Parker County drilled 7,242 home wells in 10 years, more than any other in Texas

From 2016 to 2025, drillers reported 123,517 new and replacement home wells in Texas. Parker County leads with 7,242, 1.9 times the 3,845 of Randall County in second place. The ten busiest counties hold 30% of all the wells: Parker, Randall, Montgomery, Brazoria, Wise, Lubbock, Gaines, Midland, Ector and Burnet.

Updated every day from Texas Water Development Board driller reports. Last update: November 11, 2026, using the state file of November 10, 2026.

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The figures

Busiest county: Parker: 7,242; 2016 to 2025
Second: Randall: 3,845
All of Texas: 123,517; 2016 to 2025
Share of the top ten counties: 30%

Home wells by county, 2016 to 2025

New and replacement home wells with a valid depth, by the year the well was finished. The change compares 2016 to 2020 with 2021 to 2025, where the first half has 50 wells or more. Tap a heading to sort.

#	County	Wells, 2016 to 2025	Share of Texas	Wells in 2025	Second half vs first half	Median depth (ft)
1	Parker	7,242	5.9%	666	+62%	240
2	Randall	3,845	3.1%	344	+25%	344
3	Montgomery	3,755	3.0%	325	+3%	215
4	Brazoria	3,607	2.9%	308	−8%	363
5	Wise	3,600	2.9%	318	+20%	220
6	Lubbock	3,506	2.8%	391	+44%	172
7	Gaines	3,173	2.6%	558	+80%	200
8	Midland	3,117	2.5%	308	−18%	100
9	Ector	2,819	2.3%	326	−4%	140
10	Burnet	2,621	2.1%	208	+37%	350
11	Harris	2,394	1.9%	171	−18%	260
12	Fort Bend	2,087	1.7%	188	+1%	260
13	Gillespie	1,981	1.6%	148	+35%	240
14	Tarrant	1,821	1.5%	113	−8%	340
15	Washington	1,754	1.4%	222	+45%	236
16	Erath	1,525	1.2%	158	+36%	375
17	Victoria	1,337	1.1%	85	−7%	140
18	Comal	1,297	1.1%	115	−10%	484
19	Colorado	1,285	1.0%	125	+63%	165
20	Williamson	1,268	1.0%	81	+4%	553
21	Lavaca	1,258	1.0%	153	+38%	185
22	Austin	1,253	1.0%	157	+33%	207
23	Kendall	1,253	1.0%	105	+12%	413
24	Fayette	1,211	1.0%	143	+49%	265
25	Llano	1,189	1.0%	95	+17%	170
26	Blanco	1,151	0.9%	108	+48%	410
27	Waller	1,139	0.9%	129	+16%	240
28	Grimes	1,136	0.9%	131	+14%	295
29	Hays	1,123	0.9%	61	−17%	510
30	Montague	1,121	0.9%	134	+101%	220
31	Johnson	1,087	0.9%	80	+20%	400
32	Wharton	1,085	0.9%	104	+11%	200
33	Bandera	1,057	0.9%	98	+31%	510
34	Travis	1,033	0.8%	54	−26%	445
35	Wilson	1,028	0.8%	100	+48%	380
36	Galveston	1,020	0.8%	71	−10%	424
37	Kerr	953	0.8%	93	+50%	540
38	Hood	931	0.8%	129	+77%	360
39	Van Zandt	923	0.7%	80	+7%	440
40	Potter	912	0.7%	52	−6%	297
41	Liberty	903	0.7%	80	+15%	250
42	Denton	900	0.7%	80	−4%	440
43	Bastrop	864	0.7%	84	+22%	328
44	Bexar	837	0.7%	100	+26%	500
45	Hardin	832	0.7%	87	+3%	255
46	Jasper	816	0.7%	66	+3%	185
47	Palo Pinto	799	0.6%	86	+225%	200
48	Medina	783	0.6%	89	+72%	535
49	Martin	777	0.6%	108	+37%	86
50	Polk	773	0.6%	87	+32%	205
51	Guadalupe	760	0.6%	69	+46%	255
52	Jack	719	0.6%	86	+106%	220
53	Walker	701	0.6%	62	+5%	260
54	San Jacinto	697	0.6%	64	+25%	209
55	Orange	674	0.5%	67	−17%	405
56	Tom Green	653	0.5%	43	+5%	115
57	Hockley	640	0.5%	77	+179%	155
58	Jim Wells	635	0.5%	48	−16%	378
59	Cooke	630	0.5%	64	+32%	500
60	Burleson	629	0.5%	67	+34%	352
61	Aransas	628	0.5%	86	+15%	175
62	Matagorda	608	0.5%	60	+7%	410
63	Henderson	599	0.5%	59	+56%	460
64	DeWitt	587	0.5%	48	+14%	184
65	Tyler	569	0.5%	46	+25%	160
66	Atascosa	555	0.4%	93	+89%	380
67	Mason	551	0.4%	28	+45%	145
68	Bell	529	0.4%	43	+35%	560
69	Comanche	515	0.4%	41	+141%	158
70	Bee	510	0.4%	51	+31%	212
71	Kimble	497	0.4%	38	+82%	260
72	Hamilton	496	0.4%	22	+48%	475
73	Gonzales	488	0.4%	67	+46%	360
74	Edwards	439	0.4%	47	+81%	400
75	Caldwell	435	0.4%	86	+137%	260
76	Lynn	434	0.4%	39	+51%	141
77	Terry	426	0.3%	54	+77%	145
78	Goliad	424	0.3%	30	−3%	210
79	Lampasas	417	0.3%	33	+19%	346
80	Uvalde	400	0.3%	39	+19%	300
81	Andrews	398	0.3%	78	+31%	114
82	Newton	398	0.3%	27	−10%	150
83	Jackson	397	0.3%	25	+21%	160
84	Bosque	396	0.3%	42	+28%	480
85	Harrison	394	0.3%	36	+70%	340
86	Smith	390	0.3%	51	+44%	430
87	Cass	386	0.3%	35	+27%	370
88	Grayson	383	0.3%	36	−3%	340
89	Cherokee	377	0.3%	39	+60%	433
90	Bowie	372	0.3%	33	+9%	80
91	Leon	366	0.3%	36	+20%	435
92	Madison	362	0.3%	31	+66%	366
93	Robertson	358	0.3%	35	+89%	438
94	Limestone	357	0.3%	52	+93%	360
95	Rusk	355	0.3%	37	+40%	408
96	Chambers	345	0.3%	29	−20%	200
97	Howard	341	0.3%	18	−29%	110
98	San Patricio	323	0.3%	39	−18%	200
99	Hill	322	0.3%	30	+408%	360
100	Angelina	316	0.3%	22	−7%	186
101	Milam	316	0.3%	35	+77%	422
102	Calhoun	306	0.2%	23	−3%	225
103	Live Oak	303	0.2%	21	−29%	250
104	Nueces	303	0.2%	40	−2%	280
105	Panola	288	0.2%	28	+7%	220
106	Lee	276	0.2%	37	+36%	458
107	Karnes	271	0.2%	20	+71%	400
108	Nacogdoches	266	0.2%	43	+137%	420
109	Coryell	265	0.2%	24	+135%	480
110	San Saba	255	0.2%	14	+58%	285
111	Hunt	254	0.2%	27	+29%	216
112	Wood	252	0.2%	26	+65%	464
113	Frio	250	0.2%	24	+94%	420
114	Jefferson	250	0.2%	23	−9%	210
115	Houston	247	0.2%	54	+205%	349
116	Real	246	0.2%	30	+54%	380
117	Brazos	245	0.2%	21	+11%	360
118	Anderson	242	0.2%	23	+33%	442
119	Freestone	237	0.2%	34	+86%	450
120	Clay	233	0.2%	24	+62%	200
121	Fannin	227	0.2%	18	+16%	62
122	Upshur	220	0.2%	29	+37%	474
123	Hale	217	0.2%	15	+71%	304
124	Mills	216	0.2%	15	+132%	300
125	Refugio	211	0.2%	28	+24%	220
126	Brewster	206	0.2%	17	−21%	363
127	Eastland	192	0.2%	31	+131%	115
128	Menard	189	0.2%	19	+39%	252
129	Deaf Smith	184	0.1%	16	+7%	330
130	San Augustine	183	0.1%	27	+105%	175
131	Shelby	176	0.1%	20	+59%	263
132	Young	169	0.1%	19	—	210
133	Moore	163	0.1%	14	—	475
134	Cameron	160	0.1%	16	+5%	66
135	Val Verde	158	0.1%	13	+59%	400
136	Ellis	153	0.1%	38	+94%	420
137	Duval	142	0.1%	21	+33%	360
138	Crane	139	0.1%	23	—	240
139	Sutton	139	0.1%	6	−19%	360
140	Somervell	138	0.1%	14	−6%	460
141	Dawson	135	0.1%	14	+29%	168
142	Trinity	134	0.1%	15	+53%	274
143	Donley	133	0.1%	16	+2%	160
144	Falls	130	0.1%	18	—	65
145	Scurry	130	0.1%	12	+36%	240
146	Hopkins	129	0.1%	11	—	444
147	Gregg	123	0.1%	24	+24%	401
148	Lamb	121	0.1%	15	—	223
149	Sabine	112	0.1%	15	−13%	128
150	Concho	109	0.1%	10	—	125
151	Brown	107	0.1%	8	—	198
152	Gray	107	0.1%	5	−16%	450
153	McCulloch	105	0.1%	9	—	205
154	Webb	105	0.1%	9	−48%	640
155	Armstrong	104	0.1%	5	—	270
156	Coke	102	0.1%	7	−48%	180
157	Glasscock	100	0.1%	7	−21%	265
158	Hidalgo	96	0.1%	17	—	320
159	Pecos	96	0.1%	3	−32%	261
160	Castro	95	0.1%	3	—	378
161	Ward	95	0.1%	10	−62%	135
162	Hartley	94	0.1%	7	—	554
163	Runnels	94	0.1%	6	—	100
164	Schleicher	94	0.1%	6	—	308
165	Yoakum	93	0.1%	11	−34%	180
166	Kinney	91	0.1%	5	−62%	140
167	Dallam	89	0.1%	11	—	515
168	Jeff Davis	89	0.1%	5	—	380
169	Parmer	89	0.1%	4	−32%	406
170	Reeves	89	0.1%	6	−63%	260
171	Irion	88	0.1%	7	—	160
172	Collingsworth	87	0.1%	5	—	142
173	McLennan	87	0.1%	10	—	1,100
174	Nolan	86	0.1%	6	—	200
175	Bailey	83	0.1%	7	—	238
176	Marion	83	0.1%	8	—	375
177	Carson	78	0.1%	11	—	400
178	Dallas	75	0.1%	5	—	55
179	Wheeler	75	0.1%	4	—	160
180	Morris	72	0.1%	4	—	445
181	Callahan	71	0.1%	4	—	70
182	Red River	71	0.1%	7	—	90
183	Titus	68	0.1%	9	—	441
184	Garza	60	0.0%	4	—	106
185	Taylor	60	0.0%	6	—	80
186	Upton	60	0.0%	5	—	300
187	Dimmit	59	0.0%	7	—	500
188	Kaufman	59	0.0%	5	—	100
189	Mitchell	58	0.0%	6	—	160
190	La Salle	57	0.0%	6	—	360
191	Haskell	54	0.0%	4	—	62
192	Presidio	54	0.0%	2	—	343
193	Jones	51	0.0%	8	—	76
194	Ochiltree	51	0.0%	5	—	420
195	Starr	49	0.0%	7	—	460
196	Knox	48	0.0%	3	—	52
197	Oldham	48	0.0%	2	—	322
198	Collin	47	0.0%	9	—	1,020
199	Hansford	47	0.0%	6	—	485
200	Stephens	47	0.0%	11	—	190
201	Navarro	45	0.0%	16	—	107
202	Hemphill	44	0.0%	4	—	290
203	Crosby	43	0.0%	4	—	344
204	El Paso	41	0.0%	5	—	155
205	Zavala	41	0.0%	1	—	520
206	Camp	40	0.0%	4	—	492
207	Brooks	38	0.0%	3	—	431
208	Childress	38	0.0%	23	—	160
209	Sherman	38	0.0%	4	—	450
210	Hudspeth	37	0.0%	2	—	297
211	Kleberg	35	0.0%	3	—	660
212	Hutchinson	34	0.0%	4	—	400
213	Crockett	33	0.0%	2	—	410
214	Floyd	33	0.0%	3	—	363
215	Rains	30	0.0%	1	—	260
216	Dickens	29	0.0%	8	—	117
217	Reagan	28	0.0%	1	—	380
218	Winkler	28	0.0%	4	—	200
219	Cochran	27	0.0%	2	—	205
220	Fisher	27	0.0%	0	—	115
221	Swisher	27	0.0%	1	—	204
222	Briscoe	26	0.0%	5	—	200
223	Terrell	24	0.0%	3	—	716
224	Hall	23	0.0%	4	—	139
225	Wilbarger	23	0.0%	3	—	39
226	Hardeman	22	0.0%	3	—	100
227	Jim Hogg	22	0.0%	0	—	360
228	Borden	21	0.0%	0	—	104
229	Sterling	20	0.0%	1	—	120
230	Franklin	19	0.0%	0	—	418
231	Lipscomb	19	0.0%	1	—	305
232	Archer	17	0.0%	3	—	100
233	Culberson	17	0.0%	1	—	407
234	Maverick	17	0.0%	0	—	200
235	Roberts	17	0.0%	4	—	470
236	Coleman	14	0.0%	0	—	135
237	McMullen	13	0.0%	2	—	360
238	Foard	12	0.0%	9	—	60
239	Kent	12	0.0%	1	—	108
240	Motley	11	0.0%	3	—	98
241	Baylor	10	0.0%	7	—	40
242	Cottle	9	0.0%	1	—	130
243	Stonewall	7	0.0%	3	—	72
244	Wichita	7	0.0%	0	—	36
245	Lamar	5	0.0%	0	—	100
246	Loving	5	0.0%	1	—	242
247	Kenedy	4	0.0%	0	—	792
248	Delta	3	0.0%	1	—	—
249	Shackelford	3	0.0%	0	—	—
250	Willacy	3	0.0%	0	—	740
251	Zapata	2	0.0%	0	—	500
252	King	1	0.0%	0	—	—
253	Rockwall	1	0.0%	1	—	—

What this shows and what it doesn't

These are private home wells. A county with city water everywhere drills few, however many people live there.
A well counts in the county its driller reported and in the year it was finished. Reports can reach the state weeks after the well is done.
Replacement wells are included, so the count is of wells drilled, not of new homes.

Questions

Which Texas county drills the most water wells?

Parker County: 7,242 new and replacement home wells from 2016 to 2025, ahead of Randall (3,845), Montgomery (3,755) and Brazoria (3,607).

How many home water wells are drilled in Texas?

123,517 in the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, about 12,400 a year, counting new and replacement home wells with a valid depth on the state's driller reports.

Sources you can check

Texas Water Development Board, Submitted Driller's Reports database. The state's own file, rebuilt every night. Direct download (we used the file of November 10, 2026, 145 MB). SHA-256: 10b60ed0d9895e735f0b2c7833b5aa39de7a56fd68454fe16b3c14684f61ea7b
TWDB well report viewer: the official report of each well, one by one
TerraFunded, Texas Well Atlas dataset, archived on Zenodo. One row per well, no names, locations generalized to about 1.5 km. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

Check it yourself

Download this page's table as a CSV (texas-counties-most-new-water-wells.csv): every figure in the text is in it.
Open any county in the table. Its page lists its figures, and each well on its map opens the official report on the state's site.
For the raw data, download the state file from the TWDB link in the sources and keep the wells whose proposed use is Domestic and whose work is a new well or a replacement.
If a figure does not match, write to us with the county and the number: we correct it in the next update and say so.

How we got it

We count new and replacement domestic (home) wells with a valid depth on their report. Monitoring wells, soil borings, injection, geothermal and oilfield wells are left out. A depth under 10 feet or over 5,000 feet is treated as an entry error.

We add up the wells finished in each of the last 10 complete calendar years, 2016 to 2025. The current year is left out because it is not over.

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How to cite this

TerraFunded (2026). "Parker County drilled 7,242 home wells in 10 years, more than any other in Texas." Texas Well Atlas. From the Texas Water Development Board, Submitted Driller's Reports database (state file of November 10, 2026). https://terrafunded.com/wells/findings/texas-counties-most-new-water-wells. License CC BY 4.0. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

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