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. (2022)

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
Anderson19.30%
Andrews12.20%
Angelina15.90%
Aransas17.40%
Archer9.00%
Armstrong10.20%
Atascosa16.20%
Austin15.00%
Bailey16.30%
Bandera11.70%
Bastrop12.30%
Baylor13.90%
Bee28.70%
Bell14.20%
Bexar15.60%
Blanco8.40%
Borden11.50%
Bosque12.40%
Bowie18.80%
Brazoria10.10%
Brazos22.20%
Brewster14.00%
Briscoe15.40%
Brooks28.00%
Brown17.40%
Burleson15.40%
Burnet9.00%
Caldwell14.50%
Calhoun15.90%
Callahan13.70%
Cameron22.60%
Camp18.10%
Carson8.60%
Cass17.40%
Castro16.70%
Chambers8.30%
Cherokee16.80%
Childress20.00%
Clay10.70%
Cochran26.30%
Coke15.40%
Coleman18.00%
Collin4.80%
Collingsworth16.90%
Colorado14.50%
Comal7.10%
Comanche16.60%
Concho20.20%
Cooke12.50%
Coryell12.20%
Cottle20.20%
Crane11.40%
Crockett15.80%
Crosby22.00%
Culberson20.10%
Dallam11.10%
Dallas14.20%
Dawson22.20%
Deaf Smith16.90%
Delta16.60%
Denton7.80%
DeWitt19.80%
Dickens16.20%
Dimmit25.10%
Donley17.90%
Duval27.00%
Eastland14.90%
Ector16.20%
Edwards20.70%
Ellis9.00%
El Paso21.00%
Erath12.90%
Falls21.40%
Fannin13.70%
Fayette10.80%
Fisher16.90%
Floyd21.30%
Foard17.00%
Fort Bend7.90%
Franklin13.70%
Freestone15.70%
Frio24.60%
Gaines14.70%
Galveston13.50%
Garza26.60%
Gillespie9.60%
Glasscock9.10%
Goliad14.50%
Gonzales15.40%
Gray16.70%
Grayson11.10%
Gregg16.20%
Grimes15.50%
Guadalupe9.50%
Hale21.50%
Hall23.10%
Hamilton13.70%
Hansford11.30%
Hardeman16.30%
Hardin13.20%
Harris16.40%
Harrison15.70%
Hartley9.00%
Haskell20.40%
Hays9.90%
Hemphill11.20%
Henderson13.00%
Hidalgo27.40%
Hill15.60%
Hockley14.90%
Hood9.80%
Hopkins12.80%
Houston20.10%
Howard17.00%
Hudspeth35.70%
Hunt12.90%
Hutchinson11.90%
Irion8.60%
Jack15.80%
Jackson15.20%
Jasper19.40%
Jeff Davis13.30%
Jefferson18.80%
Jim Hogg26.90%
Jim Wells24.80%
Johnson10.00%
Jones22.00%
Karnes19.50%
Kaufman8.60%
Kendall7.00%
Kenedy7.60%
Kent11.80%
Kerr12.50%
Kimble16.90%
King10.30%
Kinney21.00%
Kleberg26.70%
Knox19.30%
Lamar15.00%
Lamb17.80%
Lampasas13.00%
La Salle29.00%
Lavaca12.50%
Lee12.30%
Leon14.00%
Liberty19.90%
Limestone18.70%
Lipscomb13.60%
Live Oak19.20%
Llano12.80%
Loving3.90%
Lubbock17.30%
Lynn15.60%
McCulloch18.60%
McLennan16.00%
McMullen12.60%
Madison16.70%
Marion17.90%
Martin13.70%
Mason12.50%
Matagorda19.90%
Maverick21.90%
Medina11.80%
Menard20.60%
Midland11.60%
Milam16.60%
Mills15.00%
Mitchell21.50%
Montague14.80%
Montgomery8.50%
Moore11.50%
Morris18.50%
Motley18.30%
Nacogdoches23.30%
Navarro22.90%
Newton18.10%
Nolan18.30%
Nueces17.30%
Ochiltree11.70%
Oldham12.30%
Orange13.80%
Palo Pinto15.70%
Panola13.70%
Parker7.80%
Parmer13.90%
Pecos17.90%
Polk18.70%
Potter19.50%
Presidio23.00%
Rains13.90%
Randall8.50%
Reagan11.30%
Real16.60%
Red River19.30%
Reeves22.90%
Refugio17.50%
Roberts9.50%
Robertson17.60%
Rockwall4.70%
Runnels16.00%
Rusk17.40%
Sabine16.80%
San Augustine19.90%
San Jacinto16.80%
San Patricio17.20%
San Saba18.90%
Schleicher16.00%
Scurry15.20%
Shackelford12.60%
Shelby20.50%
Sherman12.10%
Smith11.80%
Somervell9.00%
Starr32.80%
Stephens18.90%
Sterling12.10%
Stonewall15.80%
Sutton13.80%
Swisher19.90%
Tarrant10.60%
Taylor16.20%
Terrell18.20%
Terry20.60%
Throckmorton12.90%
Titus16.00%
Tom Green13.10%
Travis10.10%
Trinity15.90%
Tyler17.50%
Upshur15.60%
Upton15.60%
Uvalde24.90%
Val Verde21.30%
Van Zandt13.60%
Victoria15.50%
Walker20.00%
Waller14.30%
Ward14.60%
Washington13.50%
Webb20.90%
Wharton14.60%
Wheeler15.30%
Wichita15.50%
Wilbarger16.60%
Willacy29.00%
Williamson6.20%
Wilson10.50%
Winkler14.00%
Wise8.20%
Wood13.00%
Yoakum14.10%
Young15.70%
Zapata32.80%
Zavala29.10%

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