2022 USDA Census TX · FIPS 48479 Lower-middle by state sales TRACE PASTURE-LED

Webb County, Texas - Farm Data

Agricultural and commodity intelligence for Webb County. Ranked #165 of 254 counties in Texas.

Agricultural land composition · 2022 USDA Census · data refreshed 2026-05-15
2,128,507 acres of agricultural land
Cropland
2.5% 53,047 acres
Other land
97.5% 2,075,460 acres
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USDA NASS · 2022 Census of Agriculture

Webb County received $0.86 in Census government payments per agricultural acre, 0.1× the Texas county median of $6.14.

According to the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture.

$0.86
government payments per agricultural acre
$6.14
Texas county median per acre
0.14×
Texas median per acre

Payments per acre use the same NASS county table for receipts and acreage. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series.

According to the 2022 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture, Webb County, Texas is a PASTURE-LED county with federal farm payments per acre that stamp TRACE; commodity sales sit near state median and it shows above-typical federal dependence.

Farm operations

659

Avg 3,230 ac / farm

Commodity sales

$31.5M

0.60× state median -- Near state median

Federal payments

$1.8M

5.8% of sales -- Above-typical dependence

Net farm income

$-607K

2022 cash income -- Net loss

F

Farm economy grade: F -- Webb County's net farm income sits at the 11th percentile among 3,046 NASS-reporting counties nationally (2022 Census). Percentile-benchmarked, not a same-state comparison like the tier label above.

What the Webb County Farm Data Shows

Webb County, Texas reads as a PASTURE-LED county with TRACE federal payment intensity. In the NASS Census vocabulary this portal uses, cropland is under 25% of agricultural land, a mix where livestock forage and disaster titles (LFP/ELAP) usually outweigh row-crop commodity programs; payments per agricultural acre fall in the lowest national quintile, under $3.41 an acre, so program receipts are a marginal line beside market revenue.

The state comparisons on this page use the 252 of 254 Texas counties with published commodity sales (2 withheld by NASS to protect respondents are left out, not counted as zero), averaging the two central values when the count is even. Payments per acre use the 249 counties that report both receipts and acreage, and net-income peers are the 147 that reported a profit.

Pair the payment peers below before treating any single county as representative of Texas.

What to do with this

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County figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are a separate population from USDA ERS state and national payment series and must not be summed together.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many farms are in Webb County, Texas?
Webb County, Texas has 659 farms (2022 USDA Census). Average farm size 3,230 acres; land stamp PASTURE-LED.
What is the total agricultural production value of Webb County?
Webb County's total commodity sales are $31.5M (2022 Census of Agriculture), ranking #165 among 254 counties in Texas.
How much federal farm assistance does Webb County receive?
Webb County received $1.8M in federal government farm program receipts (2022), stamping TRACE on NASS payments-per-acre ($0.86/acre) with a PASTURE-LED land mix.
What is the net farm income in Webb County?
Net cash farm income for operations in Webb County is $-607K (2022 Census of Agriculture).

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 2022 Census of Agriculture · 2022

Dollar values reflect calendar year 2022 farm operations data.

PlainFarmData is an independent data portal, not affiliated with USDA, FSA, or any government agency. For official program eligibility or application guidance, contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office.

Intensity stamp TRACE · land stamp PASTURE-LED (NASS payments-per-acre / cropland share bands).

NASS withholds commodity sales for 2 Texas counties with too few farm operations to publish without identifying individual producers. Those counties are excluded from the peer median on this page rather than counted as zero sales.

County farm figures on this page are rendered from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, no number is typed in by an editor. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.