Lands of America data records $15 billion in rural property, ranches and hunting land for sale in Texas. This represents a combined 3.5 million acres of land for sale in Texas (accounting for roughly two percent of the state's land). The most expensive property listed for sale on Lands of America recently was $250 million, although the median price for land for sale in Texas was $954,171. The average price of land, ranches and farms in Texas was $1 million. Based on comps submitted through the Lands of America Comparable Sales program in March 2018, Texas had the most land sales. Of the 854 recorded lands sales, the total value of all completed sales was $402.2 million for all property and land sold in Texas (a 14 percent increase over the previous period). The Lone Star State has over 200 public hunting areas, which include wildlife management areas, state parks and U.S. Forest Service lands. The state is also home to 191, 000 miles of rivers and streams and along with numerous lakes and reservoirs and Gulf of Mexico coastline. Texas is the second-biggest state in the United States, covering an area of 268,601 square miles (172 million acres). Of its total landmass, 261,232 square miles (97 percent) is land, while the remaining 7,365 square miles is covered by water. Less than ten percent of land in Texas is public land (i.e. national and state parks, national forests, BLM land). Land for sale in Texas includes farms, hunting land, recreational acreage and undeveloped land for future commercial or residential usage. Of Texas's 254 counties,
Henderson County had the most land and acreage for sale.