The Upper Gulf Coast is generally used to refer to the Houston area and its surrounding counties, with a distinct climate and demography from the coastal counties of East and South Texas. There was a total of almost $716 million of farms and ranches for sale in Harris County, Texas, recently on Land.com. The total of all Harris County farms and ranches for sale was nearly 5,000 acres. Harris County ranks 33rd out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. There were three properties listed as sold in Harris County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $1,925,003. Among cities in Harris County with ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale, Houston had the most land for sale. Mining and mineral extraction-related services are the main economic drivers in this part of Texas. Harris County is Texas's 15th biggest county (1,777 square miles). It's located in the Houston Texas region of Texas.