Texas Counties: Percent in Poverty

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties
Data source: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates. (2023)

The information contained in this report was obtained from The County Information Program's on-line database. The data contained in the database are obtained from official sources and are not the product of the CIP. The CIP, therefore, does not expressly or impliedly warrant the accuracy of the data. Questions regarding the accuracy, methodology, etc. should be directed to the original source of the information. The sources may be obtained from the CIP by contacting the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties at (512) 478-8753.

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Percent in Poverty
CountyData
Anderson21.40%
Andrews11.40%
Angelina17.20%
Aransas17.10%
Archer9.70%
Armstrong10.50%
Atascosa18.40%
Austin11.60%
Bailey16.40%
Bandera12.90%
Bastrop11.30%
Baylor17.40%
Bee24.90%
Bell11.50%
Bexar14.70%
Blanco8.50%
Borden11.90%
Bosque11.70%
Bowie14.80%
Brazoria9.40%
Brazos23.70%
Brewster13.70%
Briscoe13.90%
Brooks29.70%
Brown14.80%
Burleson13.90%
Burnet9.90%
Caldwell13.70%
Calhoun14.60%
Callahan12.70%
Cameron23.50%
Camp17.60%
Carson9.10%
Cass16.50%
Castro17.70%
Chambers8.60%
Cherokee18.90%
Childress19.90%
Clay11.70%
Cochran22.00%
Coke13.00%
Coleman17.70%
Collin6.40%
Collingsworth18.90%
Colorado14.50%
Comal7.10%
Comanche17.60%
Concho22.20%
Cooke12.50%
Coryell12.20%
Cottle20.10%
Crane11.70%
Crockett15.30%
Crosby21.70%
Culberson20.50%
Dallam12.20%
Dallas13.80%
Dawson19.70%
Deaf Smith16.50%
Delta15.10%
Denton6.10%
DeWitt18.30%
Dickens18.40%
Dimmit27.30%
Donley16.90%
Duval29.10%
Eastland16.30%
Ector11.70%
Edwards19.70%
Ellis7.40%
El Paso18.50%
Erath15.80%
Falls20.10%
Fannin14.20%
Fayette9.30%
Fisher14.30%
Floyd20.30%
Foard16.80%
Fort Bend8.50%
Franklin14.10%
Freestone15.40%
Frio25.60%
Gaines13.40%
Galveston11.50%
Garza18.50%
Gillespie10.00%
Glasscock8.10%
Goliad13.80%
Gonzales17.60%
Gray17.30%
Grayson10.90%
Gregg16.00%
Grimes14.90%
Guadalupe8.10%
Hale19.30%
Hall22.10%
Hamilton13.70%
Hansford11.60%
Hardeman16.40%
Hardin11.50%
Harris16.00%
Harrison17.20%
Hartley8.50%
Haskell19.30%
Hays9.80%
Hemphill10.10%
Henderson16.90%
Hidalgo26.90%
Hill14.20%
Hockley15.10%
Hood8.10%
Hopkins13.00%
Houston21.80%
Howard18.00%
Hudspeth32.00%
Hunt12.70%
Hutchinson14.30%
Irion8.90%
Jack13.20%
Jackson14.00%
Jasper16.60%
Jeff Davis12.80%
Jefferson20.10%
Jim Hogg24.60%
Jim Wells21.20%
Johnson9.90%
Jones20.50%
Karnes23.60%
Kaufman9.60%
Kendall6.90%
Kenedy14.90%
Kent11.60%
Kerr12.00%
Kimble17.40%
King9.70%
Kinney21.00%
Kleberg22.10%
Knox20.50%
Lamar19.20%
Lamb18.30%
Lampasas11.50%
La Salle27.10%
Lavaca12.50%
Lee11.20%
Leon13.70%
Liberty14.50%
Limestone18.00%
Lipscomb12.60%
Live Oak17.00%
Llano11.70%
Loving4.70%
Lubbock17.10%
Lynn16.70%
McCulloch18.50%
McLennan16.70%
McMullen12.40%
Madison18.30%
Marion21.70%
Martin11.90%
Mason12.40%
Matagorda17.90%
Maverick22.80%
Medina13.10%
Menard20.00%
Midland10.90%
Milam15.90%
Mills14.70%
Mitchell21.10%
Montague13.40%
Montgomery10.10%
Moore13.50%
Morris19.30%
Motley16.80%
Nacogdoches19.60%
Navarro15.70%
Newton18.50%
Nolan20.40%
Nueces17.30%
Ochiltree11.10%
Oldham12.30%
Orange14.50%
Palo Pinto16.90%
Panola13.60%
Parker8.20%
Parmer13.40%
Pecos21.20%
Polk18.10%
Potter17.80%
Presidio22.90%
Rains13.80%
Randall8.70%
Reagan10.70%
Real15.70%
Red River18.40%
Reeves17.60%
Refugio16.80%
Roberts9.00%
Robertson17.00%
Rockwall5.10%
Runnels15.30%
Rusk14.20%
Sabine14.50%
San Augustine20.30%
San Jacinto16.70%
San Patricio17.20%
San Saba18.40%
Schleicher16.00%
Scurry15.70%
Shackelford12.80%
Shelby18.00%
Sherman12.80%
Smith13.20%
Somervell8.80%
Starr28.80%
Stephens18.40%
Sterling11.50%
Stonewall15.90%
Sutton13.40%
Swisher19.40%
Tarrant11.00%
Taylor13.30%
Terrell18.60%
Terry19.30%
Throckmorton13.10%
Titus15.70%
Tom Green14.60%
Travis10.20%
Trinity18.90%
Tyler18.50%
Upshur13.90%
Upton15.30%
Uvalde21.00%
Val Verde20.20%
Van Zandt12.00%
Victoria14.10%
Walker22.40%
Waller13.90%
Ward14.10%
Washington14.50%
Webb22.50%
Wharton15.30%
Wheeler14.30%
Wichita17.60%
Wilbarger16.90%
Willacy27.80%
Williamson6.40%
Wilson9.90%
Winkler13.50%
Wise9.40%
Wood15.20%
Yoakum13.00%
Young14.50%
Zapata30.40%
Zavala28.90%

Data source: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates.
Data year: 2022