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. There was a total of approximately $80 million of ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in Gaines County, Texas, recently on Land.com. The total of all Gaines County farms, ranches, and rural real estate for sale was around 9,000 acres. Gaines County ranks 127th in the Lone Star State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Seminole had the most land for sale. Economically speaking, Gaines County's is largely dependent on mining and mineral extraction-related businesses and services. Gaines County is the 22nd largest county (1,502 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the South Plains Texas region of Texas.