Ector County, Texas

Ector County
Ector County
County
	Ector County Courthouse in Odessa
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 31°52′N 102°32′W / 31.87°N 102.54°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1891
Named for	Matthew Ector
Seat	Odessa
Largest city	Odessa
Area
• Total	902 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Land	898 sq mi (2,330 km2)
• Water	4.1 sq mi (11 km2) 0.5%
Population (2020)
• Total	165,171
• Density	180/sq mi (71/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	11th
Website	www.co.ector.tx.us

Ector County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2020 census, its population was 165,171.^[1] Its county seat is Odessa.^[2] The county was founded in 1887 and organized in 1891.^[3] It is named for Matthew Ector,^[4] a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

^ "Ector County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 114.