Potter County

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Potter County is a unique education agency that provides programs, tools, and resources on a local and statewide level that teach people how to improve agriculture & food  production, advance health practices, protect the environment, strengthen the economy, and enrich youth.  Potter County is located in the central part of the Texas Panhandle. It has a total land area of 581,357 acres or 908.37 square miles.
Potter County’s population – 114,649 (July 1, 2024), this population lives primarily in Amarillo and surrounding subdivisions. Amarillo is the trade center of the Texas Panhandle. Amarillo has a population of 203,035 (2024) people. The city is situated astride the county line dividing Potter and Randall counties, with somewhat more than half of the area and population in Potter County. Under skies which are sunny 351 days a year and a temperature that averages 59 degrees, Amarillo is the county seat of Potter County.
The name Amarillo is from the Spanish translation for “yellow.”
Founded in 1888 at the junction of railroads crossing the Panhandle rangeland, Amarillo has emerged as the center of commerce, transportation, culture, and healthcare for an extensive region of the southern High Plains. The Amarillo trade territory is an area roughly the size of Ohio, covering portions of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado.  Potter County’s three largest industries are manufacturing, health care & social assistance, and construction. In agriculture, cattle and livestock production is the largest segment of ag income in Potter County, while sorghum and wheat production complete the major list of commodities.