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 combined almost $44 million of farms, ranches, and rural real estate for sale in Texas's Howard County recently on Land.com. The total acreage of all Howard County land and rural real estate for sale was approximately 3,000 acres. Howard County ranks 147th in the state for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Big Spring had the most land for sale. Economically speaking, Howard County's is largely dependent on mining and mineral extraction-related businesses and services. Howard County is the 152nd biggest county (904 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the South Plains Texas region of the state.