# Dimmit County, Texas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Carrizo Springs No data center or power plant project is on record in Dimmit County, but the national build-out still reaches it through its utility bill, its labor market and the projects next door. Dimmit County is home to Carrizo Springs and Asherton. Unemployment was 7.2% in August 2026, against 5.2% in 2019. Employers here counted 5,669 jobs in 2025, down 16.2% from 2019. Next door, Webb County has 4 data centers and 776 MW of planned generation. 220 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. -16.2% total jobs since 2019, now 5,669 220 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar 8,024 residents, 2025 ## Cities and towns in Dimmit County Dimmit County is home to Carrizo Springs and Asherton. Carrizo Springs4,491 residents Asherton659 residents Big Wells448 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Brundage, Carrizo Hill, Catarina. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Dimmit County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Texas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 8,584 | 8,024 | ▼ 6.5% | 176th of 254 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 6,765 | 5,669 | ▼ 16.2% | 242nd of 254 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $58,160 | $76,359 | ▲ 31.3% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 5.2% | 7.2% | ▲ 2.0pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 220 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 220 MW of capacity, 91% of it solar. AEP Texas Central Company is the largest utility serving Dimmit County, one of 3 with territory here. It delivers power that customers buy from competing retail providers. 8,024 people live here, down 6.5% since 2020. ## Who powers Dimmit County ### Utilities with service territory in Dimmit County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | AEP Texas Central Company | — | Delivery only (retail choice) | 784,148 | — | — | | Medina Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 30,205 | 12.10¢ | 20% | | Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 9,298 | 18.51¢ | 23% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 200 MW | 91% | | Battery storage | 20 MW | 9% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Shakes Solar | Cypress Creek Renewables | Solar | 200 MW | 2022 | | Caterina | HEN Infrastructure, L.L.C. | Battery storage | 10 MW | 2022 | | Regis Carrizo Springs | Regis Carrizo Springs LLC | Battery storage | 10 MW | 2025 | ## The Dimmit County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 5,669 | $76,359 | 1.00 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Dimmit County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Dimmit County. Texas has 25 local measures on record statewide. ## Dimmit County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Dimmit County, Webb County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Dimmit County | 8,024 | ▼ 16.2% | 220 MW | — | — | — | | Frio County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/frio-county) | 18,823 | ▼ 16.7% | 744 MW | 200 MW | — | — | | La Salle County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/la-salle-county) | 6,517 | ▼ 9.6% | 20 MW | 300 MW | — | — | | Maverick County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/maverick-county) | 58,823 | ▲ 5.5% | 143 MW | 186 MW | 1 | — | | Webb County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/webb-county) | 281,224 | ▲ 4.6% | 2,613 MW | 776 MW | 4 | — | | Zavala County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/zavala-county) | 9,037 | ▼ 5.8% | — | 425 MW | — | — | ## More of Texas [All Texas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas)[Webb County281,224 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/webb-county)[Maverick County58,823 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/maverick-county)[Frio County18,823 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/frio-county)[Zavala County9,037 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/zavala-county)[La Salle County6,517 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/la-salle-county) ## Dimmit County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Dimmit County, Texas? 3 utilities have service territory in Dimmit County in the EIA-861 2024 report: AEP Texas Central Company, Medina Electric Coop, Inc, Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc. ### What power plants are in Dimmit County? 3 operating plants with 220 MW of capacity. The largest is Shakes Solar (200 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Dimmit County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Dimmit County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Webb County. ### Is Dimmit County adding jobs? Employers counted 5,669 jobs in 2025 against 6,765 in 2019 (-16.2%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Dimmit County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Dimmit County. Texas has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/dimmit-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).