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Findings · rolls of 2024 to 2026 · read November 2026

What the county mineral rolls show

Counts we made across the royalty records on the Texas county mineral rolls we hold. Each finding has its tables, its method and its CSV files, and you may quote it with a credit and a link. Every number counts records on the rolls, not people.

Findings
2each with CSV downloads
Counties read
139rolls of 2024 to 2026
Last read
November 2026updated when the rolls are re-read

Every finding

The findings

Newest data first. The number on each card is the one its page leads with.

  • Rolls of 2024 to 2026 · read November 2026

    25.3%

    of royalty records with a usable mailing state are mailed outside Texas

    Where Texas royalty accounts are mailed

    25.3% of the Texas royalty-interest records on county mineral rolls with a usable mailing state are mailed outside Texas: 1,238,175 of 4,886,450, and Oklahoma leads with 190,922.

    Most outside Texas
    Oklahoma, 190,922 records
    Tables
    Every state, 200 cities, 117 counties
    Read the findingStates (CSV)Cities (CSV)Counties (CSV)
    The states that receive the most, outside Texas
    1. 1Oklahoma190,922
    2. 2California178,610
    3. 3Colorado90,961
    4. 4Louisiana82,689
    5. 5Florida63,886
    6. 6New Mexico46,252

  • Rolls of 2024 to 2026 · read November 2026

    40,602

    royalty records, at least, still titled to an estate

    Royalty accounts still in an estate's name

    At least 40,602 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls are still titled to an estate: 0.82% of the 4,977,048 records in the 106 counties listed here, with Loving County holding the most (2,505) and Brown County the highest share (4.06%).

    Most records
    Loving County, 2,505
    Highest share
    Brown County, 4.06%
    Read the findingCounties (CSV)
    The counties with the most records in an estate's nameAt least this many royalty-interest records on each county's newest roll.
    1. 1Loving2,505
    2. 2Midland2,413
    3. 3Winkler1,886
    4. 4Harrison1,707
    5. 5Rusk1,688
    6. 6Ector1,592
    7. 7Panola1,542
    8. 8Howard1,300
    9. 9Karnes1,164
    10. 10Reeves1,096

Method

The rules every finding follows

  • The newest roll of each county. Each finding reads the newest county mineral appraisal roll we hold for each county, with no fall back to an older roll. It is not a statewide count: only the counties whose rolls we have loaded are in it.
  • A record is not a person. One row of a roll is one royalty interest. An owner with several interests has several records.
  • The 25-record floor. No published cell is under 25 records, and a county is left out when a small count could be worked out from the rest.
  • Totals only. No owner name and no street address is used or shown.

For reporters

Quote it, or ask for a number

Each finding has a credit line, a citation and its CSV files in its Cite section. For a question about a count, write to press@royaltyclerk.com. Charts, credit lines and background are on the media page, and the reuse terms are in our terms.

FAQ

Questions about the findings

What is a finding?

A count we made across the county mineral rolls we hold, published with its tables, its method and the CSV files behind it. Each one counts records on the rolls, never people, and shows totals only.

Can I quote these numbers?

Yes. Quote any figure, table or sentence with a credit to Royalty Clerk and a link to the finding's page. Each page has a ready credit line and its CSV downloads.

The terms for quoting our figures

How often are they updated?

When the county rolls are read again. Each finding shows the roll years it covers and the day the rolls were read.

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