The West Texas region is a sprawling area that can loosely be classified as comprising the counties around the main metro areas of El Paso, Lubbock, Abilene, Midland/Odessa and San Angelo. The combined value of land and rural real estate for sale in Ector County, Texas, recently on Land.com was $158 million. This represents around 3,000 acres of land and rural real estate for sale in Ector County. Ector County ranks 74th out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Odessa had the most land for sale. Economically speaking, Ector County's is largely dependent on mining and mineral extraction-related businesses and services. Ector County is the 159th largest county (901 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the South Plains Texas region of the state.