Cameron County Poverty and Median Household Income

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties

The information contained in this report was obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program. However, the changes since the prior year are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties. For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.

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Bar chart showing county income and poverty by year.
  1. Recent data for this county is available from the U.S. Census Bureau's SAIPE Interactive Tool.
  2. Lack of a visible bar can occur when a bar is less than one pixel in height.c
  3. There was a change in the U.S. Census Bureau's methodolgy from 2004 to 2005. This makes comparability across those years problematic. Therefore, data shown on this webpage begins with 2006.
  4. Median houshold income data for this county is available from the Median Household Income History Chart.
Data for the Cameron County Income and Poverty Chart
Calendar YearEstimate of People of All Ages in PovertyChange from Prior Year90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound
2006136,113N/A126,651145,576
2007131,122-3.7%122,118140,126
2008130,014-0.8%119,578140,451
2009132,8942.2%123,960141,827
2010144,4398.7%135,693153,185
2011138,278-4.3%129,133147,423
2012145,8245.5%137,198154,450
2013133,497-8.5%124,767142,227
2014143,5687.5%134,428152,708
2015133,508-7.0%124,176142,840
2016121,665-8.9%111,518131,812
2017116,191-4.5%105,251127,131
2018117,1930.9%107,418126,968
2019106,976-8.7%96,607117,345
2020102,649-4.0%90,579114,719
2021103,2300.6%92,405114,055
202295,070-7.9%83,931106,209