Here are the 112 Texas counties allowed to reopen businesses up to 50% capacity
There are 112 Texas counties allowed to reopen businesses up to 50% capacity per Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide order. The reopening began May 1 when the governor’s pandemic stay-at-home order expired.
There are 254 counties in Texas. There were initially 72 counties that qualified, mostly 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 53,400 COVID-19 cases and 1,408 deaths as of Friday. More than 22,000 cases are active, according to state health officials.
Here are the 112 Texas counties allowed to open businesses to 50% capacity as of Friday:
1. Aransas
2. Archer
3. Armstrong
4. Austin
5. Bailey
6. Bandera
7. Baylor
8. Borden
9. Brewster
10. Calhoun
11. Callahan
12. Camp
13. Carson
14. Childress
15. Clay
16. Cochran
17. Coke
18. Coleman
19. Collingsworth
20. Colorado
21. Comanche
22. Concho
23. Cooke
24. Cottle
25. Crane
26. Crockett
27. Crosby
28. Delta
29. Dickens
30. Dimmit
31. Duval
32. Erath
33. Fisher
34. Floyd
35. Foard
36. Freestone
37. Gaines
38. Gillespie
39. Goliad
40. Hamilton
41. Hardeman
42. Haskell
43. Hemphill
44. Hood
45. Hopkins
46. Howard
47. Irion
48. Jack
49. Jackson
50. Jeff Davis
51. Jim Wells
52. Karnes
53. Kendall
54. Kent
55. Kerr
56. Kimble
57. King
58. Kinney
59. Knox
60. Lamb
61. Lampasas
62. Lavaca
63. Lee
64. Leon
65. Lipscomb
66. Live Oak
67. Llano
68. Lynn
69. Madison
70. Martin
71. McCulloch
72. McMullen
73. Medina
74. Menard
75. Mills
76. Mitchell
77. Montague
78. Morris
79. Motley
80. Nolan
81. Oldham
82. Palo Pinto
83. Pecos
84. Rains
85. Reagan
86. Real
87. Red River
88. Reeves
89. Refugio
90. Roberts
91. Robertson
92. Runnels
93. Sabine
94. San Saba
95. Schleicher
96. Scurry
97. Shackelford
98. Somervell
99. Stephens
100. Sterling
101. Sutton
102. Terrell
103. Throckmorton
104. Upton
105. Uvalde
106. Ward
107. Wilbarger
108. Winkler
109. Wise
110. Yoakum
111. Young
112. Zapata
