Inside the metros we cover sit 81 Texas counties. Every one has a page here — its pest pressure, its place in its metro, and the services that reach it.
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Coverage in Texas is organised county by county: 81 of them, roughly 75,958 square miles in all, tied to the Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, McAllen, El Paso metro areas. That is the scale pest services actually run at — state licensing above, county and metro routes below — so each county below gets its own page: its pest pressure, its position in its metro, and the guides that serve it.
The counties around a metro's core are often where the pressure is most interesting — newer subdivisions built into former farmland and woodland meet established pest populations at the edge, while the urban core deals with the pests of density. Each county page reads its own position in that pattern.
By land, the covered counties run from Hudspeth County (4,571 sq mi), Webb County (3,361 sq mi), Harris County (1,707 sq mi) down to Rockwall County at about 127 square miles. The metros anchoring coverage are Dallas–Fort Worth (metro population 8,477,157; 11 covered counties in Texas); Houston (metro population 7,904,627; 10 covered counties in Texas); San Antonio (metro population 2,813,140; 8 covered counties in Texas); Austin (metro population 2,620,945; 5 covered counties in Texas); McAllen (metro population 921,549; 1 covered county in Texas); El Paso (metro population 881,291; 2 covered counties in Texas); Killeen–Temple (metro population 511,497; 3 covered counties in Texas); Corpus Christi (metro population 451,191; 3 covered counties in Texas); Brownsville (metro population 433,946; 1 covered county in Texas); Beaumont (metro population 399,310; 3 covered counties in Texas); Lubbock (metro population 368,431; 6 covered counties in Texas); Waco (metro population 308,807; 3 covered counties in Texas); Longview (metro population 297,315; 4 covered counties in Texas); College Station (metro population 287,476; 3 covered counties in Texas); Laredo (metro population 281,224; 1 covered county in Texas); Amarillo (metro population 276,235; 5 covered counties in Texas); Tyler (metro population 252,549; 1 covered county in Texas); Midland (metro population 193,139; 2 covered counties in Texas); Abilene (metro population 185,429; 3 covered counties in Texas); Odessa (metro population 173,801; 1 covered county in Texas); Sherman–Denison (metro population 153,613; 1 covered county in Texas); Wichita Falls (metro population 149,448; 3 covered counties in Texas); Texarkana (metro population 146,816; 1 covered county in Texas). Those numbers are the frame for everything on the county pages below: area sets how rural a county reads, the metro sets its pest calendar, and the two together set what providers actually deal with there.
The state's pest calendar is anchored by its largest metro, Dallas–Fort Worth: about 38 inches of precipitation a year, an average temperature near 68°F, roughly 108 days at 90°F or above and 23 days at or below freezing. Every county in this index lives inside that weather pattern, adjusted by its own distance from the metro core.
Statewide, the recurring names on county pages are subterranean termites, mosquitoes, red imported fire ants, Formosan termites, house mice — the signature of desert, gulf humid, plains, southeast country. The biggest covered county, Hudspeth County (4,571 square miles), is served through the El Paso metro; metro-level guides live on the Texas state page.
The communities county residents actually name: Houston (about 2,300,419 residents), San Antonio (about 1,458,954 residents), Dallas (about 1,299,553 residents), Austin (about 967,862 residents), Fort Worth (about 941,311 residents), El Paso (about 678,147 residents) top the list of covered communities here. Each belongs to a county on this page — open that county for the pest picture at community level.
Dallas–Fort Worth — 8,477,157 residents, 11 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then mosquitoes and red imported fire ants — the pattern of a metro where hot humid summers, heavy rain and mild winters in classic termite-and-ant country.
Houston — 7,904,627 residents, 10 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
San Antonio — a metro of 2,813,140 across 8 counties, where the watch list runs house mice, wasps and yellowjackets, crickets and earwigs — the standing pattern where big temperature swings, wind and seasonal extremes that drive pests to structures for shelter.
Austin — about 2,620,945 residents across 5 counties. The local watch list: house mice, wasps and yellowjackets and crickets and earwigs, in a metro where big temperature swings, wind and seasonal extremes that drive pests to structures for shelter.
McAllen — a metro of 921,549 across 1 counties, where the watch list runs house mice, wasps and yellowjackets, crickets and earwigs — the standing pattern where big temperature swings, wind and seasonal extremes that drive pests to structures for shelter.
El Paso — 881,291 residents, 2 counties. First on its watch list: bark scorpions, then drywood termites and roof rats — the pattern of a metro where extreme summer heat, very low rainfall and pests adapted to shelter in and around homes.
Killeen–Temple — a metro of 511,497 across 3 counties, where the watch list runs house mice, wasps and yellowjackets, crickets and earwigs — the standing pattern where big temperature swings, wind and seasonal extremes that drive pests to structures for shelter.
Corpus Christi — about 451,191 residents across 3 counties. The local watch list: house mice, wasps and yellowjackets and crickets and earwigs, in a metro where big temperature swings, wind and seasonal extremes that drive pests to structures for shelter.
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