Texas Eminent Domain Data. See What the Researcher's Did with the Data.

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Eminent Domain by the numbers:

  • 5, 042   total entities with eminent domain authority
  • 211 the number of times eminent domain authority was exercised in 2015
  • 1227 the highest number of entities within a county that have eminent domain authority
    • the #1 county: Harris
  • 239 the 2nd highest number of entities within a county that have eminent domain authority
    • the #2 county: Dallas
  • 30% of entities with eminent domain power are Municipal Utility or Water Districts
    • 2/3 of the 30% are within Harris county 

Eminent Domain powers interactive map:

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Houston Chronicle | A window into the exploding power of eminent domain