power">clean and alternative electricity</a>. </p><p>As of 2018, the West Texan economy was in a prosperous <a href="/wiki/Business_cycle" title="Business cycle">economic period</a>, which has been described as the "West Texas oil boom".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Pumpjacks, like this one south of Midland, are a common sight in West Texas oil fields."><img alt="Pumpjacks, like this one south of Midland, are a common sight in West Texas oil fields." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG/120px-West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG/180px-West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG/240px-West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pumpjack" title="Pumpjack">Pumpjacks</a>, like this one south of Midland, are a common sight in West Texas oil fields.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Irrigated agriculture in West Texas"><img alt="Irrigated agriculture in West Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG/120px-Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG/180px-Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG/240px-Farm_in_west_texas_Nima.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3108" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">Irrigated agriculture</a> in West Texas</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Brazos Wind Farm near Fluvanna is one of many wind farms in West Texas."><img alt="The Brazos Wind Farm near Fluvanna is one of many wind farms in West Texas." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg/120px-GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg/180px-GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg/240px-GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Brazos_Wind_Farm" title="Brazos Wind Farm">Brazos Wind Farm</a> near <a href="/wiki/Fluvanna,_Texas" title="Fluvanna, Texas">Fluvanna</a> is one of many wind farms in West Texas.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fort Bliss is the number one employer in the El Paso region"><img alt="Fort Bliss is the number one employer in the El Paso region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg/120px-Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg/180px-Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg/240px-Abrams_Tank_at_the_Dona_Anna_Range.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1632" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bliss" title="Fort Bliss">Fort Bliss</a> is the number one employer in the <a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso</a> region</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While there are no major league teams in the West Texas region, sports fans are faithful to their local high school and college teams. <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> college teams include the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders" title="Texas Tech Red Raiders">Texas Tech Red Raiders</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/UTEP_Miners" title="UTEP Miners">UTEP Miners</a>. <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> teams include the <a href="/wiki/West_Texas_A%26M_Buffaloes" title="West Texas A&M Buffaloes">West Texas A&M Buffaloes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/UT_Permian_Basin_Falcons" title="UT Permian Basin Falcons">Texas–Permian Basin Falcons</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Christian_Chaparrals_and_Lady_Chaps" title="Lubbock Christian Chaparrals and Lady Chaps">Lubbock Christian Chaparrals and Lady Chaps</a>. </p><p>El Paso hosts the <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Chihuahuas" title="El Paso Chihuahuas">El Paso Chihuahuas</a>, a AAA baseball team, and the <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Locomotive_FC" title="El Paso Locomotive FC">El Paso Locomotive FC</a> which plays in the <a href="/wiki/USL_Championship" title="USL Championship">USL Championship</a>, the second tier of the <a href="/wiki/American_soccer_pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="American soccer pyramid">American soccer pyramid</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Midland_RockHounds" title="Midland RockHounds">Midland RockHounds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Sod_Poodles" title="Amarillo Sod Poodles">Amarillo Sod Poodles</a> represent the region in double-A baseball. Junior hockey is also present in the region, with the <a href="/wiki/Odessa_Jackalopes" title="Odessa Jackalopes">Odessa Jackalopes</a> of the Tier II North American Hockey League. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg/200px-Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg/300px-Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg/400px-Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="769" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2024 United States presidential election in Texas">2024 U.S. presidential election in Texas</a> results by county</figcaption></figure> <p>Except for the Trans-Pecos region, West Texas has become well known as a stronghold for <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a> politics. Some of the most heavily <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> counties in the United States are in the region. Former U.S. President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> spent most of his childhood in West Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region includes much of the <a href="/wiki/Permian_Basin_(North_America)" title="Permian Basin (North America)">Permian Basin</a>, the highest producing <a href="/wiki/Oil_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil field">oil field</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This likely inclines the region to support the Republican Party over the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, as the latter supports <a href="/wiki/Environmentalism_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmentalism in the United States">environmentalism</a> and action on <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Tabuchi_20191016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Tabuchi_20191016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several counties in the Midland-Odessa area were some of the first parts of Texas to abandon the state's "<a href="/wiki/Solid_South" title="Solid South">Solid South</a>" <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> roots; two counties<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have not supported a Democrat for president since <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas,_1948" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in Texas, 1948">1948</a>. The Rolling Plains to the east remained Democratic substantially longer: although <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a>'s <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="United States presidential election in Texas, 1984">1984 campaign</a> lost Texas by 27.50%, he won three counties in this region.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2000, this region swung very rapidly toward the Republican Party due to its population's intransigent opposition to the liberal social policies of the Democratic Party,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by 2016, it had nearly the same <a href="/wiki/Cook_PVI" class="mw-redirect" title="Cook PVI">Cook PVI</a> as the Panhandle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="West_of_the_Pecos_in_popular_culture">West of the Pecos in popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: West of the Pecos in popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/West_of_the_Pecos_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="West of the Pecos (disambiguation)">West of the Pecos</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:West_Texas" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:West Texas"><br />West Texas</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <p>"West of the Pecos" has become a metaphor for the universe of <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Westerns</a>. "Fastest <a href="/wiki/Duel#Colonial_North_America_and_United_States" title="Duel">draw</a> west of the Pecos" and similar superlatives are a cliche, and the title character of <i><a href="/wiki/Chisum" title="Chisum">Chisum</a></i> observed "There’s no law west of Dodge, and no God west of the Pecos”. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy" title="Cormac McCarthy">Cormac McCarthy</a>'s novel <a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(novel)" title="No Country for Old Men (novel)"><i>No Country for Old Men</i></a> and its subsequent <a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men" title="No Country for Old Men">film adaptation</a> take place in West Texas, and much of the movie was filmed there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats'</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">West Texas counties voting Republican at every election since 1952 comprise <a href="/wiki/Ector_County,_Texas" title="Ector County, Texas">Ector County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Texas" title="Midland County, Texas">Midland County</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">West Texas Plains "Bible Belt" counties voting for Mondale in 1984 were <a href="/wiki/Dickens_County,_Texas" title="Dickens County, Texas">Dickens County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fisher_County,_Texas" title="Fisher County, Texas">Fisher County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_County,_Texas" title="Stonewall County, Texas">Stonewall County</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.texasoutside.com/westtexasparks/westtexas.htm">West Texas 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