Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today released the state sales tax revenue total, which is $4 billion in February, 3.8 percent more than in February 2025. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February.
Sales tax revenue numbers for February reflect steady growth for most local entities across Terry County, with the City of Brownfield and Terry County posting notable gains compared with the same period last year.
The City of Brownfield reported monthly revenue of $218,679.69, marking a 3.14% increase over the $212,019.63 collected in January of the previous year. Year-to-date collections for Brownfield now total $359,540.05, representing a 1.84% increase compared to $353,042.81 at this point last year. The modest but steady growth indicates continued stability in local consumer activity within the city.
Terry County experienced one of the strongest increases among local entities. Monthly sales tax revenue climbed from $84,346.29 last year to $103,341.27 this year — a significant 22.52% increase. Year-to-date figures also show strong momentum, rising 12.81% from $144,008.58 to $162,460.53. The double-digit growth suggests expanded economic activity across the county as a whole.
The City of Meadow reported a slight dip in monthly revenue. Meadow collected $2,717.75, reflecting a 4.33% decrease from $2,840.78 during the same month last year. Despite the monthly decline, Meadow’s year-to-date revenue stands at $5,051.67, a 10.30% increase from $4,579.74 at this time last year — indicating overall improvement when viewed over a broader timeframe.
Meanwhile, the City of Wellman continued its upward trend. Monthly revenue increased from $1,989.15 to $2,093.54, a 5.24% gain year over year. Wellman’s year-to-date collections total $3,123.56, representing a 9.05% increase from $2,864.29 during the same period last year.
Overall, the latest sales tax figures point to positive momentum across much of Terry County, with particularly strong gains at the county level and steady performance in Brownfield and Wellman, while Meadow shows encouraging year-to-date growth despite a slight monthly decline.
“Texas continues to show steady economic momentum,” Hancock said. “Sales tax remains the backbone of our state budget, and these numbers reflect a resilient Texas economy that continues to outpace inflation and support responsible, conservative budgeting.”
Receipts from the sectors driven mainly by business spending were mostly down last month, with collections from the construction and manufacturing sectors coming in slightly below their February 2025 totals. Collections from the wholesale trade sector were up by more than 8 percent. Remittances from the mining sector were down significantly compared with February 2025, due in part to increased refund activity.
The large sectors affected primarily by consumer spending were up last month. Receipts from services grew by almost 10 percent, while receipts from the retail trade sector, the largest sector, were up more than 4 percent compared with last February.
Within the retail trade sector, most subsectors had robust growth, with remittances from electronics and appliance stores and from sporting goods and hobby stores increasing more than 10 percent compared with the prior year. Exceptions were receipts from home improvement stores and furniture and home furnishings stores, which declined.
Receipts from restaurants were up more than 4 percent from a year ago, slightly ahead of the rate of inflation for food away from home.
Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in February 2026 was up 5.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, accounting for 58 percent of all tax collections.
Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes:
- motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — $641 million, down 1 percent from February 2025;
- motor fuel taxes — $310 million, up less than 1 percent from February 2025;
- oil production tax — $386 million, down 21 percent from February 2025;
- natural gas production tax — $181 million, down 18 percent from February 2025;
- hotel occupancy tax — $51 million, down 11 percent from February 2025; and
- alcoholic beverage taxes — $126 million, down 2 percent from February 2025.