Texas Association of Regional Councils

The Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC) is a state organization of Texas' 24 regional councils of governments.

Regional councils of governments are voluntary associations of local governments formed under state law. These associations deal with the problems and planning needs that cross the boundaries of individual local governments or that require regional attention.

Regional Councils in Texas
Name Headquarters Counties served
Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) San Antonio Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, and Wilson.
Ark-Tex Council of Governments
(ARK-TEX)
Texarkana Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River, Titus, and Miller County, Arkansas.
Brazos Valley Council of Governments (BVCOG) Bryan Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington.
Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) Austin Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Williamson.
Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) Belton Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, and San Saba.
Coastal Bend Council of Governments (CBCOG) Corpus Christi Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio.
Concho Valley Council of Governments (CVCOG) San Angelo Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Reagan, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, and Tom Green.
Deep East Texas Council of Governments (DETCOG) Jasper Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler.
East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) Kilgore Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood.
Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (GCRPC) Victoria Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria.
Heart of Texas Council of Governments (HOTCOG) Waco Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, and McLennan.
Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Houston Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (LRGVDC) McAllen Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy.
Middle Rio Grande Development Council (MRGDC) Carrizo Springs Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala.
Nortex Regional Planning Commission (NORTEX) Wichita Falls Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young.
North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) Arlington Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise.
Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (PRPC) Amarillo Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler.
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (PBRPC) Midland Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler.
Rio Grande Council of Governments (RGCOG) El Paso Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and Doña Ana County, New Mexico,
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC) Beaumont Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange.
South Plains Association of Governments (SPAG) Lubbock Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry, and Yoakum.
South Texas Development Council (STDC) Laredo Jim Hogg, Starr, Webb, and Zapata.
Texoma Council of Governments (TEXOMA) Sherman Cooke, Fannin, and Grayson.
West Central Texas Council of Governments (WCTCOG) Abilene Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton.

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