These are the 72 Texas counties allowed to reopen businesses up to 50% capacity
There are 72 Texas counties allowed to reopen businesses up to 50% capacity per Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide order. The reopening began on Friday when the governor’s pandemic stay-at-home order expired.
There are 254 counties in Texas. The 72 counties that qualify are in rural areas, especially in the sparsely populated western counties. The closest such county to Fort Worth is Wise County, which includes Bridgeport, Decatur, Boyd, Rhome and Chico. Jack County, which includes Jacksboro and is directly west of Wise County, is also reopened to 50% capacity. Erath County, which includes Stephenville, is also allowed to reopen.
Besides having no more than five active COVID-19 cases, counties reopening at 50% must also meet multiple other requirements, including making tests available, providing public notices of the common COVID-19 symptoms, and providing CDC guidelines on pandemic protocols.
All other Texas counties can reopen businesses at 25% capacity.
The state is reporting more than 33,000 COVID-19 cases and 906 deaths as of Tuesday afternoon.
Here are the 72 Texas counties allowed to open businesses to 50% capacity as of Tuesday morning:
1. Aransas
2. Archer
3. Armstrong
4. Bailey
5. Bandera
6. Baylor
7. Callahan
8. Carson
9. Clay
10. Coke
11. Coleman
12. Colorado
13. Comanche
14. Cooke
15. Crane
16. Crockett
17. Delta
18. Dickens
19. Duval
20. Erath
21. Fisher
22. Floyd
23. Freestone
24. Gillespie
25. Goliad
26. Hamilton
27. Hardeman
28. Haskell
29. Hemphill
30. Hopkins
31. Howard
32. Jack
33. Jim Wells
34. Karnes
35. Kendall
36. Kerr
37. Kinney
38. Knox
39. Lamb
40. Lampasas
41. Lipscomb
42. Llano
43. Madison
44. Martin
45. McCulloch
46. McMullen
47. Medina
48. Mills
49. Mitchell
50. Montague
51. Morris
52. Oldham
53. Pecos
54. Rains
55. Reagan
56. Real
57. Red River
58. Reeves
59. Refugio
60. Robertson
61. Sabine
62. Scurry
63. Shackelford
64. Somervell
65. Stephens
66. Sutton
67. Ward
68. Wilbarger
69. Winkler
70. Wise
71. Yoakum
72. Young
This story was originally published May 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
